Re: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-26 Thread nrf

Well actually, yeah it is different.  Perhaps not in theory, but in actual
practice.  Think of the composition of the sexual harrassment lawsuits -
what is the proportion of women suing men for inappropriate behavior and
vice versa?  Exactly.   For every one case of a man suing a woman, it's
gotta be like 10 or a 100 or a 1000 cases of the other way around.  So, from
a proportional standpoint, which is the bigger problem?

It gets down to the fact that men and women are simply different, and there
are different expectations set upon men and women.  I know that feminists
would like for you to believe that it isn't so, but we all know that it is.
For example, it is simply the case that society dictates that men should
want sex, but women should not.  What I mean by that is that a man who is
known to have lots of sexual partners will meet with much less condemnation
from society than a woman who has lots of sexual partners ( in fact, that
man might even be greeted with admiration).  I'm not saying that American
Pie 2 was a great cinematic triumph, but this aspect of society was vividly
illustrated in the Rule of Three (anybody who saw the movie will know what
I'm talking about).   There are many consequences to this, but one of them
is that it is simply more likely that a man will behave in a more sexually
inappropriate way in the workplace than a women would, simply because a
woman already has to limit her sex-drive because of the overarching rule
of society.  Is this right, is this fair?  No, probably not.  But that's the
way it is.

So rather than discuss theoretical problems, I choose to discuss actual
known problems that are commonplace and that I have actually seen happen
with my own eyes.  Yes in theory a woman might be able to offend a man, but
you gotta admit that's pretty rare.


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 On the other hand, who's more likely to show up to work late?  Or show up
 drunk or high?  Or get into a fight with his coworkers?  Or surf porn in
 front of female coworkers?   The guy who's been in the working world for
 25
 years or a new kid?

 Umm, off-topic, but enlighten me, please.  Why is it worse to surf porn in
 front of female coworkers than it is to surf porn in front of male
 coworkers?

 What if it was a woman surfing porn in front of coworkers?  Do your
 opinions change?  ;-)

 JMcL


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Re: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-22 Thread Kevin Cullimore
roughly empirically indistinguishable from the sort you rail against, except
for their current career position and related temporal factors.

2 assertions here:

#1Two categories might not be enough to invoke when attempting to
intelligently characterize the behaviour of the creatures who occupy the
continum between lab-rat-wanna-be  digital network architecting deity.

hence, the failure of my special friend, the overwhelming human tendency to
simplify  break issues up into dichotomous compare  contrast sessions..

#2 A quality such as he worked with the same exact fellers I'm branding as
inflexible. therefer, he's inflexible tooo! is not exactly compelling
enough to generalize across millions of people, as your post requires in
order to achieve coherency.

The evils of oversimplifying matters into two possible outcomes when the
truth violently contrasts with that model are part of our shared heritage,
but our industry, where most ideas are at best a few decades old and
profoundly run the risk of being empirically underexplored, is especially
susceptible to oversimplifications, giving rise to many of the
publically-aired disputes recorded in the newsgroup archives.

To behave by lending legitimacy to these oversimplifications is to render
yourself guilty of the behavior you condemn.












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To: 
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 Do you remember Mainframe systems??? Do you remember LU and PU and logic
 controllers?? Do they all work the same as IP networks or VOIP and IP
 telephony networks?
 Do you know all the traffic in your data network??? You seem to be bitter
 about something. Do you want someone with 20 years experience Appling a
 network change without testing out first in a lab environment??? Last but
 certainly not least, how many mainframe guys know IP networking. You
provide
 me a list.Answer is very few. Many PBX or Telecomm Engineer knows VOIP or
IP
 Telephony??  Answer is very few. Giving me dates when things start is like
 tell me that we still need to go print a circuit board for two days and
use
 tubes, diodes, and transistors, instead a sing microprocessor.

 Finally, There are many people with 20 years of experience who feel that
 they don't need to learn new technologies and therefore still trying fight
 progress. We do not know every thing out there but at least we can try to
be
 knowledge as possible.

