Yes! I knew I was not the only one.
Internetworking - it's living life to the max. Oh, the thrill of:
"Hit it, and see what happens"
"It's only a mild debug command"
"This is a certainty for improving throughput"
"Of course I know what 'implicit deny' means"
--- David Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ooh Ben, been there done that
:)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cbridgett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 6:46 PM
> To: Ben Lovegrove; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: "You can call yourself and internetworking engineer when
> .
> . . ."
>
>
> Got one even better.
>
> copy run testconfg
> Do you want to erase flash?
> Y
>
> ...ooooohhhhhh sshiiii
>
>
>
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>
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> oe
> "...to hell with what other people think, I'm ridin' my own broom!"
> L. M.
>
> Cynthia Bridgett, raised in SE DC
> and proud of it!
> CCNA, MCSE, CNE, CNA, MCP, A+
>
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> oe
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of
> Ben Lovegrove
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 3:20 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: "You can call yourself and internetworking engineer when . .
> .
> ."
>
>
> (tongue firmly in cheek)
>
> I have this theory that you can call yourself and internetworking
> engineer when . . . .
>
> 1. You have run a debug command on a customer router while
> investigating a performance problem, or perhaps a security issue, and
> you have caused the CPU to exceed 100% and the router has
> hung/crashed.
>
> 2. You have edited an ACL remotely and reapplied it only to find you
> have blocked all traffic including telnet from your desk and you are
> now locked out.
>
> 3. In both of the above scenarios you have made up some story for
> the
> Help Desk/1st Line Support and asked them to get the customer to
> reboot
> the router, claiming that "a reboot may help the performance problem
> .
> . blah . . blah"
>
> 4. In each of points 1 & 2 the customer in question is a major
> account
> that has threatened legal action against your company for failing to
> maintain SLAs, or to close the account altogether.
>
> Does this sound familiar to anyone? Have you every felt that cold
> feeling in the pit of your stomach when you entered a command and the
> screen froze? Did you blame hardware/software/customer/gremlins i.e.
> anybody and anything but not yourself?
>
> ;-)
>
> Ben
=====
Ben Lovegrove, CCNP
Redspan Solutions Ltd
http://www.redspan.com
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