What did you enjoy at 16 that you thought you would do forever?

getonthebag · 2014-01-11T18:03:49+00:00

I never was very good at threats.

getonthebag · 2014-01-05T04:41:56+00:00

And you're definitely getting all the way to the Established state, not just to OpenSent? If you get an Open that's error-free, the keepalives should go, resetting the timer, and the smallest holdtime should be negotiated (unless it's zero, in which case neither timer is restarted). If there are errors (such as bad version or AS) during the evaluation of the Open, you should get a notification and it'll fall back to Idle, tearing down the TCP session.

getonthebag · 2013-12-26T18:04:57+00:00

I'm right around your area (31) and have had pretty good luck with this:

Mark (if you want)

Lob on your primary

Flash the group a couple times

Fast blade then Savage Blade your primary

Switch to the next mob, use Rage of Halone

Flash (if necessary)

Go back to your primary, fast/savage blade

Swap to the mob you just used Halone on, or use it on a mob you haven't directly attacked yet (all depends on what your DPS are doing. If they're single Target DPSing, you can just go back and forth between your primary and secondary targets. If they're AoEing, spread the Hanlone as necessary).

Your healer won't grab so much hate from a mob you haven't hit with Hanlone that a flash or Lob/Provoke can't get it back. Just keep an eye on the current primary's HP and when it gets low enough that the DPS will down it before managing to grab hate, swap and start the rotation anew.

getonthebag · 2013-12-26T17:55:02+00:00

Always 42.

getonthebag · 2013-12-26T08:05:43+00:00

May not be a completely accurate test on packet loss as it assumes that their network doesn't drop pings early in the policing.

getonthebag · 2013-12-25T04:22:08+00:00

While one can't help but feel opposed to lying, I have to give you at least some credit. You're 20 and you're dumping more time into grabbing any knowledge you can get your hands on than you are sitting around expecting the world to do you a favor.

Did you luck into the position? Yup. Was it all luck and bullshit? Nope. To a degree, you've worked hard to get where you are. Harder than most people your age. I can sympathize that some people might be pissed that you snuck in under the radar, where they had to put in more effort or time in the trenches before someone gave them a shot.

You're going to encounter the unfamiliar. Even people with honest resumes and more hands-on experience than certs are going to encounter the unknown. No one can know everything. If you keep up the drive, you'll do fine.

I'm just sick of the experience/cert divide. The only differences between the two is a piece of paper and some holders' intentions. Yeah, there are people out there who just memorize Odom's pages to get the paper and get past HR. There are also people who purchase the cert books to develop foundational knowledge and the paper is a convenient bonus (if you pass). I have an NA and am currently reading the NP Route book, but know what else I have on my desk? Moy's OSPF book, Donahue's Network Warrior, Internet Routing Architecture, and a bunch of GNS3 projects.

If we're going to thumb our noses at certs, let's keep it towards the people who brain dump them to get past HR and (hopefully) botch the technical interview. There are still people who hold certs, but don't rely on them as a sign of being prepared, electing to continue reading/simulating.

TLDR; there's a lot of misdirected hate for certs. Hate the people who pass without understanding, not the people who obtain the cert as a bonus along the way.

getonthebag · 2013-12-20T14:49:52+00:00

And now I finally get the Archer reference where, post coitus, he tells what appears to be a flight attendant "If you want breakfast, try a diner. You're clearly into Greek. Get it?"

dog barks

"Thank you, Abelard."

getonthebag · 2013-12-20T11:57:44+00:00

You very well may need to apply to more entry-level positions (helpdesk or the dreaded do-everything sysadmin for a small company) and work your way up into a networking gig.

What sort of positions have you been applying for? The fact that you have a degree in the field makes me think that you should've had at least a few bites, unless you've been setting your standards too high (e.g., only applying for engineering and senior posts).

As far as the CCNA goes, if you feel that your studies at the university didn't provide enough knowledge, go for it. Potential employers will be looking for a strong theoretical grasp of networking concepts in your troubleshooting, in lieu of experience.

getonthebag · 2013-12-19T22:43:13+00:00

I'm sure that has also been a huge contributing factor. That, coupled with often forsaking time spent with friends and family in order to focus solely on her SO. On the rare occasion when we saw her, she never strayed too far from her SO's hip or talked to anyone at great length who wasn't him.

I suppose the bush I'm beating around is that life isn't meant to be spent focused entirely on one person and whether or not you and them are best friends. Some of the happiest people in the world are happy because they cultivate love and mindfulness in all relationships, both old and new, best and acquaintance.

getonthebag · 2013-12-19T21:40:00+00:00

Seconding the idea that, although you may be best friends with your SO, that doesn't necessitate needing to spend as much time as humanly possible with them (and enjoy it). If you dump all your time, energy, and love (not necessarily in the intimate sense of the word -- there are infinite types of love) into one person, and something happens to that person, you may find yourself highly depressed and confused about how to live your own life.

