You've installed your new MS gear Such beauties! Yes, that much is clear! The light should glow white, red colour is sh*te, and flashing is nothing to fear.   Then you mount your new MR kit connect it, but orange is lit! But hey, don't you worry, don't be in a hurry for upgrading might take a bit! ... View more

An IT support guy from Corning whose network went dead without warning Merakis he got, then swapped out the lot and the problem was solved the same morning ... View more

One of my first network memories is from the late 1990's when I was studying for a master's degree at a technical university in Sweden. When working on some network assignment on the university's good old Sun SPARCstation computers, we realised that each lab computer had a public IP address and appeared to be directly connected to the public internet. Puzzled by this we went to see the guy responsible for the campus network, who explained that he did not see any need for a firewall: with so many skilled and inquisitive computer wizards studying at the university, he was convinced that the biggest threat to his environment came from within rather than from the internet - so why bother installing a firewall? 😂 ... View more