  You need to be more appreciative of people who want to be the best. Be
 weather it be CCIE or Cissp. They have to study just like any other
 professional. If my doctor doesn't put in at least 100 hours of training
and
 giving me a diagnostic, I will sue his pants off.

 Stop being an idiot




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RE: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-22 Thread Mark Odette II

Unfortunately, the gals in the U.S. are less apt to shrug it off their
shoulders if a co-worker is checking out Female Porn... They're, shall
we say, a bit sensitive to the subject... and usually immediately
complain of Sexual Harassment... even if it's not involving them in
any way.

In other cultures, or at least in other countries, it's more acceptable
for female porn to be prevalent... I suspect this is due to two factors
though... 1. a higher male-dominating society, and/or 2. more liberal
attitudes after all, it's illegal to run a brothel in the U.S., but
correct me if I'm wrong... I believe this is not the case in Australia
or New Zealand.

Of course, if a female was caught surfing Male Porn in the U.S., she'd
probably be hit on by half a dozen guys within the hour... that is, the
guys that aren't with their head stuck in a Server or Network Appliance
trying to solve a problem. :)

Mark

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On the other hand, who's more likely to show up to work late?  Or show
up
drunk or high?  Or get into a fight with his coworkers?  Or surf porn in
front of female coworkers?   The guy who's been in the working world for

25
years or a new kid?

Umm, off-topic, but enlighten me, please.  Why is it worse to surf porn
in 
front of female coworkers than it is to surf porn in front of male 
coworkers?

What if it was a woman surfing porn in front of coworkers?  Do your 
opinions change?  ;-)

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RE: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread Thompson Alton

Do you remember Mainframe systems??? Do you remember LU and PU and logic
controllers?? Do they all work the same as IP networks or VOIP and IP
telephony networks?
Do you know all the traffic in your data network??? You seem to be bitter
about something. Do you want someone with 20 years experience Appling a
network change without testing out first in a lab environment??? Last but
certainly not least, how many mainframe guys know IP networking. You provide
me a list…Answer is very few. Many PBX or Telecomm Engineer knows VOIP or IP
Telephony??  Answer is very few. Giving me dates when things start is like
tell me that we still need to go print a circuit board for two days and use
tubes, diodes, and transistors, instead a sing microprocessor.
 
Finally, There are many people with 20 years of experience who feel that
they don’t need to learn new technologies and therefore still trying fight
progress. We do not know every thing out there but at least we can try to be
knowledge as possible.

 You need to be more appreciative of people who want to be the best. Be
weather it be CCIE or Cissp. They have to study just like any other
professional. If my doctor doesn’t put in at least 100 hours of training and
giving me a diagnostic, I will sue his pants off.
 
Stop being an idiot



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RE: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread Hartnell, George

Shucks, folks, 'most everyone knows that the real world has its moments.

Users.  They generally provide considerable exposure to that which is
perceived as real.

'Course, it's always nice to have a test-bed; but I think lab rat is a
different definition.

So, perhaps to lighten things up, here's a little ditty from the past.
=


Psychologists have recently decided to refrain from using white rats as
experimental animals.  So, instead, they decided to use lawyers.

It seems the psycs wanted to avoid an emotional attachment... ;-)



But, on real-world experience (get the thread!?), the psychological
community found that there was a hidden advantage in the change.


There are some things that white rats just won't do.


Happy M-o-n-d-a-y

Best, G.
VP OCG




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RE: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread Peter van Oene

Why do you folks bother arguing these useless points?  If you lost a job to 
someone who had less experience than you or vice versa, don't cry foul, go 
learn how to interview or reevaluate exactly what it is you bring to an 
employer and make sure you are getting that across.


At 03:56 PM 5/21/2002 -0400, Thompson Alton wrote:
Do you remember Mainframe systems??? Do you remember LU and PU and logic
controllers?? Do they all work the same as IP networks or VOIP and IP
telephony networks?
Do you know all the traffic in your data network??? You seem to be bitter
about something. Do you want someone with 20 years experience Appling a
network change without testing out first in a lab environment??? Last but
certainly not least, how many mainframe guys know IP networking. You provide
me a listAnswer is very few. Many PBX or Telecomm Engineer knows VOIP or IP
Telephony??  Answer is very few. Giving me dates when things start is like
tell me that we still need to go print a circuit board for two days and use
tubes, diodes, and transistors, instead a sing microprocessor.

