The skill level can vary, but I know a few people who worked there who I do respect. Their higher level people will have certifications and real knowledge and experience. Low level people may up jumped gamers.

I have some stories I probably shouldn't share publicly.


------ Original Message ------
From: "Jason McKemie" <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com>
To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
Sent: 2/28/2018 12:16:17 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT VPN over PPPOE

Geek squad figure that out with settings? I think you're giving them too much credit...

On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
I would let the customer know that in order to determine if he should be paid by you for the Geek service call that he needs to let you do a test to see if it is the MTU settings in the VPN and PPOE. If it turns out that it is fixable via settings in the VPN software, then the customer should tell the Geek squad that they should not charge and it's not your problem. Geek squad should have figured it out with settings. Then if it's not that pay for Geek squad. You get to learn something for your expense. But be sure and specify that this is a one time deal...

Robert

On 2/28/18 8:42 AM, Carl Peterson wrote:
Was it working, then something changed and it stopped working.

or

Was it never working.

If the latter I'd say not a chance of reimbursement. They should be super happy that their provider came up with a solution for them that fast to work around what is most likely their faulty VPN setup.



On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 11:17 AM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org <mailto:p...@paulstewart.org>> wrote:

Unless you specifically recommended he contact Geek Squad then I’d suggest you are not morally responsible…. Just my two cents worth… ____

    __ __

*From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>> on
    behalf of <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>>
    *Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
    *Date: *Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 11:02 AM


    *To: *<af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
    *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT VPN over PPPOE____

    __ __

    We are not sure as we don’t want to experiment on him now. ____

    ____

    Just trying to determine if we feel we have a moral duty to
    reimburse him for his geek squad expenses. ____

    If his VPN is not robust enough for PPPOE, I don’t feel much
    compulsion.____

But if this is common problem and we should have known it, then that
    is a different kettle of kittens. ____

    ____

    *From:*Donnie McCorkle ____

    *Sent:*Wednesday, February 28, 2018 8:12 AM____

    *To:*af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> ____

    *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT VPN over PPPOE____

    ____

    Was his MTU a factor?  He would manually have to set it on the
    router behind the PPPoE connection.____

    The limitation would have evaporated when converted to DHCP.____

    ____

    ____

    *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
    <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza
    *Sent:* Tuesday, February 27, 2018 8:44 PM
    *To:* Animal Farm <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT VPN over PPPOE____

    ____

Yeah Chuck, we went back and forth with Time Warner getting them to
    open ports on router for cameras...upgraded NVR and used vendor
platform access to finally give manager remote access and monitoring
    to camp cameras. ____

    Jaime Solorza____

    ____

    On Feb 27, 2018 7:31 PM, "Lewis Bergman" <lewis.berg...@gmail.com
<mailto:lewis.berg...@gmail.com <mailto:lewis.berg...@gmail.com>>> wrote:____

I think I would tell him to did off. Try getting a credit from quest, att, Verizon, etc. Of course I have had some drinks____

        On Mon, Feb 26, 2018, 4:06 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com
        <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:____

Had a customer that works from home. Could not make his VPN
            work. ____

We thought perhaps it was a port issue. Opened the ports on
            the Smart RG.  No good.____

            ____

            He spend $150 over the weekend on a geek squad type of
            service and they pointed their finger at us. ____

            ____

            So, just because we haven’t tried it, we switched him to
            DHCP and it started working.____

            We are in the process of converting everyone to DHCP.____

            ____

            He wants a credit in the amount of the money he paid the
            geek squad. ____

            ____

Wonder if it was truly our fault. Still don’t know why it
            started working or what the problem was. ____

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