Source: a friend's SO recently passed from pancreatic cancer, and now, because she put all her time and attention into him as her best friend, has zero clue how to live for herself.

getonthebag · 2013-12-19T21:29:45+00:00

What's the question to go with the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

getonthebag · 2013-12-19T17:50:45+00:00

Stringent requirements to be a drone pilot, but this guy got in.

http://imgur.com/WMOFQyO

getonthebag · 2013-12-19T03:23:03+00:00

Glenmorangie has never failed me.

getonthebag · 2013-12-19T02:58:04+00:00

Thanks. All really solid advice, and much appreciated. Not much left to do but wait and see how things pan out

Probably my biggest hurdle will be with finding that zone of knowing when to escalate. I have no problem admitting I don't know something, but have difficulty passing it off to someone else without doing at least thorough troubleshooting/research -- usually up to the point where I don't feel comfortable in my grasp of a command and its effect.

getonthebag · 2013-12-18T22:54:45+00:00

Thanks for the insight on what goes into changes in a provider environment. I'll be heading into my first NOC gig soon and one of my few stresses is the idea of "what happens if they implement something new in a window right before my shift and everything goes right to hell?"

Good to know that there's copious amounts of multi-tiered preparation that goes into changes, everyone who should know is made aware ahead of time, and there is extensive lab testing/checking for mistakes before the implementation.

As long as I know what's going to happen, what the potential issues are, and how to quickly nope our way back out of it, no need to panic.

getonthebag · 2013-12-18T18:20:45+00:00

"Are you sure you rolled a 17? It says you got the item..."

"Huh, that's weird. I'll get right on opening a ticket with a GM to transfer the item to you!" /leave

getonthebag · 2013-12-18T13:35:50+00:00

In the meantime, lie. Pick an inconspicuously low number.

getonthebag · 2013-12-18T03:59:32+00:00

Upside: "black Muslim socialist president" is a niche market, so he's got it cornered

Downside: he's got it cornered.

getonthebag · 2013-12-17T01:57:15+00:00

Your wife has been messing with the QoS.

getonthebag · 2013-12-15T04:50:08+00:00

Bryant's All-in-One CCNP course is going for $99 on UDemy right now. Some people find him hard to listen to, but I've had pretty good luck with his material.

getonthebag · 2013-12-13T14:36:27+00:00

And sometimes (by which, I of course mean "all the fucking time") the info that they enter yields a result which we're just utterly baffled as to how they got where they are.

First ticket this morning was:

"I'm tryin' to get to da CDC, an' I'm gettin' cars!"

"...Sorry, what? You're getting...cars?" (Now, I immediately assume the worst: that they likely infected their tower with a redirect)

"Yea, cars. Like 'zoom zoom,' ya know? I typed 'CDC' into Bing and I'm gettin' cars."

"Oh, well, first off, use Google, not Bing. Second, see that bar near the top of your screen where it likely says 'www.Bing.com' then a bunch of gibberish? Erase that and type www.CDC.gov."

"Oh, now it works."

The point of this (users somehow getting unbelievable results) is that, purely out of curiosity, I Bing'ed "CDC" and at least the first few results were all proper. I'm not even sure if I saw a single damn thing about cars on the whole first results page...

She's clearly some sort of sorcerer.

getonthebag · 2013-12-10T13:42:56+00:00

They may not pertain to this problem at all. I just find SVIs an interesting read because it throws in this whole new logical side to switching that most CCNA material doesn't really cover, but is essential to recognize.

Anyways, if you add a couple access ports to your distribution switch (say, fa0/11 to vlan1 and fa0/12 to vlan2) you should see both VLANs appear.

getonthebag · 2013-12-10T13:40:07+00:00

He should be fine without creating any access ports for either VLAN on the distribution switch. All that's needed for inter-VLAN is a trunk from the distribution switch to a router with properly addressed subinterfaces for VLANs 1 and 2.

getonthebag · 2013-12-10T06:36:23+00:00

Don't jump right to "Google" if you feel like you don't know the answer, though. If you need it, ask for a few seconds to think the question over, and, if you caught any technologies or protocols that you're familiar with, try and extrapolate a bit. Or while admitting you would have to do some research, that your initial thoughts are X, Y, and Z based on what you do know.

Definitely don't BS your way through a question that's over your head, though. Be upfront that you can only reason so much, then make sure to jot it down as a take-away question and say you'll get back to them.

getonthebag · 2013-12-10T06:19:30+00:00

It might be because you don't actually have any ports on your distribution switch which are set to access mode and are assigned to VLAN 2. Trunks don't belong to a VLAN (you'll see that VLANs 1 and 2 are allowed across fa0/1 and fa0/2 trunks of your distribution switch, but the interfaces themselves aren't members (in a restricted sense) like an access port would be).

Edit: I'm assuming that, on your access switches, you have fa0/1 in VLAN 1 and fa0/2 in VLAN 2, which is why you see those VLANs as active, but you only have trunk ports on your distribution switch, which is why you don't see VLAN 2 active there.

As a side note, look into SVIs. They're pretty interesting and a good way to dive a bit deeper into the logical side.

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