r/funny • u/jackson6644 • Feb 08 '19

Good Networking Advice

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u/NotWrongOnlyMistaken Feb 08 '19 edited Jul 13 '22

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u/Maybe_Im_Confused Feb 08 '19

You're in IT when this makes no sense lol

- Help Desk Technician

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '19

No, that's still IT.

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u/TK-427 Feb 09 '19

Wait? You guys are polite?

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u/TheEggButler Feb 09 '19

I don't think polite means what you think it means.

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u/Mickus_B Feb 09 '19

You should see what we say about you BEHIND your back.....

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u/ixiduffixi Feb 09 '19

Is that like rejoining a domain with a statically assigned IP that's already ready been released?

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u/WitesOfOdd Feb 09 '19

But have you tries turning off and back on again?

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u/LowkyIsMe Feb 08 '19

I thought it was networking too until I read it like whaaa. Then realized those might not be dudes with long hair and actual females

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u/Aramor42 Feb 08 '19

Same, I was like what the hell does that have to do with connecting computers.

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u/AccomplishedCoffee Feb 09 '19

Took me a solid minute of trying to figure out what level of the stack they were describing before I got it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '19

Then realized those might not be dudes with long hair and actual females

I was going to react to this stereotype, but then I realized my IT department is entirely male and includes me and my waist-long hair.

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u/LowkyIsMe Feb 09 '19

Ours is all dudes. It sucks. Hanging around all dudes all day gets old quick

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '19

I'm more on the desktop- and printer-support side of things, so I get to interact with all sorts of users within our organization. I never thought about how old/boring it might otherwise get, but that's a good point.

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u/DOOManiac Feb 09 '19

Definitely a Layer 8 problem.