You might be a Network person if

Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
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Credit goes to this Blog. I enjoyed it and thought others might as well. :D


You might be a Network guy if:

you know more ip addresses than phone numbers

You regularly mock TV shows for using technology that isn't part of the feature set available on the devices they have

You correct people who mix up Megabytes and Megabits

You waited eagerly for wireless N to be approved officially.

You can explain everything in your life using 7 layers

You tell people not to use TKIP because of it's security flaw

You think people should be able to do without DNS for a day, just use IP addresses...

You follow your wife around shopping retail stores and spend your time skimming the ceilings for their APs and mapping out a heat map of the store in your head

you know what TCP/IP stands for, not to mention DNS, HTTP, SNMP, BGP, OSPF, WPA, and DHCP - Sometimes you wonder if you know more acronyms than words

You've known what IPv6 was for years

cmd, telnet, and ssh are useful everyday tools, not just black boxes

Linus Torvalds comes up in everyday conversation

You know jokes about DHCP and LSAs

You cringe when you have to use a Gui to configure a switch or router

Your Amazon wish list consists of routers and ASA firewalls

Dealing with Tier 1 tech support makes you pull your hair out.

You have read the NSA's security best practices

The routing protocol in your house changes daily depending on what you have been reading

You know what a nibble is

You know what 1000 Terabytes is called

You can intelligently discuss how Egypt shut off their Internet to the country
Cisco Brat Blog

I think “very senior” gets stuck in there because the last six yahoos that applied for the position couldn’t tell a packet from a Snickers bar.

Luck is where opportunity and proper planning meet

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
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  • vinbuckvinbuck Member Posts: 785 ■■■■□□□□□□
    That's great....and sadly true :)
    Cisco was my first networking love, but my "other" router is a Mikrotik...
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  • Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
    Yup, another one should have been you try to use tab or question marks to finish your sentence. That actually happened when I started to type this reply.
    Cisco Brat Blog

    I think “very senior” gets stuck in there because the last six yahoos that applied for the position couldn’t tell a packet from a Snickers bar.

    Luck is where opportunity and proper planning meet

    I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
    Thomas A. Edison
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  • vinbuckvinbuck Member Posts: 785 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Sadly enough I was looking at a paper map a few months ago and tried zoom on it by spreading my finger and thumb apart...I think I need to put the iPhone down for a while.
    Cisco was my first networking love, but my "other" router is a Mikrotik...
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Sadly I match most of those... icon_redface.gif

    The AP mapping nailed me dead on... icon_lol.gif
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  • Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
    MississippiGuardsman wrote: »
    Sadly enough I was looking at a paper map a few months ago and tried zoom on it by spreading my finger and thumb apart...I think I need to put the iPhone down for a while.


    lol, thats great icon_lol.gif
    Cisco Brat Blog

    I think “very senior” gets stuck in there because the last six yahoos that applied for the position couldn’t tell a packet from a Snickers bar.

    Luck is where opportunity and proper planning meet

    I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
    Thomas A. Edison
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Panzer919 wrote: »
    lol, thats great icon_lol.gif

    Have any of you caught yourself using LOL or any other IM jargon out-loud? That can be a bit embarrassing... icon_redface.gif
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  • Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
    veritas_libertas wrote: »
    Have any of you caught yourself using LOL or any other IM jargon out-loud? That can be a bit embarrassing... icon_redface.gif

    I use pebcak, ID-10-t, SNAFU but never lol. I just literally laugh out loud so no need to restate the obvious :)
    Cisco Brat Blog

    I think “very senior” gets stuck in there because the last six yahoos that applied for the position couldn’t tell a packet from a Snickers bar.

    Luck is where opportunity and proper planning meet

    I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
    Thomas A. Edison
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  • chrisonechrisone Member Posts: 2,278 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Hahaha nice read! Although i will be the first to admit i dont do half of those on a daily basis.
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  • Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
    only these apply to me on occasion:

    you know more ip addresses than phone numbers

    You regularly mock TV shows for using technology that isn't part of the feature set available on the devices they have

    You correct people who mix up Megabytes and Megabits

    You think people should be able to do without DNS for a day, just use IP addresses...

