Something I kept from a post for future reference LOL
To follow is my observations on being the "Net Admin / Support Guy"
Whether it is network related or not, everything is the fault of the network administrator.
There are always 1.5 cables for every available port.
The fact that a report printed fine yesterday does not necessarily mean it will print at all today.
Users will ask the same questions over and over and over?
The average user can remember no less than 26 birth dates, 44 telephone numbers, 15 addresses but can not seem to remember a 5 character password.
Any given run of Cat-5 cable will be exactly 4? too short.
If you have 6? patch cables in stock you?ll need 8? cables, if you have 8? patch cables in stock you?ll need 10? cables, if you have?
An idiot with a pair of wire cutters is a recipe for a network disaster.
In spite of what Microsoft says, R.A.S. really stands ?Really Ambiguous Stuff?
The ?CAPS LOCK? key spontaneously turns itself on when users aren?t looking.
The ?NUM LOCK? key spontaneously turns itself off when users aren?t looking.
Nobody is quite sure what the ?SCROLL LOCK? key does.
In spite of what most users believe, turning off the monitor is NOT the same thing as logging off.
If a given print job did not print the first twelve times a user sends it, it will most likely not print the next twelve times that it is sent.
Regardless of hard disk capacity it?s never quite enough to hold all of the user?s data.
Regardless of tape drive capacity it?s never quite enough to back up the full capacity of the hard disk(s).
The fact that it plugs into the wall does NOT make it the responsibility of the network administrator.
In spite of what Microsoft says, NT really stands ?Not Today?.
In spite of what Novell says, NW really stands ?Now What??.
Punch-Down tools have a ?designed-in? affinity for creating holes in the installers? fingers.
NEVER?EVER? buy a ?cheap? crimp tool and expect it to work properly.
Any given network design will require 1.5 times the cable specified by the designer.
Drive mappings don?t, firewalls won?t, security isn?t, proxy servers can?t, personal settings aren?t.
Design a foolproof system and only a fool can effectively use it.
A creative idiot can circumvent even the best security.
A network can be (a) Fast (b) Secure (c) Simple (d) Cheap. Pick three.
There?s always a ?cracker? out there with (a) more time than you, (b) more brains than you, and (c) more caffeine than you.
---teknoid---
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