This hangs outside of my cube...

http://xkcd.com/501/

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 06:12, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ask him about EULAs...
>
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> So because someone made a mistake you're condemning using them?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:45 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: OT: desktop network switches
>>
>> Don't. Just don't.
>>
>> Pull another run of cable if you have to.
>>
>> Desktop switches are just wrong.
>>
>> I speak from much experience here.
>>
>>
>> Just last month, we shuffled a bunch of folks around, and the facilities
>> guy was moving PCs and printers, and noticed that there was a loose cable
>> attached to a 5-port switch. So, not knowing what else to do with it, he
>> plugged it into the 5 port switch. Which meant that both ends of the cable
>> were in the same dumb, unmanaged, switch.
>> That's your basic layer2 loop, right there.
>>
>> It killed performance for lots of people, until I tracked it down.
>>
>> I've had this happen so many times with stupid 5 and 8 port switches that
>> if I could rip them all out I would do so in less time than it takes to
>> write about it.
>>
>> But, we now have so many of them, because our wiring is so sparse, that I
>> can't. Yet. It's a major line item in the IT CAPEX budget for next year.
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:00, John Aldrich <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > One of my users just claimed an unused laser printer for his office
>> > (Acct.
>> > Manager) that has a network port on it as well as the usual USB. He'd
>> > like to be able to network it so he can print to it from the AS/400.
>> > What do you guys recommend for a small (4-5 port) network switch?
>> > To anyone who wants to know, this is for real, looking for
>> > recommendations for a RIGHT NOW purchase, not "next time." :-)
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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