jelatin
06-22-2010, 04:13 PM
I work as a web developer for a custom motorcycle company, weird combo I know. Anyways, because I'm really the only person in the building who knows how to operate a computer, I'm also impromptu IT. To be fair, I'm really nowhere near professional IT, but I've worked with computers for a long time, and can help out with a lot of simple problems.
So today I come in and the wireless network is down. Everyone who is hardwired on the first floor is fine, but all of us on the second floor who use wireless aren't getting any internet. So I go down to our server/networking room and start poking around to see what I can figure out.
Common sense tells me that our wireless router (an apple airport) isn't working, and sure enough the light is blinking orange. So I try a bunch of different things, swapping out ethernet cables, rebooting the router, logging into the router admin and checking all the wireless settings, etc. Can't get anything to work. So I dig around and find a Linksys router, set it up, create a new wireless network, etc, works fine. I go around and get everyone set up on the new network, then we're good to go.
Everyone is happy except one guy who swears that I'm wrong, the router works fine, and is determined to prove me wrong. Keep in mind that this guy is a certified douche bag and this isn't the first time he's tried to one-up me in front of most of our company. All his efforts always end hilariously bad for him. So after about an hour of everyone getting back to work, he bursts into my office and declares that he has gotten the Airport to work.
Now like I said, I'm no networking or IT expert, but I know my shit fairly well, however I wasn't 100% positive the airport was broken, it was just my best guess. I walk over to his office and he proudly loads up a webpage. So I have him open his wireless network list and point out that he is connected to the new network that I set up. What's more, I don't even SEE the old network on the list. He begins ranting that he swears he had it working and he will fix it shortly. So I walk out to check the airport itself. It's plugged in to the wall, but there are 0 ethernet cables running into or out of it.
I told him to keep working on it and let me know when he had it working again.
So today I come in and the wireless network is down. Everyone who is hardwired on the first floor is fine, but all of us on the second floor who use wireless aren't getting any internet. So I go down to our server/networking room and start poking around to see what I can figure out.
Common sense tells me that our wireless router (an apple airport) isn't working, and sure enough the light is blinking orange. So I try a bunch of different things, swapping out ethernet cables, rebooting the router, logging into the router admin and checking all the wireless settings, etc. Can't get anything to work. So I dig around and find a Linksys router, set it up, create a new wireless network, etc, works fine. I go around and get everyone set up on the new network, then we're good to go.
Everyone is happy except one guy who swears that I'm wrong, the router works fine, and is determined to prove me wrong. Keep in mind that this guy is a certified douche bag and this isn't the first time he's tried to one-up me in front of most of our company. All his efforts always end hilariously bad for him. So after about an hour of everyone getting back to work, he bursts into my office and declares that he has gotten the Airport to work.
Now like I said, I'm no networking or IT expert, but I know my shit fairly well, however I wasn't 100% positive the airport was broken, it was just my best guess. I walk over to his office and he proudly loads up a webpage. So I have him open his wireless network list and point out that he is connected to the new network that I set up. What's more, I don't even SEE the old network on the list. He begins ranting that he swears he had it working and he will fix it shortly. So I walk out to check the airport itself. It's plugged in to the wall, but there are 0 ethernet cables running into or out of it.
I told him to keep working on it and let me know when he had it working again.