Finally, There are many people with 20 years of experience who feel that
they dont need to learn new technologies and therefore still trying fight
progress. We do not know every thing out there but at least we can try to be
knowledge as possible.

  You need to be more appreciative of people who want to be the best. Be
weather it be CCIE or Cissp. They have to study just like any other
professional. If my doctor doesnt put in at least 100 hours of training and
giving me a diagnostic, I will sue his pants off.

Stop being an idiot




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Re: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread Jason Forrester

Peter, your a genius very good point.

Jason
CCIE 8748

Peter van Oene wrote:

 Why do you folks bother arguing these useless points?  If you lost a job to
 someone who had less experience than you or vice versa, don't cry foul, go
 learn how to interview or reevaluate exactly what it is you bring to an
 employer and make sure you are getting that across.

 At 03:56 PM 5/21/2002 -0400, Thompson Alton wrote:
 Do you remember Mainframe systems??? Do you remember LU and PU and logic
 controllers?? Do they all work the same as IP networks or VOIP and IP
 telephony networks?
 Do you know all the traffic in your data network??? You seem to be bitter
 about something. Do you want someone with 20 years experience Appling a
 network change without testing out first in a lab environment??? Last but
 certainly not least, how many mainframe guys know IP networking. You
provide
 me a listAnswer is very few. Many PBX or Telecomm Engineer knows VOIP or
IP
 Telephony??  Answer is very few. Giving me dates when things start is like
 tell me that we still need to go print a circuit board for two days and
use
 tubes, diodes, and transistors, instead a sing microprocessor.
 
 Finally, There are many people with 20 years of experience who feel that
 they dont need to learn new technologies and therefore still trying fight
 progress. We do not know every thing out there but at least we can try to
be
 knowledge as possible.
 
   You need to be more appreciative of people who want to be the best. Be
 weather it be CCIE or Cissp. They have to study just like any other
 professional. If my doctor doesnt put in at least 100 hours of training
and
 giving me a diagnostic, I will sue his pants off.
 
 Stop being an idiot




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Re: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread Thomas Larus

I thought the experience versus certification debate had finally died a
few days ago, but now it resurfaces over on the professional list.  I may as
well weigh in.

The problem here is clear.  Some folks with lots of experience are scared
(or merely offended) that some manager or client might think some relative
newbie with great-sounding certs is as good or better (or even nearly as
good) as the more experienced folks.  Many of these experienced people
gained their experience in difficult or underpaid conditions.  The last
thing they want is some ambitious upstart invaders studying hard in the lab,
then walking into their field and being treated as their peers. The
experience is everything crowd should relax right now, because in this
economy,  they are in the driver's seat.

One the other hand, the lab rats, myself included, are justifiably scared.
We knew that if by studying hard we managed to reach a higher position than
our experience alone would justify, we might face some hostility from those
with lots of experience.  Now, however, we are given to understand that for
employers right now, experience is king, since there are plenty of folks
with lots of experience and good certs to fill all positions that HAVE to be
filled (as opposed to those positions that employers advertise but are in no
hurry to fill).

Then, there's the common complaint that, I'm always having to fix the
networks screwed up by the paper-CCNAs, paper-MCSEs, Lab Rats, etc.I
have enough experience to know that plenty of the screwing-up of networks is
done by folks with lots of experience.  It doesn't take long in the field to
run across an arrogant but extremely experienced guy who thinks he is the
only person in his company who knows anything, and then proceeds to break
things that he then cannot fix.

A little humility is called for in a field where almost no one can know
everything and where most of the greatest gurus make glaring errors.

Best regards,
Tom Larus

Howard C. Berkowitz  wrote in message
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 At 1:49 PM -0400 5/21/02, Thompson Alton wrote:
 Your comments are false and you sound very ignorant.
 I work with guys who have 20 years experience and to trouble shoot a
problem
 take months.

