OK......lets get it all OUT ....come on ...deep breath`s... check this...
not only are they cranky ...but some stupid old manager had decieded to give various groups our passwords and have locked out there own switch es ...wont tell us the passwords...which are located in secure rooms for which we CANT GET ACCESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! BREATH.....In.....OUT..... (by the way ....i AM JOKING and mean no offence ) CU steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:28 AM Subject: Re: CCIE- I WILL BE [7:43969] > my favorite story was the company whose network went down every morning for > a few minutes just about the time the work force was sitting down, turning > on their PC's, and getting ready for the day. Now the obvious conclusion is > "it's just busy that time of day" Except that it didn't necessarily happen > every day. > > To make a long story short, a couple of power users had decided they needed > more data jacks in their area, had purchased some switch or other at one of > the chain stores, and dual homed it into the LAN infrastructure. Being > conservation conscious folks, they powered down all their equipment when > they went home for the day, and turned it on every morning when they came > in. > > the result was a campus wide spanning tree recalculation every time they > brought their switch on line. > > I forget how the customer told me this was discovered. > > > ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > And add to that cranky users who are entirely dependent on the network but > > won't tell you the whole story when reporting problems. ;-) > > > > Priscilla > > > > At 09:52 PM 5/12/02, Michael L. Williams wrote: > > >"Larry Letterman" wrote in message > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > A 40 router lab is nice, but its not the same as troubleshooting a > > > > production network with 20,000 + users at multiple sites. > > > > > >Here here.... and to add to that..... "... a production network with > > >20,000+ users at multiple sites..." running a variety of multiprotocol, > > >quirky, sometimes custom-written (read: homemade) applications that are > > >trying to do whatever on the network.... coupled with devices from > whatever > > >manufacturers that don't play nice ("oh, you need this device in it's own > > >VLAN because broadcast traffic makes it crash"), etc, etc.... > > > > > >Mike W. > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44205&t=43969 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