    You follow your wife around shopping retail stores and spend your time skimming the ceilings for their APs and mapping out a heat map of the store in your head

    you know what TCP/IP stands for, not to mention DNS, HTTP, SNMP, BGP, OSPF, WPA, and DHCP - Sometimes you wonder if you know more acronyms than words

    You've known what IPv6 was for years

    cmd, telnet, and ssh are useful everyday tools, not just black boxes

    You cringe when you have to use a Gui to configure a switch or router

    Dealing with Tier 1 tech support makes you pull your hair out.

    You know what a nibble is

    You know what 1000 Terabytes is called

    You can intelligently discuss how Egypt shut off their Internet to the country

    and the one I added about finishing a sentence using the tab key or question mark
    Cisco Brat Blog

    I think “very senior” gets stuck in there because the last six yahoos that applied for the position couldn’t tell a packet from a Snickers bar.

    Luck is where opportunity and proper planning meet

    I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
    Thomas A. Edison
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  • MishraMishra Member Posts: 2,468 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Add a few more:

    You know what a gibibyte is

    When you tell an end user to copy something you immediately say "just highlight and CTRL+C" then quickly realize that instruction is much harder than right click/copy

    When you argue about what routing protocol to use at home

    You act as if you have an SLA for uptime at home

    You remote into family member's computers to troubleshoot your internet facing devices at work

    You complain about how the way most service men install any piece of copper in a house
    My blog http://www.calegp.com

    You may learn something!
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  • AkiiiAkiii Member Posts: 80 ■■□□□□□□□□
    great thread the best is with the accesspoint :)
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  • MonkerzMonkerz Member Posts: 842
    veritas_libertas wrote: »
    Have any of you caught yourself using LOL or any other IM jargon out-loud? That can be a bit embarrassing... icon_redface.gif

    No, I find my sister-in-law using LOL, OMG, and such in her daily gossip. Just plain annoying.

    I do regularly truncate words in emails, as well as command prompt, that just sucks. Also find myself hitting the TAB and ? on a regular basis. My other half thinks I have tourettes.
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  • hermeszdatahermeszdata Member Posts: 225
    Adding:

    While traveling and needing to get on line ... looking for my favorite ISP... Linksys, D-Link, Netgear!

    Waking in the middle of the night asking your wife/girl friend to hand the punchdown tool!

    Knowing when one is dealing with a loose nut 18" in front of the screen!

    Or

    That they have a short between the keyboard and the headset.
    John
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    Studying:
    CCNA Security - 60%, CCNA Wireless - 80%, ROUTE - 10% (Way behind due to major Wireless Project)
    Exams Passed:
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    2011 Goals
    CCNP/CCNP:Voice
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  • tomaifauchaitomaifauchai Member Posts: 301 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I lol'd much when reading this post! Good one :)
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  • APAAPA Member Posts: 959
    haha great thread.... some good ones in there....

    I do question whether my list of acronyms has outgrown my actual vocabulary..... :D
    CCNA | CCNA:Security | CCNP | CCIP
    JNCIA:JUNOS | JNCIA:EX | JNCIS:ENT | JNCIS:SEC
    JNCIS:SP | JNCIP:SP
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  • Cisco InfernoCisco Inferno Member Posts: 1,034 ■■■■■■□□□□
    wrote:
    You follow your wife around shopping retail stores and spend your time skimming the ceilings for their APs and mapping out a heat map of the store in your head

    too true....
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  • gaby_978gaby_978 Member Posts: 222
    This thread is "HILARIOUS".
    ‎"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing,
    you'll never get it done"
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  • PristonPriston Member Posts: 999 ■■■■□□□□□□
    You might be a Network guy if:

    You have a data cabnet or rack holding your home network.
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  • Panzer919Panzer919 Member Posts: 462
    You might be a Network guy if:

    You have more Cisco gear than actual furniture <-- if I wasn't married with kids I would be so guilty of this one.
    Cisco Brat Blog

    I think “very senior” gets stuck in there because the last six yahoos that applied for the position couldn’t tell a packet from a Snickers bar.

