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Work IT Setup

From: graphitone25 Oct 2013 11:23
To: ANT_THOMAS 2 of 9
40739.2 In reply to 40739.1
If you can get some sort of reference number you might be able to social engineer the guys at Demon into letting you in on some info about the connection. To be honest, everytime I've got to ring Virgin when there's a fault at our place they can get all the info from me giving them our postcode. So, just make the phone call - that's if you want to be underhanded. :/

Also, Demon are bastards. They keeping sending me invoices for accounts that were closed down years ago.

If you've not got a proper domain how are you authorised to the network? Are all the machines essentially unlocked so you've got free reign over what you can do with them?

I wonder if there's any sort of leased line/private circuit going on for the remote offices? Shirley they can't be sharing your bandwidth out to the net, or do they come back in via a VPN?
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)25 Oct 2013 11:47
To: ANT_THOMAS 3 of 9
40739.3 In reply to 40739.1
Is your ping dying before it leaves your office?  Ping the router or something to see if the issue is in the building first.  Could be wire, or a switch or something.  Sounds like you should be the IT guy.
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From: patch25 Oct 2013 13:51
To: ANT_THOMAS 4 of 9
40739.4 In reply to 40739.1
If you're not the IT guy, what difference is it going to make to you what your internet connection is? Or are you after his job?
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From: ANT_THOMAS25 Oct 2013 14:11
To: patch 5 of 9
40739.5 In reply to 40739.4
Curiosity and that it being shit stops me from working sometimes. If I know it's a shit connection I can possibly suggest alternatives. I hear many people moaning about this that and the other being slow....yet nothing gets done to improve things.

Not particularly after his job.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)25 Oct 2013 16:50
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 6 of 9
40739.6 In reply to 40739.3
I had to replace a gige switch recently after the speed fell through the floor. Turns out the particular model (netgear gs605) is prone to having its cheap caps fried by power surges.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)25 Oct 2013 17:52
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 7 of 9
40739.7 In reply to 40739.6
I had a netgear do that too, but the one I had was under a lifetime warranty so they sent me a nice new one!
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)25 Oct 2013 20:07
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 8 of 9
40739.8 In reply to 40739.7
Someone put together a guide on how to replace the caps. Time + materials: $100. Buy a replacement switch (this time I bought a dlink): $29.95.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)25 Oct 2013 20:11
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 9 of 9
40739.9 In reply to 40739.8
Yeah, I used to like to tackle crap like that, but after repairing the last 3 iphone 4's the like has turned to loathe.  I need to get a few small managed switches for home.
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