Month: July 2013
After a coworker enables STP on customer facing interfaces for redundancy purposes

After a coworker enables STP on customer facing interfaces for redundancy purposes
When that old (tel)coworker discovers the routers still can do Frame Relay

When that old (tel)coworker discovers the routers still can do Frame Relay
When Development and Provisioning have to share the same pool of line cards

When Development and Provisioning have to share the same pool of line cards
Applying the vendor’s latest workaround

Applying the vendor’s latest workaround
Connecting few trial customers to that novel 20-slot router

Connecting few trial customers to that novel 20-slot router
Few people realise that MIT’s Remy development was heavily inspired by Remy the cat. CATNIP was replaced by DEC-POMDP.

Few people realise that MIT’s Remy development was heavily inspired by Remy the cat. CATNIP was replaced by DEC-POMDP.
When your first remote deployment just works

When your first remote deployment just works
When the vendor’s TAC tells you they listen to customer feedback

When the vendor’s TAC tells you they listen to customer feedback
“wr mem” and “do wr mem”

“wr mem” and “do wr mem”
When customer tries to announce your own aggregated IP space

When customer tries to announce your own aggregated IP space
Coworker cleaning up the mail queue after accidentally the entire IS-IS process

Coworker cleaning up the mail queue after accidentally the entire IS-IS process
Spotting to that person who rejected your peering proposal at the conference

Spotting to that person who rejected your peering proposal at the conference
When coworker leaks IPv6 NLRIs over IPv4 BGP peering sessions.

When coworker leaks IPv6 NLRIs over IPv4 BGP peering sessions.
Showing the manager how the honeypot system works

Showing the manager how the honeypot system works
The network engineer

The network engineer
The new PCAP archive system

The new PCAP archive system
IS-IS versus OSPF

IS-IS versus OSPF
Debugging problems at the internet exchange with your peers

Debugging problems at the internet exchange with your peers
Replicating that bug in the lab

Replicating that bug in the lab
When you try to follow the upgrade manual

When you try to follow the upgrade manual
When the newcomer criticises the routing policy

When the newcomer criticises the routing policy
New Observium release

New Observium release
When competitor leaks full routing table to all peers

When competitor leaks full routing table to all peers
Purposefully not fixing outdated prefix-filters

Purposefully not fixing outdated prefix-filters
Port mirroring 100GE to a 10GE

Port mirroring 100GE to a 10GE