    Luck is where opportunity and proper planning meet

    I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
    Thomas A. Edison
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    Panzer919 wrote: »

    You follow your wife around shopping retail stores and spend your time skimming the ceilings for their APs and mapping out a heat map of the store in your head

    I was at Home Depot once and saw their MDF mounted about 20 feet off the floor and could tell what switch model was in it because someone left the door open and a ladder under it and I immediately thought what a security risk that was. Network and security minded. icon_sad.gif
    http://vwilmo.wordpress.com

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  • hermeszdatahermeszdata Member Posts: 225
    Priston wrote: »
    You might be a Network guy if:

    You have a data cabnet or rack holding your home network.

    Guilty!
    In cabinet:
    2 x dell 2650
    1 x HP DL380 G4
    2 x tower servers
    12 x routers
    8 x switches

    stacked on floor un-powered:
    10 x router (8 -26**/26**XM, 2511, 3810)
    6 x switch (4 x 2950, 2 x 2980)
    Adtran Atlas 550
    John
    Current Progress:
    Studying:
    CCNA Security - 60%, CCNA Wireless - 80%, ROUTE - 10% (Way behind due to major Wireless Project)
    Exams Passed:
    CCNA - 640-802 - 17 Jan 2011 -- CVOICE v6 - 642-436 - 28 Feb 2011
    2011 Goals
    CCNP/CCNP:Voice
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  • alan2308alan2308 Member Posts: 1,854 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Panzer919 wrote: »
    You follow your wife around shopping retail stores and spend your time skimming the ceilings for their APs and mapping out a heat map of the store in your head

    I'm guilty of too many of these, but I was just doing this last week in a hotel. icon_thumright.gif
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  • Forsaken_GAForsaken_GA Member Posts: 4,024
    Panzer919 wrote: »
    Credit goes to this
    You regularly mock TV shows for using technology that isn't part of the feature set available on the devices they have

    Ah, how I miss 24 and my weekly drinking games with Chloe and crew.
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  • burbankmarcburbankmarc Member Posts: 460
    You might be a Network guy if:

    You wish highways imposed random detect on cars.
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  • Forsaken_GAForsaken_GA Member Posts: 4,024
    burbankmarc wrote: »
    You might be a Network guy if:

    You wish highways imposed random detect on cars.

    I'd just be happy if the highway eng configured his class and policy maps to recognize I should be in the priority queue and the policers should only stop everyone elses traffic.
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  • chmorinchmorin Member Posts: 1,446 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Forsaken_GA wrote: »
    I'd just be happy if the highway eng configured his class and policy maps to recognize I should be in the priority queue and the policers should only stop everyone elses traffic.

    This. Is. Amazing.
    Currently Pursuing
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  • ChipschChipsch Member Posts: 114
    Forsaken_GA wrote: »
    I'd just be happy if the highway eng configured his class and policy maps to recognize I should be in the priority queue and the policers should only stop everyone elses traffic.

    Now that gave me a good laugh. Makes this morning coffee much more enjoyable.
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  • vinbuckvinbuck Member Posts: 785 ■■■■□□□□□□
    If you put your hazards on and go 100+ you are sure to get in the priority queue....for the policers :)
    Cisco was my first networking love, but my "other" router is a Mikrotik...
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  • konvictkonvict Member Posts: 16 ■□□□□□□□□□
    You might be a network guy if:

    you pause a movie to see the o.s they are using
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  • vinbuckvinbuck Member Posts: 785 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Or when you watch NCIS and they throw all kinds of bogus hacking jargon around and that's usually right before they draw down on someone and adopt a modified weaver stance to make sure they expose the unprotected area of the body armor to the enemy...but hey it looks cool right?

    At least they don't charge the weapon every time they draw it like some shows. Drives me nuts and you never see a round come out the ejection port either icon_razz.gif
    Cisco was my first networking love, but my "other" router is a Mikrotik...
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