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i mean… the internet WAS down for them
“all fixed” hero.jpg
Ma’am the network is haunted. Do you have any peanut butter? This will lure the network ghosts out of the Ethernet.
That’s on you if you didn’t remotely have them unplug and reset the power cable on both ends, confirm it, and have them watch for lights.
“Unplug the power cable and blow on the ends.”
Institutions unclear. Now engaged to IT guy.
“I don’t think we have a modem.”
The user lied and cranked one out instead of fiddling with the power cable.
“Uh, yeah, I did that and still nothing”
That’s why I said confirm it. “There may be bent metal. What does the inside of the power supply barrel adapter and the prongs plugged into the wall look like?” Or have them take a picture. There’s always a BS reason you can come up with. You’re helping them after all!
That highly depends on the contract and capabilities of the help desk.
I once worked a contract that was to send warranty parts out based on the end user’s complaint. I was not allowed to contact the end user to clarify anything.
Oh wow, that sounds frustrating. Many users don’t exactly have a reputation for being detailed in their tickets…
“I totally unplugged it and plugged it back in on both ends, pinkie promise.”
Narrator: They did not do that because it would require getting out of their chair.
Or they unplugged their monitor, or a fan, or a vacuum cleaner… who can tell?
close the door to the server room.
hang out in there for several hours
smoke weed, do illicit shit
nap
maybe fap once or twice
plug router back in
man that was a serious issue
that’ll be $3,640
$69,420
You must be my mechanic.
Your mechanic sits on your car smoking weed and fapping?
Yours doesn’t?
No he doesn’t. There isn’t space for him. I’m in the car with 4 friends smoking weed and fapping already while he checks the engine.
You’re in the car and the mechanic is on the car so I don’t see your point bud.
Bold.
I guaran-fuckin-tee you while he “checks the engine” he’s smoking weed and fapping in your engine bay and at least one other mechanic is in there doing it with him. That’s just the way things are, homie
Good ass ventilation, thats the fuckin spot to light up
I’ve got good ass ventilation. I ventilate it every day. I don’t suggest you light up near my ass ventilation though…
In such a scenario put on your headphones, start an interesting podcast, open… https://hackertyper.net/ … on your laptop, every couple of minutes type a couple of lines, appear super focused and busy. Once you are bored and no one is looking, plug it back in.
The server at hackertyper.net is taking too long to respond.
If power cord looks that way, definitely not enterprise grade equipment.
Could also be power source for PoE, if that is separate on the device. And if that is powering IP phones, and the PCs are connected to integrated switches of those IP phones, “the internet is down”.
That’s a Cisco Meraki device. It’s Enterprise grade equipment. Part of the appeal of that line of device is being able to basically just register the serial number of the device on a dashboard and the configuration that you pre-configured on the Dashboard can be automatically pushed to the device when it is powered on. In theory, it means you can basically ship it to a dinosaur of a user and ask them to plug it in and turn it on. In practice? Stuff like this happens all the time if you try to do that.
Prosumer, but damn expensive*
Isn’t that the definition of Cisco?
/s
My company hired an outside IT guy to help install the new server and server rack a few months ago and after he finished all the phones were down. everyone was panicking and trying to figure out what was going on and they were about to call the guy that set up the server. I went to check it out and when I got in there the first thing I noticed was the power cable was just chillin’ on the floor.
i did this to myself yesterday, but on the ac side.
the universal power adapter for my homelab server didn’t come with a european plug so i’m using a converter until i can source something reasonable. yesterday i was adding stuff to the cabinet and bumped the power strip.
turns out, american plugs are not only real sensitive to bumps, they also give off a lot of funny lights when they’re used with 230V.
how do you guys live with these fischer-price plugs?
Not to defend US power plugs (the UK plug is clearly superior) but this sounds like a problem with your adapter. US plugs rely on the socket having enough friction to hold the plug. It’s obviously not the best design decision, but I’ve only had issues with cheap adapters and >50 year old sockets (which are hard to find because they tend to get replaced during remodeling).
The sparks are also less of an issue with 110v.
The friction also helps clean off the contacts for better connection.
Mine are in there pretty firmly. I assume you mean an ungrounded one, because the triple prong is sturdy as heck.
Either way, both kinds can be plenty sturdy, definitely resists bumps. I’d expect a quality issue with the adapter.
