topic Re: How do you access the web console without Adobe Flash? in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

How do you access the web console without Adobe Flash?

RNHurt — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:26:21 GMT

I help with the networking tasks for a small private school. We have several 450e series switches (running EXOS version 15.3..5.2-patch1-19) and we can no longer access the web console due to its reliance on Adobe Flash. These switches are several years old and we used to manage them by logging into the web interface. However, no modern browser ships with Adobe Flash and in fact you can't even install it as a plug in. I've tried several systems (Mac, PC, Chromebook, etc.) but none of them have Adobe Flash available.

How do you manage these older switches from the web GUI? Is there some hidden flag to turn off the Adobe Flash requirement? We upgraded to the latest firmware hoping that would correct the problem, but it didn't. We still can't manage our switches effectively.

Thanx!
Richard

Re: How do you access the web console without Adobe Flash?

RNHurt — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:51:05 GMT

James A - thank you for the information on Firefox ESR. It looks like that might be the solution I was looking for.

As for replacing working switches, is this something that is normal and expected in the Extreme community? I would expect the opposite response. One of the reasons to purchase expensive "professional" gear is to get long life and great support. If I expected to replace my networking backbone every 5 years I think it would have been better to purchase some consumer TPLink or Netgear switches for 1/10 the cost of our current gear.

In all, I'm very happy for your help, however I expected better support from Extreme. I don't expect new features but I do think a firmware update to remove the Adobe Flash requirement is to not much to ask.

Re: How do you access the web console without Adobe Flash?

RNHurt — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:23:44 GMT

Fair enough. :grin: I guess our upgrade plan is to replace any failing switches with newer models. :shrug:

I also use the CLI but I'm trying to give some non-technical people a view into the switches so the web GUI really helps.