 I suggest, Sir, that you examine your logic.

 The Internet and predecessors (including enterprise networks) are at
 least 20-30 years old.  I first used a time-sharing computer, with
 remote access, about 1968.

 Cisco certification is under 10 years old.

 The Internet and its predecessors worked before Cisco certification

 Some people with 20 years experience, therefore, MUST be very
 knowledgeable on protocols.  Other people with 20 years experience
 are not.

 This is because they don't know how the protocols work. How
 much money can a company afford to lose when production is downloading
for a
 considerable amount of time? That's why as a mangersm we send Engineers
on
 training to learn about new and merging technologies. And thatms before
you
 can put or do any upgrades to the production network you must first try
it
 out in the lab.




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RE: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Last but certainly not least, how many mainframe guys know IP networking.
You provide
me a list?Answer is very few. 

Not where I work. 
I know and have worked with quite a few mainframe guys (and at least one
extremely knowledgeable mainframe gal - although I'm not sure she'd
appreciate the term) who are also quite comfortable with IP (i.e. to CCNP
level at least, although they don't all have the certs).  ALL of the
mainframe comms people I work with, and probably all of the mainframe OS 
people as well, have at least a basic understanding of IP networking. 
After all, these days mainframes run IP.  The mainframe world hasn't stood
still over the last twenty years, any more than the IP world, and anyone
with ten year old mainframe experience is likely to be lost in a current
mainframe environment.

I'd be quite happy about somebody with twenty years network experience - 
or 3 months, for that matter - applying a network change without first lab
testing - *in certain circumstances*.  I have done it myself several
times, because in those particular situations, testing in a lab 
environment wasn't feasible and wouldn't have picked up the most likely 
problems anyway. 

What I *wouldn't* be happy about would be somebody (of any experience 
level) doing so if they hadn't had their plans and design well checked, 
hadn't weighed up the risks, couldn't say what their post-install checks 
would be, what their monitoring plans were, and what their contingency 
plans were.

In my opinion common sense beats both certs and experience hands down, and
fortunately none of them are mutually exclusive.  Pity common sense isn't
easily tested for (and anyway, even the most sensible people tend to have
what the hell did I do that for episodes occasionally).

JMcL


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RE: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread adam lee

Whadda ya mean remember?  We still have them and we have to support them as
well as TR, Ethernet , SNA, Cisco,IP,Cabletron, Coax, etc.

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Do you remember Mainframe systems??? Do you remember LU and PU and logic
controllers?? Do they all work the same as IP networks or VOIP and IP
telephony networks?
Do you know all the traffic in your data network??? You seem to be bitter
about something. Do you want someone with 20 years experience Appling a
network change without testing out first in a lab environment??? Last but
certainly not least, how many mainframe guys know IP networking. You provide
me a listAnswer is very few. Many PBX or Telecomm Engineer knows VOIP or IP
Telephony??  Answer is very few. Giving me dates when things start is like
tell me that we still need to go print a circuit board for two days and use
tubes, diodes, and transistors, instead a sing microprocessor.

Finally, There are many people with 20 years of experience who feel that
they dont need to learn new technologies and therefore still trying fight
progress. We do not know every thing out there but at least we can try to be
knowledge as possible.

 You need to be more appreciative of people who want to be the best. Be
weather it be CCIE or Cissp. They have to study just like any other
professional. If my doctor doesnt put in at least 100 hours of training and
giving me a diagnostic, I will sue his pants off.

Stop being an idiot




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RE: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer

At 03:56 PM 5/21/02, Thompson Alton wrote:
Do you remember Mainframe systems???

Yes. (And if you were asking Howard, the answer is emphatically YES ;-)

Do you remember LU and PU and logic
controllers??

Yes.

Do they all work the same as IP networks or VOIP and IP
telephony networks?

