>The USA has done the most work trying to bring free & democracy to oppressed people.

As someone who actually served in our military - no we haven't.

>But everyone should give your stories over there a read.

We have so many other amazing authors far better than I am as well. Thank you for the fandom though, it is appreciated.

Yep. It was a silly setup for sure.

That is definitely more impressive than what I did.

>I agree, NE should have caught this pretty quick, it’s usually an easy thing to rule out for sudden unexplained widespread pocket loss.

Yep. It was literally one of the practical parts of my CCNA exam.

I know. If the date in my title didn't tell you how old I am, that sure gave it away.

I didn't shed a fucking tear when they went under. I went home the day the news hit the newspapers and told my wife about it. "Hey /u/griffingrl, remember, the shitty company that fired me last year? Fucking lol."

>Oops.

>I was legit fucking around.

Fucking gold. You made me laugh, so thanks. :)

Cool story bro. How sad are you that took the time to not only post this comment that adds nothing to the discussion, but you are calling me the loser. Clearly most people disagree. Look at the votes and discussion. I'm a writer. Entertaining people is what I do in my spare time. Have you never read a book twice? Or more?

Have a good day.

Also true.

It would have been routine. Figure out where the packets are getting lost, then go physically check the device if a remote reboot doesn't work or can't be performed. Follow standard troubleshooting. Check the cables, hard reboot it, etc. You would eventually notice it was plugged into itself if you check and trace all the cables.

Sure thing! I love to write, so that is what I do a lot of here on reddit. I've done a fair bit over the years at /r/MilitaryStories if you would like to check us out.

>no port assignments or anything like that.

Didn't even tell me what rack the equipment was on or anything. I wandered around in there looking at switches and routers and shit until I found the modems. I didn't say shit because I wanted a paycheck and some experience, but yeah, stupid way to do things when you are dealing with critical systems. He should have at least shadowed me in there and watched, even if he wasn't going to say or do shit to help me.

Yeah - as I later became a network engineer, I used it as a learning experience. When I became a manager, I made sure I showed my people how to do shit and never "tested" them this way.

It did absolutely amaze me that a single server was that critical to the business. Even the smallest company I worked for had several backups.

A competent network engineer would have seen where the packets were getting lost and should have been able to figure the problem out. Crazy.

No clue what they would have done.

Believe me, I know. My fuckup was really not paying attention to where my big ass feet were going.

There were apparently multiple points of failure there. I later became a network engineer, and when I think back on how they had things set up, it amazes me that were able to function at all.

If anyone enjoyed my writing, I also write over in /r/MilitaryStories about my time in the Army. Come check us out.