Thespis' World

Ramblings of an old man about Networking

Author: thespis

Why Rotating Passwords Every 60–90 Days Is Outdated (and What to Do Instead) For years, IT departments enforced a familiar rule: users must change their passwords every 60 to 90…

Networking Field Day 31

Networking Field Day(NFD) is a part of the Tech Field Day(TFD) group of events presented by Gestalt IT. These Field Days are a series technical meetings that are invite-only. The…

Virtual Local Area Network(VLAN) 1 is the default VLAN in a network. But what does that mean to users and network admins? In this post I explain how to use…

Recently I’ve seen some bad networks. I have also seen some training elsewhere that poses questions with bad standards in them. This upcoming series of blogs will talk about best…

Cisco Hold Music

Introduction If you’ve ever been put on hold, you’ve likely heard the rhythmic thumping and synthesizer named Opus No. 1, but commonly called Cisco Hold Music. There have been numerous…

Taking Ownership of Your Failures

Always check the size of the flash on your network devices before you delete the current firmware image. The new firmware may not actually fit on the device. I found that out the hard way and had to manually upload the firmware image using Zmodem and a console cable. Thankfully did not get fired.