
When the router spontaneously reboots half-way through the firmware upgrade

When the router spontaneously reboots half-way through the firmware upgrade

iOS software downloads become available

Trying to figure out what the latest “Cloud SDN NFV Orchestration service” really is

Capacity planners scrambling to add ports before the Netflix launch and iOS release

Bringing up peering with non-RPSL-filtered route servers

Hoping nobody notices when you trip max-prefix

When you see remote hands working on your gear through the webcam

When you accidently attend a sales conference

Dutifully testing fresh CCO releases

Enabling a large BGP peer-group on SUP720 without staggering

When ISIS comes up between two different vendors

When management asks how easy it will be for the organisation to support novel feature X

Not looking at the scale on the NetFlow graphs before agreeing to a PNI

Reviewing the optical vendor’s approach to management-plane security: “SSH, what’s that?”

After having spent too much time typing raw TL1

When a government purposely disconnects all their people from the internet

NMS reacting to %ROUTING-BGP-5-ADJCHANGE_DETAIL

Redistributing routes between two OSPF processes on the same router to connect distinct IGP domains

Software-based DDoS mitigation

When reading Huawei documentation

‘commit full’ on another tty overriding your ‘commit confirmed’

When someone posts to nanog@ or uknof@ looking for a used hardware reseller

Cisco Catalyst with default profile running out of CAM space #happy512kday!

Waking up remembering that ‘reload in 60’ you forgot

When your team doesn’t commit to the new network design

How we networkers see the rest of the world

When you discover the real convergence speed on MX80

Enduring a marketing presentation without internet access

When you give your colleague’s personal phone number to a brainless customer

Engineering department listening to the customer’s design requirements