On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Jon Lewis <jle...@lewis.org> wrote: > Routers are sometimes used on networks that don't have internet > connectivity [by design]. This seems amazingly short-sighted for a company > that's been around selling routing gear as long as cisco. >
If the router is not connected to the internet (either due to network design, or just because you ripped out the WAN cable) then it IS able to be managed locally. Plug the Internet back in, and that option goes away. Scott