Some (old) netgear switches ignore "terminal length 0" on the show version command #3341
Description
As per #2394 I encountered the same problem. My Netgear GS108Tv2 switch kept timing out, looking at the pcap I can see it that is still uses the pager:
......
(Broadcom FASTPATH Switching)
Applying Interface configuration, please wait ...
......admin
admin
Password:
<deleted>
***********
(Broadcom FASTPATH Switching) >
enable
.
enable
Password:
.
(Broadcom FASTPATH Switching) #
terminal length 0
.
terminal length 0
(Broadcom FASTPATH Switching) #
show version
.
show version
Switch: 1
System Description............................. GS108Tv2
Machine Type................................... GS108Tv2
Machine Model.................................. GS108T smartSwitch
Serial Number.................................. 29S4115R00309
FRU Number.....................................
Part Number.................................... BCM53312
Maintenance Level.............................. A
Manufacturer................................... Netgear
Burned In MAC Address.......................... C4:3D:C7:88:17:8C
Software Version............................... 5.4.2.36
Operating System............................... ecos-2.0
Network Processing Device...................... BCM53312_B0
--More-- or (q)uit
The proposed fix in #2394 seems to never been merged, although it does fix this issue for my switch. Perhaps @candlerb never submitted a pull request. Can the fix be added to the netgear model? I can create a PR myself, but I think credits should go where credits are due :-)