Cisco 3750. We've been mixing it up with different switches and routers and IOS versions and today I discovered something horrible. A bug. Actually it wasn't particularly nasty but it was pretty weird.
My 3750 was using a gigabit port and fast ethernet port for trunking and everything else was on a VLAN between 1-9. The trunks were passing traffic from VLAN's 10,20,30,40, and 50. That's what was supposed to happen. Unfortunately until I set some of the free ethernet ports into corresponding VLAN's from the trunk, it would not pass that traffic through the trunk. Weird!! The more you learn, eh?
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
One of many reasons I love the internet
I once discovered a college this way. Downloading Hors de Prix (english title: Priceless) I spied myself an IP resolving to Middlebury College. Some Googling presented me with a wonderful university serving US students studying foreign languages (and with a passionate physics professor to boot!). Alas, they only accept a few students as transfers per year when they accept any at all.
Anyway, I love the internet because of this. Because I can watch a show made and distributed in exclusively in the Pacific region without having to wait for someone to pick up international distribution rights.
Wonderful. Internet, I <3 u.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
A Small Bank Note
Banks are interesting. They exist in a surprisingly competitive market but offer horrible terms.
[Insert lengthy blog post on banks' conflicts of interest here]
After a bit of digging around the best banks I have found are Ally and ING Direct. Ally for offering a small amount of interest checking, a few ATM fee refunds a month, and low overwithdrawal fees (not the same as "overdrawn" fees, Ally will charge you once per day only on days when transactions occur). ING Direct for also offering a small amount of interest checking, free ATM withdrawals with certain partner networks, and overdraft at below market revolving interest rates. Compare these with any other bank, especially big ones.
If you do even some cursory research you'll notice one thing if nothing else: Ally excepting, the bigger the bank the worse the terms. Conversely (inversely?) the smaller the bank the better the terms. This is why I'm a member of ING/Sharebuilder, Ally, and a local credit union.
**Speaking of credit unions, a small shout out for great loan terms. The interest rates on car loans at my CU are slightly better than comparable offers from anyone outside the automotive industry. Sometimes new cars offer no interest for 60 months and you can't beat that!**
[Insert lengthy blog post on banks' conflicts of interest here]
After a bit of digging around the best banks I have found are Ally and ING Direct. Ally for offering a small amount of interest checking, a few ATM fee refunds a month, and low overwithdrawal fees (not the same as "overdrawn" fees, Ally will charge you once per day only on days when transactions occur). ING Direct for also offering a small amount of interest checking, free ATM withdrawals with certain partner networks, and overdraft at below market revolving interest rates. Compare these with any other bank, especially big ones.
If you do even some cursory research you'll notice one thing if nothing else: Ally excepting, the bigger the bank the worse the terms. Conversely (inversely?) the smaller the bank the better the terms. This is why I'm a member of ING/Sharebuilder, Ally, and a local credit union.
**Speaking of credit unions, a small shout out for great loan terms. The interest rates on car loans at my CU are slightly better than comparable offers from anyone outside the automotive industry. Sometimes new cars offer no interest for 60 months and you can't beat that!**
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