Terrible Networker

I got my CCNA in like two weeks so yeah I'm pretty good. I run a datacenter for some kind of bank I think.

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

sooooooo apparently my boss follows me on Twitter. he was waiting for me at my desk and now I have to spend the whole day cleaning the utility rooms with no PC. :(

(at least I managed to get Twitter working on the old security control system. had to install a bunch of updates)

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

If this gets 100 RTs I'll deploy a non-peer-reviewed change to our core routers at 5pm this Friday

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

My boss disabled my LDAP account during the change freeze due to last year's misunderstanding. That's okay though, there's only a few tiny changes I need to make and I found the username & password for the firewalls in an old text file. Always keep backups!

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Ugh I forgot about the holiday change freeze next week. Now I have to go back and mark all these maintenance requests as emergencies. #paperwork

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

"Why don't you just run STP?"

WHY DON'T YOU STOP PLUGGING IN CABLES THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Anyone else have trouble logging into Google+ this morning?

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

My boss saw the pile of servers I took apart and this morning and asked me if my resume was up to date. I totally forgot to put this on there! He's always looking out for me. 😃

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Phew! It took all day but I personally disassembled every one of our servers to check for malicious chips. Can't be too careful after the Supermicro news.

Anyway, I'm beat. Gonna call it a night and get to work putting everything back together first thing tomorrow.

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

@5arcen Not anymore, we got rid of our last token ring gear in June

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Why do people say naming things is hard? Names are everywhere! All my routers are named after Simpsons characters, and firewalls are zodiac signs (except I have Aquarius1 and Aquarius2 because there are 13). Also you can use foods.

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

See boss? Technically I *didn't* touch that fiber before the link went down. https://t.co/gnlz8HyLY2

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Can anyone recommend a network monitoring tool with a nice and colorful UI? Ours is always so... red. Ugh.

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Hold up.

Why is it called a SUBMARINE cable if they use a boat to install it? That doesn't make any sense.

https://t.co/r3NW2C1S7O

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Boss gave me a box of old hard drives to toss. "Make sure they're sanitized first" he says.

I used like two and a half bottles of Purell, should be good. Seems like a waste though.

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

My coworkers get praised for completing projects a week before their deadline, but I start a maintenance just four hours early and get chewed out. #unfair

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Hahaha everyone's freaking out about this huge WPA2 vulnerability. Glad I stuck with WEP

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

No really though #NotQualifiedForTech

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Guys I probably shouldn't even post this but I met a guy who sent me the code to get *EVERY POSSIBLE SSN* in the world. Crazy!!!

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

10GE: 10 Gbps using two strands of fiber
40GE: 4x10GE (eight strands)
25GE: 2.5x10GE (five strands)
50GE: 100GE in half-duplex

[Terrible Networker @BadAtNetworking]

Got my solar eclipse glasses just in time! Weird that one lens is red and the other is blue but whatever, I'm excited!