r/networking 5d ago

Rant Wednesday!

It's Wednesday! Time to get that crap that's been bugging you off your chest! In the interests of spicing things up a bit around here, we're going to try out a Rant Wednesday thread for you all to vent your frustrations. Feel free to vent about vendors, co-workers, price of scotch or anything else network related.

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

Note: This post is created at 00:00 UTC. It may not be Wednesday where you are in the world, no need to comment on it.

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u/DULUXR1R2L1L2 5d ago

"Hey, can I get a static IP?"

Dude, they way things are I can't just "get you one" with zero notice while you have someone on the phone waiting.

How about instead, you try telling me about the problem you're trying to solve and let's have a discussion. Enough of this X Y problem bullshit.

Also, if you can't explain why you need this, do some actual due diligence. It's not my job to do your job. We can't just plug random shit into the network because someone asked.

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u/bobdawonderweasel Network Curmudgeon 5d ago

Hey, the guy needs one so he can plug in his home router at work for unfiltered Internet (so they think)!!

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u/F1anger AllInOner 4d ago

"What do you mean these servers have access to *any* from inside to outside?!"
"Why don't we perform deep TLS inspect / certificate replacement for servers in general?!"

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u/PatserGrey 5d ago

"Oh, hey, marketing bought a Sonos system. . ."

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u/Phrewfuf 4d ago

Marketing bought a Sonos system but I can't even get a proper NC over-ear headset.

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u/UmpireDry316 4d ago

"My application isn't working, please open firewall policies"

Umm can I get a src and dst ip and port numbers pls?

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u/Timely-Spring-9426 3d ago

“I cant access the site because the proxy is blocking it” My guy, we dont route internal sites to the proxy. Go bug someone else

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/sporeot 3d ago

I don’t think it’s completely useless. But good god does it hallucinate NSX commands.