2 .TH NGADMIN "1" "December 2011" "NgAdmin 0.0.2" "User Commands"
4 ngadmin \- cli tool for GS10[58]E administration
7 ngadmin [\fIOPTIONS\fR]
12 This is a cli tool intended for administration of Netgear switches that use NSDP.
13 Currently, only the GS105E and GS108E are concerned.
17 Keep broadcasting even when talking with a particular switch.
18 By default, once you login on a switch, NgAdmin talks with it using unicast.
19 This prevents the password from being sent to all your network. The switch
20 still replies using broadcast, but the password is not included in the
21 replies. This function allows you to disable this feature and do like the
22 official Windows application that always use broadcast packets.
23 This also allows to configure a switch which is not on your network range
24 without forcing the interface.
25 When you enable this option, you must be aware that on every modification
26 you make, your password is broadcasted in cleartext to all your network.
34 Currently, firmware uptade is not implemented, because it would require much
35 more work in the library (and a TFTP client).
37 And overvall, it is quite dangerous, as it is not sure that the switch checks
38 whatever you send to it.
42 Written by Hervé Boisse (h.boisse@orange.fr).