Re: Common operational misconceptions

[Mathias Wolkert <tias () netnod se>]

Autoneg. The old timers that don't trust it after a few decades of decent code. Or those that lock one side and expect 
the other to adjust to that. 

/Tias

15 feb 2012 kl. 21:47 skrev John Kristoff <jtk () cymru com>:

> Hi friends,
>
> As some of you may know, I occasionally teach networking to college
> students and I frequently encounter misconceptions about some aspect
> of networking that can take a fair amount of effort to correct.
>
> For instance, a topic that has come up on this list before is how the
> inappropriate use of classful terminology is rampant among students,
> books and often other teachers.  Furthermore, the terminology isn't even
> always used correctly in the original context of classful addressing.
>
> I have a handful of common misconceptions that I'd put on a top 10 list,
> but I'd like to solicit from this community what it considers to be the
> most annoying and common operational misconceptions future operators
> often come at you with.
>
> I'd prefer replies off-list and can summarize back to the list if
> there is interest.
>
> John