we threw some PoE on a copper clad aluminum (CCA) twisted pair cable just to see how bad it was… 🙊

reminder we’re gonna blow up some cables tomorrow evening at 6pm pacific

i used to wake up every morning & the first thing i did was give her kisses & say good morning! are you hungry?, and then we would run downstairs & eat, then go for a walk. i have been late to the office every single business day for the past… 6 months, at least. no more mornings, now. i miss her.

my favorite companies are the ones that are like “hey heres this new tool we’re coming out with, do u want one? could make a cool video” shoutout to yall for knowing my love language

anyone who wants to claim CCA cables are fine & good as compared to copper, or aren’t safety hazards……. we’re gonna livestream this shit 3/31 6pm US Pacific ⏰ bit.ly/4sunRJ9

so i bought the macintosh LC

well now that i am a mother to a macintosh LC i guess i ought to finally build an actual home lab

what have i done

CCA cables are dangerous & by definition cannot fit any CAT or ANSI/TIA standard. they’re considered a problem in the industry bc wholesalers looking to make a quick buck will sell them with claims they they’re up to standard: they’re not. also they’re a fire hazard

if u can learn how to play (& enjoy) crusader kings III u can learn how to use network monitoring software

make the network work! but use our database for your automation source of truth! but no WE WONT MAKE THE DATABASE MAKE SENSE YOU HAVE TO ADJUST TO OUR DATABASE THAT WAS NOT MADE FOR YOU

the inside of a $32 optical splitter… lol

figured it out. just had to swap the pairs for Tx/Rx on one side lmaoo i guess auto polarity isn’t a thing on these converters?

weird network stuff on the carpet

IEEE spectrum magazine has been a source of tech optimism for me where usually digital tech news makes me want to die. thanks IEEE ♥️

when u told the switch to disable auto negotiation & force a specific static speed+duplex but instead it just limits its auto negotiation advertisements to that speed+duplex

back at it again i fear

If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.

discovering sleep token in the depths of perimenopause PMDD has been exactly like discovering my chemical romance during puberty

as is tradition every international women’s day, i will be ignoring every single man whose presence i encounter, both online & IRL

i really miss the part of developing the network when i was running around between labs, grabbing tools, standing or walking most of the day. now the stupid network is mature & functional & i have to sit at my desk 😔

Sneak peak. Name that guest.

it’s at the point where my car is full of switches. this is not an exaggeration

i started writing in diaries when i was young enough to misspell “dessert” & complained about being sent to my room without it. now i am writing in my diary about perimenopause. life sure is life.

anybody got a tesla they wanna let me poke at

best book i’ve read in a long time

can i take a pcap on a tesla

i Am Talking About Network Engineering to Keep The Horrors At Bay

people asked whether Cable Water is a common problem, & i’ll just say… it’s apparently common enough that modern cable testers like this will notice the TDR pattern & straight up tell you “it’s water, bro”, instead of expecting you to interpret the results on yr own so… yeap

“it’s a meth day” i say to my dog as i stare down the barrel of the adderall xr

the wiggle test

how to come to terms with a loved one who fully believes AI will destroy the planet but continues to use it enthusiastically anyway because “my career depends on it”

i love a modern cable tester that’ll just be like “in case you’re too dumb to read this… you got cable water”

An IS-IS question for anyone who knows. Did pre-2005 network OSs let you turn off L1 and L2 hellos per-interface? Or were you limited only to turning off a level on the entire node? If it was possible per-interface, was the option always there from day one of IS-IS support? Or was it added later?

she is so old yet so baby. so bean. i love her so much

pretty sure i was told this would do a tdr but turns out it just does wire mapping 💀

open source bit error rate tester software ???

you can't work with Republicans. you can't compromise with them either. you either win or they do.

Hi. Former NSA hacker here: This portal will be used by US intelligence and law enforcement for intelligence collection and to deliver 0-days to targets of interest. You can take that to the bank. I'd bet my mortal soul on it.

god i love dropout so much

new toy! finally have a cable tester of my own at home. gonna make some videos do some science

gonna buy one of these & then battle it against a 5e with water inside the jacket

i desperately need everyone in my life to play yapyap with me

apparently at some point deadmau5 reposted this video on IG & ppl keep leaving comments on it, very confused about why

WOW DISCORD’S AGE VERIFICATION IS TIED TO PALANTIR I AM SO SURPRISED WHO COULDVE GUESSED

there is a bug in the juniper EX platform that will cause an interface to report that it’s in half duplex when it is in fact full duplex, & there’s no way to definitively confirm one way or the other on the switch itself. a fix version was released but this EX2300 says otherwise 😐

derp cable (1) vs full featured cable (2-3)