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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
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      @EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      Just read some SMB IT Journal articles on generalist / specialist and engineer / support and am re-familiarizing myself with the feeling of ambivalence.

      Good stuff 🙂 Be sure to like and share 😉

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      • EddieJenningsE
        EddieJennings @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        @EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        Just read some SMB IT Journal articles on generalist / specialist and engineer / support and am re-familiarizing myself with the feeling of ambivalence.

        Good stuff 🙂 Be sure to like and share 😉

        No, it's terrible. Deciding between multiple things about which you have passion is quite stressful. 😕

        On sharing: I posted them in our it-private channel at work for my colleagues to read :).

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        • NerdyDadN
          NerdyDad @EddieJennings
          last edited by

          @EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Just read some SMB IT Journal articles on generalist / specialist and engineer / support and am re-familiarizing myself with the feeling of ambivalence.

          Good stuff 🙂 Be sure to like and share 😉

          No, it's terrible. Deciding between multiple things about which you have passion is quite stressful. 😕

          On sharing: I posted them in our it-private channel at work for my colleagues to read :).

          I try sharing stuff and get this response:

          "They are full of it. We experience saturation weekly and without QOS our calls would we inaudible. Tell mango con they will never see us at a conference. QOS FOR LIFE
          DROP THE MIC"

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          • NerdyDadN
            NerdyDad
            last edited by

            All I shared was:

            https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
            https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

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            • EddieJenningsE
              EddieJennings
              last edited by

              Would having the understanding of QoS concepts and having the skills to configure it be something that you'd expect a generalist to have? Or would that knowledge and skill be expected for a network specialist and a bonus for a generalist?

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                last edited by

                @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                All I shared was:

                https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                Where did you share them?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @EddieJennings
                  last edited by

                  @EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  Would having the understanding of QoS concepts and having the skills to configure it be something that you'd expect a generalist to have? Or would that knowledge and skill be expected for a network specialist and a bonus for a generalist?

                  Yes, that's very basic networking knowledge expected for something like the Network+

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    QoS knowledge was, in the 1990s, considered so basic that you had to do a test on it that gave you zero credit in the MS cert world, other than allowing you to then go on to other certs. Today, you get a Net+ for that same work. The bar has lowered a bit. But that it is entry level "universal" knowledge that you should expect from everyone hasn't changed. Even helpdesk people, while maybe not confident that they know the answers, should know what QoS does any why and when it would be useful.

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                    • NerdyDadN
                      NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                      All I shared was:

                      https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                      https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                      Where did you share them?

                      With my boss by email and that was his response, by email.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                        last edited by

                        @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        All I shared was:

                        https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                        https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                        Where did you share them?

                        With my boss by email and that was his response, by email.

                        Oh, ha ha. He thinks that the LAN is saturated? Or he thinks that your outbound WAN is saturated?

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                        • NerdyDadN
                          NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          All I shared was:

                          https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                          https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                          Where did you share them?

                          With my boss by email and that was his response, by email.

                          Oh, ha ha. He thinks that the LAN is saturated? Or he thinks that your outbound WAN is saturated?

                          He thinks that the LAN is saturated.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                            last edited by

                            @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            All I shared was:

                            https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                            https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                            Where did you share them?

                            With my boss by email and that was his response, by email.

                            Oh, ha ha. He thinks that the LAN is saturated? Or he thinks that your outbound WAN is saturated?

                            He thinks that the LAN is saturated.

                            How the heck is that happening and why hasn't it been fixed? He actually thinks that your switching backplanes are beyond capacity but hasn't addressed it? How does anyone work?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              Part of the point of at least one of the articles was that instead of bandaiding LAN saturation with QoS, you should fix the LAN.

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                              • NerdyDadN
                                NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                All I shared was:

                                https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                                https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                                Where did you share them?

                                With my boss by email and that was his response, by email.

                                Oh, ha ha. He thinks that the LAN is saturated? Or he thinks that your outbound WAN is saturated?

                                He thinks that the LAN is saturated.

                                How the heck is that happening and why hasn't it been fixed? He actually thinks that your switching backplanes are beyond capacity but hasn't addressed it? How does anyone work?

                                We have added switches because the switches that were put in when I showed up were not performing what we needed and were difficult to administer. We since then upgraded to newer and faster switches and network performance has improved. However, he still insists on VLANing EVERYTHING!!

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                                  last edited by

                                  @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  All I shared was:

                                  https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                                  https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                                  Where did you share them?

                                  With my boss by email and that was his response, by email.

                                  Oh, ha ha. He thinks that the LAN is saturated? Or he thinks that your outbound WAN is saturated?

                                  He thinks that the LAN is saturated.

                                  How the heck is that happening and why hasn't it been fixed? He actually thinks that your switching backplanes are beyond capacity but hasn't addressed it? How does anyone work?

                                  We have added switches because the switches that were put in when I showed up were not performing what we needed and were difficult to administer. We since then upgraded to newer and faster switches and network performance has improved. However, he still insists on VLANing EVERYTHING!!

                                  Well the VLANs might explain the saturation. They cause that.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Hence the "fix your network, don't hide the problems" mantra.

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                                    • black3dynamiteB
                                      black3dynamite
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                                      Grilling some chicken and beef to have fiesta dinner with family and friends.

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                                      • DominicaD
                                        Dominica
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                                        Was going to bake some tilapia but decided that I wanted some sushi. Real sushi, not sashimi. I don't really do fish sushi, but I like vegetable sushi.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          Trying to get to some writing that I've had on my desk all day.

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @NerdyDad
                                            last edited by JaredBusch

                                            @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            All I shared was:

                                            https://mangolassi.it/topic/11896/qos-for-voip-is-not-the-big-deal-the-vendors-want-you-to-think
                                            https://mangolassi.it/topic/11895/why-vlans-do-not-provide-effective-qos-for-voip

                                            Where did you share them?

                                            With my boss by email and that was his response, by email.

                                            Oh, ha ha. He thinks that the LAN is saturated? Or he thinks that your outbound WAN is saturated?

                                            He thinks that the LAN is saturated.

                                            How the heck is that happening and why hasn't it been fixed? He actually thinks that your switching backplanes are beyond capacity but hasn't addressed it? How does anyone work?

                                            We have added switches because the switches that were put in when I showed up were not performing what we needed and were difficult to administer. We since then upgraded to newer and faster switches and network performance has improved. However, he still insists on VLANing EVERYTHING!!

                                            He can VLAN all he wants. But that does not change the fact that QoS on and entire VLAN is not correctly prioritizing the voice traffic.

                                            It is prioritizing all of the traffic on the VLAN. Which includes the broadcast traffic and dns and dhcp and sip as well as the rtp that actually carries the voice traffic.

                                            It is a misconfiguration based on stated intent.

                                            You boss is wrong. Feel free to send this to him.

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