# archive
All blog posts written prior to 2024
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[ Networking ] 7 min read
Last Thursday afternoon, at approximately 2:25pm, there was a loud sucking sound that can only be heard by network engineers conditioned to expect bad, ugly things to happen at inopportune times, and all upstream …
[ Networking ] 5 min read
Just noticing some differences in this 2960‑S model switch; things I haven’t seen before in this product line. One thing is the console port is now two ports: traditional and a small mini-USB. Also, there is a classic …
[ Networking ] 3 min read
When I think of all of the tools I use on a regular basis to do my job more effectively, there are a handful that stand out as being the most useful of all. As I get the chance, I plan on writing a least a short homage …
[ Networking ] 3 min read
You ever have one of those weeks where everything that can go wrong, does? And even things that can’t go wrong, still do? Last week was that week for me. But more on that later. I’m finally relaxing with a beer in my …