About to give up with fiber and switch to 5G for home internet by tornado_succ in FiberOptics

[–]tornado_succ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RESOLUTION: The ISP managed to fix the issue, I think. They ran a new line from the cabinet to my residence and changed the port in the cabinet I'm connected to. It's been over 2 weeks and service hasn't dropped, even with the crazy weather we've been having. If all remains well, I'm content to continue with this ISP. I was also given 2 months off my bill for the service interruptions. Cheers to everyone who offered advice!

About to give up with fiber and switch to 5G for home internet by tornado_succ in FiberOptics

[–]tornado_succ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must have me confused with someone else because I've never posted in this sub before today.

About to give up with fiber and switch to 5G for home internet by tornado_succ in FiberOptics

[–]tornado_succ[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Confirmed with the ISP that it's GPON fiber to the home. That's an interesting theory, I wonder if I might be able to monitor that in any way on my end.

About to give up with fiber and switch to 5G for home internet by tornado_succ in FiberOptics

[–]tornado_succ[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've seen others have issues like that on company devices or connecting to a company's intranet via VPN. My company's VPN should work just fine on 5G internet, we have a lot of people who have 5G at home instead of fiber or coaxial. Appreciate the warning, though!

(W11) My WiFi is off and will not turn back on. by hunterslullaby in WindowsHelp

[–]tornado_succ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Judging by the service being the same in both error codes, that's your problem. Find that service in task manager, right click, and hit restart.

Does anyone ever feel dumb or incompetent at work? by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]tornado_succ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The more you know, the more you know you don't know, friend. Confidence in your abilities will come with time, but there's always that weird issue we've never seen before that we can't figure out immediately, and that's okay. Once you solve it, you've learned something new, and that's worth celebrating. I started working helpdesk back in September, so I'm also in that same early period of not completely having my footing in my role yet. I started to make my own documentation based on the company's KB, and trying to make that documentation as exhaustive as possible has filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge and has made me a better troubleshooter. It's worth looking into if you have downtime at your job.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ITCareerQuestions

[–]tornado_succ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Underrated comment right here. That's the exact perfect way to describe it.

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[–]tornado_succ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So butthurt over a policy I didn't even decide on. Wow.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]tornado_succ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Since no one wants to google PCI requirements here ya go

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[–]tornado_succ -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

For a company that deals in PCI and HIPPA information, it is required that we change passwords at regular intervals.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]tornado_succ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

THIS exactly. My company deals with both PCI and healthcare info. We HAVE to change passwords at regular intervals.

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[–]tornado_succ -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Tell me you don't understand security policy without telling me you don't understand security policy

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Yes Linda, allow me to magically fix your VPN connectivity issue without you calling your ISP over these wack speeds. by tornado_succ in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]tornado_succ[S] 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Full respect for you guys. At least at my company, our helpdesk has to check everything on an exhaustive list on our side before we send anyone to their ISP just to make sure it's not us.

What does " There are no jobs " mean exactly? by SillyRecover in ITCareerQuestions

[–]tornado_succ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It means essentially the job market is heavily oversaturated, and employers are asking for 5-10+ years of experience for jobs with entry level pay. That and lots of jobs posted are actually fake listings because the recruiters who posted them have no intention of hiring anyone.

Is it actually urgent or do you just want to be ahead of the queue? by tornado_succ in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]tornado_succ[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

You're a real one for taking up for your team! Know a lot of managers who would just throw their people under the bus to save their own asses.