Yes, pretty much. Networking 30, 20, 10 years ago dealt with the same stuff 
we're still dealing with today:

layers
cables
wireless (not as much as there is now, but definitely some)
circuits (both virtual and real)
connectionless versus connection-oriented
reliability versus low overhead
connection establishment and teardown
flow control
windowing
packetization
signaling
error detection
error correction
ACKs and NACKs and WAKs (WAKs kind of fell out of favor)
dynamic and static addressing
dynamic and static routing
pesky users
security (although the old-timers should have done better with this ;-)
network management
transferring files and other data
database lookups

You get the picture.

Do you know all the traffic in your data network??? You seem to be bitter
about something. Do you want someone with 20 years experience Appling a
network change without testing out first in a lab environment???

Some changes can't be tested in a lab. They could be phased in carefully 
instead. With good design, testing, troubleshooting methodology, I would be 
OK with this.

Last but
certainly not least, how many mainframe guys know IP networking.

Many. (Gals too.)

  You provide
me a listAnswer is very few. Many PBX or Telecomm Engineer knows VOIP or IP
Telephony??

They're learning. (This is an issue the other way around too, of course. I 
really struggled with voice at first due to a lack of PBX, telephony 
knowledge, but I did OK finally, got my CVOICE cert whoopee.)

Answer is very few. Giving me dates when things start is like
tell me that we still need to go print a circuit board for two days and use
tubes, diodes, and transistors, instead a sing microprocessor.

Finally, There are many people with 20 years of experience who feel that
they dont need to learn new technologies and therefore still trying fight
progress.

Most old-timers aren't that way, though.

We do not know every thing out there but at least we can try to be
knowledge as possible.

  You need to be more appreciative of people who want to be the best. Be
weather it be CCIE or Cissp. They have to study just like any other
professional. If my doctor doesnt put in at least 100 hours of training and
giving me a diagnostic, I will sue his pants off.

Lab rats do deserve respect, if that's your point. To get a CCIE is 
extremely difficult, whether you did it with experience or not.

Gotta run. Hope I didn't babble too much. ;-)


Stop being an idiot


Priscilla Oppenheimer
http://www.priscilla.com




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Re: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread nrf

Amen to that.  Humility is called for on both sides.

Apparently I've been tagged around here as the 'King Experience' guy.   The
very ironic thing is that on another message board, I was the person who was
arguing that experience was NOT as important as other posters had indicated
(this was an experience vs. college degree argument).  Basically it boiled
down to the fact that while experience is indeed extremely valuable,
particularly nowadays, even experience can sometimes be taken too far.  For
example, one guy said that experience always wins no matter what (which is
patently false), so I gave him the example of 2 guys, whereas both guys had
good experience, but the first guy had stellar degrees from the most famous
schools, all kinds of certs, a killer personality, and everything else,
whereas the second guy had none of that (besides the experience ), but he
had a day's more experience.  Hey, if experience really beat everything all
the time, then companies should always pick the second guy, because after
all, he had more experience (one additional day).   Clearly this is false.

My point is simply this.  Experience, education, certs, work attitude, etc.
etc., they all form your suite of qualifications.  None of them should be
pursued at the exclusion of all others.  In fact, the best strategy seems to
be to work on your weaknesses.  For example, if you have lots of certs and
education, but no experience, then get experience.  Conversely, if you have
lots of experience, but no certs and no education, then go get certs and
education.


Thomas Larus  wrote in message
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 I thought the experience versus certification debate had finally died a
 few days ago, but now it resurfaces over on the professional list.  I may
as
 well weigh in.

 The problem here is clear.  Some folks with lots of experience are scared
 (or merely offended) that some manager or client might think some relative
 newbie with great-sounding certs is as good or better (or even nearly as
 good) as the more experienced folks.  Many of these experienced people
 gained their experience in difficult or underpaid conditions.  The last
 thing they want is some ambitious upstart invaders studying hard in the
lab,
 then walking into their field and being treated as their peers. The
 experience is everything crowd should relax right now, because in this
 economy,  they are in the driver's seat.

