Thanks to you Priscilla, and all the many others who has replied to me. Sometimes I feel like Cisco (and all the others for that matter) comes up with too many unnecessary new words, or new meanings for old words. Normally the three letter words with the unknown meaning the first time you see it, is an abreaviation of three words, which makes this word different from normal. With words as POTS for plain old telephone system, I would have thought of POD as "pretty old device" or "power of duplex". Anyway, I am starting to get into a far out word game here, so I think I'll stop before I end up in orbit. Thanks again, Ole ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ole Drews Jensen Systems Network Manager CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I RWR Enterprises, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.OleDrews.com/CCNP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEED A JOB ??? http://www.oledrews.com/job ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 2:13 PM To: Ole Drews Jensen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: POD, what is that? [7:10128] It's not a stupid question. I has me laughing, but not at you. Cisco uses the word "pod" as a group of routers and switches in a lab or training class. In a training class, each group of students works on one pod. But nobody else uses the word that way!? I just finished writing some information on pods in the protocol analysis world. In that case, a pod is an extra little thingie (technical term) that helps the analyzer get on the network. With full-duplex links, for example, if you don't want to break the link and put in a shared hub for attaching the analyzer, you can get a so-called pod that leaves the link at full-duplex traffic and buffers traffic before sending it to the analyzer. These pods are costly. Priscilla At 02:35 PM 6/27/01, Ole Drews Jensen wrote: >This might seem like a stupid question, but sometimes having english as my >2nd language, makes it more difficult for me to understand what the writer >is trying to tell me. > >I am in the middle of my BSCN book, and are now seeing the word POD showing >up several times. It tells me that each POD has a number of routers, and >there are a certain amount of POD's. > >Reading the explanation at http://www.dictionary.com gave me NO answers to >this one, and the closest thing I can guess my self to is that POD's are >kind of departments or subnets, unless the Prince Of Darkness has been >involved with Cisco networks lately :-) > >Thanks for any replies to this one. > >Ole > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ole Drews Jensen > Systems Network Manager > CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I > RWR Enterprises, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.OleDrews.com/CCNP >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > NEED A JOB ??? > http://www.oledrews.com/job >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=10140&t=10140 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
