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Less bogarts this time
The T-1 card for XXXXXXXX came in today [1], and around 5:30 I showed up at
the office to install it. And of course F, who I informed earlier in the day
I was coming over, had neglected to inform anyone until after I showed up.
It was rather amusing actually. I was in the server room with C when F called
C to say I was coming over. C said okay, then hung up. C then told me to
install the card, which requires turning off the router (most Cisco routers
have hot-swappable parts—not this particular model though). Less than a
minute F calls C saying the network was down. C then said yes, might it have
something to do with Sean, who already showed up, installing the T-1?
Okay, perhaps you had to be there.
But it was amusing to see just how addicted to the Internet everyone at
XXXXXXXX is.
Anyway, I came prepared with the configuration printed out in case the
interfaces were renumbered (they were) and with the special console cable
(which I did use to configure the T-1 card). The T-1 circuit however, failed
to come up, and remained down even after poking at it from The Office (I
could still get to XXXXXXXX's router from the DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
connection). In the end, I had to call in a trouble ticket with The
Monopolistic Phone Company.
Later in the evening I got a call back from The Monopolistic Phone Company—
their stuff is perfect, it must be something from the T-1 jack onwards at the
XXXXXXXX side. Cable, misconfigured T-1 card, not their bailiwick.
Sigh.
[1]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/04/25.4
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