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Come over to my place, the address is 192.168.1.123
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
Side note, the joke in The Simpsons is becoming increasingly obscure. Not only do you have to know about DOS command lines, you have to be familiar with the old "See Spot run" textbooks.
Can we meet at 192.168.1.69...... If you know what I mean.
Best internet connection in the entire neighborhood.
RJ11 vs. RJ45.
It's not a switch, it's a patch bay.
Once spent a whole day troubleshooting a site remotely over the phone to re-establish network connection
The client assured me the server was connected to the network switch. It wasn't until some repeated questioning about the indicator lights on the switch, which were mysteriously absent, that I realised we were talking about a patch panel and not a network switch.
This was before facetiming and decent res photo cameras on mobile phones.
Yup, status LEDs are great for over-the-phone troubleshooting. If you suspect somebody unplugged a thing and everyone says it's running, ask for them to check the power LED's color.
the usefulness of most status LEDs is what makes NICs whose LEDs shine and even blink when they are totally unplugged that much more infuriating.
For when those jumbo frames are not big enough and you need a switch that supports super jumbo frames.
It looks like Microsoft is trying to bring back WINS. Those are clearly Window Frames.
That is a really big router or switch.
If you imagine it a hub, the network collisions get a lot more interesting!
The Great Switch Collider
this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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