I'd also not turn customers off by disabling ethernet ports. This is a small example but a bigger one still would be when the customer starts changing cables because their internet doesn't work. Having a redirect page (SSL errors be damned) is way better.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:04 AM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > I absolutely understand being busy and having multiple windows open and > the dangers that can occur if you mix up which window is for which task. > Anybody can have an issue in those conditions with any kind of hardware. > > > > The fact this person did it 6 times in quick succession means someone gave > them access they shouldn’t have to devices they didn’t understand. And > yeah 6 total. There were 5 when I first wrote the bewildered email about > it. That does make me consider which person might deserve the proposed the > knee breaking accident. > > > > Two were the 450i which have the very convenient recovery mode feature. > Three of the others we got back by getting in through the wireless side > with an SM. The last was a 3.5ghz 450 (not 450i). So no recovery mode, > and you know since the AP can’t talk to the SAS no SM could be authorized > and an SM without a SAS grant doesn’t bridge traffic. That one was a tower > climb with a default plug…….no other choice. I don’t know what individual > did it, but I hope they are mercilessly heckled by their coworkers. And I > do appreciate the mafioso knee breaking jokes, but I don’t actually wish > them any injury. > > > > -Adam > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *castarritt > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2022 6:06 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The weirdest coincidence > > > > There are rumors that I might on occasion reboot the 450 AP when I mean to > reboot an SM, but nothing proven... I also came this >< close to rebooting > core NAT router once before I realized the winbox session I was looking at > wasn't the one I had open for that customer's managed wi-fi router. > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 2:22 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Sounds like maybe you send me an address and maybe a noob takes a few > weeks off to let a knee injury heal. Just sayin, noobs are clumsy > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 1:21 PM Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That brings up big questions of why the noob thought they'd have > permission to do that, and why someone gave them a password with AP control > access. > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 12:23 PM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nevermind. Some noob was shutting off Aps trying to disable users. > > > > > > *From:* dmmoff...@gmail.com <dmmoff...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2022 1:07 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* The weirdest coincidence > > > > I just had five different PMP450 AP’s go down at the same time at five > different towers. In all cases the switch reports link, but I get zero Rx > traffic. Power cycle doesn’t bring any of them back up. > > > > WTF just happened? Some kind of bug? > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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