 One the other hand, the lab rats, myself included, are justifiably scared.
 We knew that if by studying hard we managed to reach a higher position
than
 our experience alone would justify, we might face some hostility from
those
 with lots of experience.  Now, however, we are given to understand that
for
 employers right now, experience is king, since there are plenty of folks
 with lots of experience and good certs to fill all positions that HAVE to
be
 filled (as opposed to those positions that employers advertise but are in
no
 hurry to fill).

 Then, there's the common complaint that, I'm always having to fix the
 networks screwed up by the paper-CCNAs, paper-MCSEs, Lab Rats, etc.I
 have enough experience to know that plenty of the screwing-up of networks
is
 done by folks with lots of experience.  It doesn't take long in the field
to
 run across an arrogant but extremely experienced guy who thinks he is the
 only person in his company who knows anything, and then proceeds to break
 things that he then cannot fix.

 A little humility is called for in a field where almost no one can know
 everything and where most of the greatest gurus make glaring errors.

 Best regards,
 Tom Larus

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  At 1:49 PM -0400 5/21/02, Thompson Alton wrote:
  Your comments are false and you sound very ignorant.
  I work with guys who have 20 years experience and to trouble shoot a
 problem
  take months.
 
  I suggest, Sir, that you examine your logic.
 
  The Internet and predecessors (including enterprise networks) are at
  least 20-30 years old.  I first used a time-sharing computer, with
  remote access, about 1968.
 
  Cisco certification is under 10 years old.
 
  The Internet and its predecessors worked before Cisco certification
 
  Some people with 20 years experience, therefore, MUST be very
  knowledgeable on protocols.  Other people with 20 years experience
  are not.
 
  This is because they don't know how the protocols work. How
  much money can a company afford to lose when production is downloading
 for a
  considerable amount of time? That's why as a mangersm we send Engineers
 on
  training to learn about new and merging technologies. And thatms before
 you
  can put or do any upgrades to the production network you must first try
 it
  out in the lab.




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On the other hand, who's more likely to show up to work late?  Or show up
drunk or high?  Or get into a fight with his coworkers?  Or surf porn in
front of female coworkers?   The guy who's been in the working world for 
25
years or a new kid?

Umm, off-topic, but enlighten me, please.  Why is it worse to surf porn in 
front of female coworkers than it is to surf porn in front of male 
coworkers?

What if it was a woman surfing porn in front of coworkers?  Do your 
opinions change?  ;-)

JMcL


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Re: Logic and Lab Rats [7:44653]

2002-05-21 Thread Mike Mandulak


 At 03:56 PM 5/21/02, Thompson Alton wrote:
 Do you remember Mainframe systems???

 Yes. (And if you were asking Howard, the answer is emphatically YES ;-)

HeHe! Heck I was doing some file transfer troubleshooting on a Mainframe
towards the end of last year, I got elected because I knew the switches,
routers, lan/wan protocols, sniffers, nethealth, openview and somehow I
recalled some of the MVS things I did 15 years ago. The mainframe people on
both sides of the circuit were blaming it on the network, and our main MVS
guy was going on vacation for a couple of weeks. I was able to prove that it
was an MVS application problem.

The main point here is that there is a heck of a lot more to think about
when running a network than to worry about what the cisco equipment is
doing.




 Do you remember LU and PU and logic
 controllers??

 Yes.

 Do they all work the same as IP networks or VOIP and IP
 telephony networks?

 Yes, pretty much. Networking 30, 20, 10 years ago dealt with the same
stuff
 we're still dealing with today:

 layers
 cables
 wireless (not as much as there is now, but definitely some)
 circuits (both virtual and real)
 connectionless versus connection-oriented
 reliability versus low overhead
 connection establishment and teardown
 flow control
 windowing
 packetization
 signaling
 error detection
 error correction
 ACKs and NACKs and WAKs (WAKs kind of fell out of favor)
 dynamic and static addressing
 dynamic and static routing
 pesky users
 security (although the old-timers should have done better with this ;-)
 network management
 transferring files and other data
 database lookups

 You get the picture.

So Pricilla are you saying that there are more than 7 layers in the protocol
stack? 


Mike Mandulak
NCIA (not certified in anything ;-)




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