NETWORKING BASICS

[Otanx]

DB guys are worse than dev guys. There is a Oracle doc that says you should turn spanning-tree off on your switches because it causes too much delay when bringing a port online. This delay can cause split brain issues in Oracle RAC. I am so glad we got rid of Oracle.

-Otanx

[that1guy15]

An old saying I learned applies here.

"No, I dont hate Windows admins, I actually like them. Because without them I would have to manage that shit!"

That is not my circus and those are not my clowns. Now back to routing...

[deanwebb]

DB guys are worse than dev guys. There is a Oracle doc that says you should turn spanning-tree off on your switches because it causes too much delay when bringing a port online. This delay can cause split brain issues in Oracle RAC. I am so glad we got rid of Oracle.

-Otanx

This is why, if we put a : before and and the end of oracle, we get:

[Dieselboy]

My 2901-voice router lives in my TV cabinet. I need to take the top off and vacuum the dust out. Still pretty quiet though, my a/c is louder. (lessons learned: control the dust).

Networking basics:
1. Learn how TCP works
2. Learn how switches, switch

... go from there.

[Dieselboy]

An old saying I learned applies here.

"No, I dont hate Windows admins, I actually like them. Because without them I would have to manage that shit!"

That is not my circus and those are not my clowns. Now back to routing...

Yep. I've never taken an MS cert. Built and still manage our domain. Learning curve like this: ->   |

[deanwebb]

Yep. I've never taken an MS cert. Built and still manage our domain. Learning curve like this: ->   |

I had a Windows NT 4.0 MCSE with specialization in MS Exchange.

I *had* an MCSE. Not going to get it again because I don't want to be a sysadmin again. But it *does* help me speak the language and to understand the tribe so that I can help them when their stuff goes down because of a network change they should have paid more attention to, and they come to me with: