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[ Networking ] 6 min read
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra Usually, no matter how much planning, testing, thinking about, or stalling you build in to an upgrade project, the bill …
[ Networking ] 4 min read
iTunes Home Sharing A decent into the hell of Bonjour and black turtle-necks This is just another short example in what I’m expecting will be a recurring theme here on Packet Queue: attention to detail. As a network …
[ Leadership and career ] 3 min read
Things I Hate, Episode 1 Brought to you by the Impediment-to-Sales Sales department It was not long ago that I was sitting across a conference room table from our [insert large software vendor of choice here] expecting …
[ Networking ] 5 min read
Back from China After roughly one week in Shanghai, China to set up a new site on our corporate network, it is painfully apparent that I need to get back into this writing business. The dates on my posts belie my weak …
[ Everything else ] 1 min read
For all of you paying any attention at all, I owe you an apology on the complete lack of writing the last week or so. Last week, however, a large pile of backordered Cisco gear showed up at the office and needed to be …
[ 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 ] 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 …