When your competitor got a better deal on purchasing similar equipment.
When your competitor got a better deal on purchasing similar equipment.
Month: August 2013
How to explain Weighted random early detection (WRED) to your family
How to explain Weighted random early detection (WRED) to your family
When making useful contributions to the manager’s technical report
When making useful contributions to the manager’s technical report
Disciplining the clock when UTC starts drifting towards TAI
Disciplining the clock when UTC starts drifting towards TAI
When the router’s CLI momentarily freezes after a large copy + paste
When the router’s CLI momentarily freezes after a large copy + paste
What actually happens with packet header & payload inside the linecard ASIC
What actually happens with packet header & payload inside the linecard ASIC
Increasing the compression level on WAN Optimization devices
Increasing the compression level on WAN Optimization devices
When the network-wide deployment of the new automated ACL framework just works
When the network-wide deployment of the new automated ACL framework just works
When you suddenly realize you already have a BGP community for that
When you suddenly realize you already have a BGP community for that
Actually using the vendor’s NETCONF API
Actually using the vendor’s NETCONF API
When the customer explains to you why they redistribute some BGP routes in OSPF
When the customer explains to you why they redistribute some BGP routes in OSPF
When coworker asks about the reasoning behind the VLAN assignment policy
When coworker asks about the reasoning behind the VLAN assignment policy
Catastrophic cascade of failures during maintenance
Catastrophic cascade of failures during maintenance
After applying the vendor’s latest security patches
After applying the vendor’s latest security patches
When your capacity strategy doesn’t pan out
When your capacity strategy doesn’t pan out
2 linecard swaps before figuring out link stays up because there’s a media converter in the path
2 linecard swaps before figuring out link stays up because there’s a media converter in the path
Final pre-launch testing
Final pre-launch testing
Closing trouble ticket with the vendor after 12+ months
Closing trouble ticket with the vendor after 12+ months
Running tcpdump eth0 on a new VPS provider
Running tcpdump eth0 on a new VPS provider
Explaining conceptual issues with the active/active setup to management
Explaining conceptual issues with the active/active setup to management
Reacting to peering policy mismatch on monday morning
Reacting to peering policy mismatch on monday morning
Incumbent’s reaction to your most recent network expansion
Incumbent’s reaction to your most recent network expansion
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