Independent testing commissioned by the competitor
Independent testing commissioned by the competitor
Explaining cold-standby to customer
Explaining cold-standby to customer
Junior NOC monkey trying to make sense of inter-VRF routing policy
Junior NOC monkey trying to make sense of inter-VRF routing policy
When you demonstrate how fast & easy-to-use the new provisioning system is
When you demonstrate how fast & easy-to-use the new provisioning system is
When you show the sales rep the cheaper quote from the other vendor
When you show the sales rep the cheaper quote from the other vendor
Network debugging in a nutshell
Network debugging in a nutshell
Change Management’s reaction after requesting much-needed emergency maintenance during freeze period
Change Management’s reaction after requesting much-needed emergency maintenance during freeze period
When rendering the verdict on a peering proposal
When rendering the verdict on a peering proposal
Digging through the support ticket queue
Digging through the support ticket queue
When discovering RANCID’s inner workings
When discovering RANCID’s inner workings
When talking “project planning” with the manager
When talking “project planning” with the manager
When you see a network running on auto-pilot
When you see a network running on auto-pilot
Expecting a fast firmware download from the vendor’s website
Expecting a fast firmware download from the vendor’s website
IP versus DTM engineer
IP versus DTM engineer
When you convert to a single-homed BGP setup
When you convert to a single-homed BGP setup
Dispersion due to dirty patch lead
Dispersion due to dirty patch lead
When you review the intern’s redundancy proposal based on VPLS, rapid spanning tree & HSRP
When you review the intern’s redundancy proposal based on VPLS, rapid spanning tree & HSRP
Surely we can repurpose that old hardware as SDN switches?
Surely we can repurpose that old hardware as SDN switches?
The vendor’s hotfix for a hotfix release procedure
The vendor’s hotfix for a hotfix release procedure
When you tell your account rep. you need a specific feature implemented
When you tell your account rep. you need a specific feature implemented
When the TAC gives you hidden commands to bypass license restrictions
When the TAC gives you hidden commands to bypass license restrictions
Being the first network to deploy Segment Routing in the core
Being the first network to deploy Segment Routing in the core
When the business case does not support fault-tolerant network design
When the business case does not support fault-tolerant network design
Deciphering the vendor’s hashing algorithm
Deciphering the vendor’s hashing algorithm
When you find an open source tool that does the same, and more, than commercial package that was pitched by management.
When you find an open source tool that does the same, and more, than commercial package that was pitched by management.
The reality of 24 hour operational support
The reality of 24 hour operational support
MSS Clamping
MSS Clamping
When that old NOC employee shows he can do event-driven network automation just fine with sed+awk+sh.
When that old NOC employee shows he can do event-driven network automation just fine with sed+awk+sh.
The true meaning behind most RFO’s
The true meaning behind most RFO’s
Tracing down the wrong customer circuit
Tracing down the wrong customer circuit
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