Juha Saarinen wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Dean Pemberton wrote:
And I'm not - if anyone thinks that this makes me unsuitable for inclusion by the 'network operator elite' then let me know and I'll unsubscribe.
Now, now, Dean... no need to be bashful... I know you're in charge of a peer-to-peer LANtastic network at home, so I think you qualify.
I guess someone like Roger De Salis doesn't though. He flogs network gear, but doesn't operate much, right?
I run a 6 PC domestic network with a /29. Router is Linux 6.1, Couple of disk stores, storage capacity currently running past 150Gb, mostly MP3's and ripped DVD videos (pink Floyd, Tina Turner, the corrs, etc etc) and I admit to some help from Don Stokes with a couple of curly things DNS things, I run 4 AVVID IP phones at home, over a bullet proof 802.11b/directional aerials link to a well-known Wellington Provider. 5Mbps both directions... no outages ever (apart from known maintenance). (Si, I take it all back, I was only winding Dean up....... ) Dean has actually been in my domestic cave, when we were discussing email ugliness (which I've since solved with trestlemail/fetchmail). 4 AVVID phone connect to a hub on the outside ethernet, all the PC's are natted through the router. Very cool, multiple lines on a single number, quite a different proposition than a multiple analogue phones on a single copper pair. You can call me on 04 914 6374 if you wish to check out the voice quality. Bitter things I have learned....... Because I don't run BGP/4 domestically, I can never aspire to the lofty heights of this elite group.... Understanding how this stuff works is completely useless, in fact an impediment when attempting to have a dialogue at an executive level. Not so bitter things I have learned.. Working for Cisco is very cool. In spite of the fact that we ask you to change IOS versions like everyone else changes underware. :-) Now Dean, my /29 raises your LANtastic network......
-- Regards,
Juha
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