Correction.
The generic switch (pf::Switch::Generic) is not exactly the same as the base 
class (pf::Switch).
The difference is that the generic switch does support RADIUS.

So it's not completely useless.
Just completely useless for SNMP.

Cheers,
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> On Jul 6, 2017, at 12:56, Louis Munro <lmu...@inverse.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 6, 2017, at 10:12, devz...@web.de <mailto:devz...@web.de> wrote:
>> 
>> ok, thanks for the info.
>>  
>> being curious why generic is an option to be selected in the webgui at all 
>> then....
>>  
>> regards
>> roland
> 
> I suspect that an historical oversight.
> It might have been of some use for RADIUS a long time ago.
> 
> I've opened an issue about it.
> https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/issues/2470 
> <https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/issues/2470>
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Louis Munro
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> <http://www.inverse.ca/> 
> +1.514.447.4918 x125  :: +1 (866) 353-6153 x125
> Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu <http://www.sogo.nu/>) and 
> PacketFence (www.packetfence.org <http://www.packetfence.org/>)

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