Comments on: Network Dictionary – Wi-Fi http://etherealmind.com/network-dictionary-wi-fi/ Network design, architecture, thinking, working. Tech. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Greg Ferro http://etherealmind.com/network-dictionary-wi-fi/#comment-217 Greg Ferro Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:26:05 +0000 http://etherealmind.com/?p=133#comment-217 Well, I do regularly curse wireless networks, but you are correct. The 'Network Dictionary' is meant to be cynically funny and to puncture the moronic nature of our business. My favorite is http://etherealmind.com/2008/02/08/network-dictionary-reassuringly-expensive/ And yes, I have always believed that anything less than excellent is worth criticising. That does not mean that I don't design, use and support flawed technologies because I certainly do. But if I don't speak up, point out the flaws and put up with sub standard, then I will certainly get more rubbish to work with. Greg's Fifth Law of Networking - the more cr-p you put up with, the more cr-p you will get. Also, you need to know the limitations of technology to get the best out of it. Well, I do regularly curse wireless networks, but you are correct. The ‘Network Dictionary’ is meant to be cynically funny and to puncture the moronic nature of our business. My favorite is http://etherealmind.com/2008/02/08/network-dictionary-reassuringly-expensive/

And yes, I have always believed that anything less than excellent is worth criticising. That does not mean that I don’t design, use and support flawed technologies because I certainly do. But if I don’t speak up, point out the flaws and put up with sub standard, then I will certainly get more rubbish to work with.

Greg’s Fifth Law of Networking – the more cr-p you put up with, the more cr-p you will get.

Also, you need to know the limitations of technology to get the best out of it.

]]> By: BrotherMaynard http://etherealmind.com/network-dictionary-wi-fi/#comment-216 BrotherMaynard Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:44:17 +0000 http://etherealmind.com/?p=133#comment-216 I think that the term wi-fi has lost its meaning; kind of like or Xerox or TiVo. I haven't heard anyone complain about their .11 network and - with a shaking fist held aloft - exclaim that they were promised fidelity because it's in the name. I mean there are lots of tech monikers out there that are either nondescript or moronic. Hell, I thing if you asked average consumers what DVD means you'd get a lot of "I don't knows" or wrong answers. To them DVD is just the round thingy that has the latest Xeroxed Will Ferrel movie on it. The fidelity in wi-fi is more the butt of a joke for people like us than it is a promise to consumers. Seems to me, by your reasoning, any semi-flawed technology should be culled. I have to wonder if you would say the same thing about IPv4 (and therefore the internet). The fact of the matter is that if you wait for the perfect product or the perfect technology then you're always going to be waiting. No one buys anything and the market just stops. I think that the term wi-fi has lost its meaning; kind of like or Xerox or TiVo. I haven’t heard anyone complain about their .11 network and – with a shaking fist held aloft – exclaim that they were promised fidelity because it’s in the name. I mean there are lots of tech monikers out there that are either nondescript or moronic. Hell, I thing if you asked average consumers what DVD means you’d get a lot of “I don’t knows” or wrong answers. To them DVD is just the round thingy that has the latest Xeroxed Will Ferrel movie on it. The fidelity in wi-fi is more the butt of a joke for people like us than it is a promise to consumers.

Seems to me, by your reasoning, any semi-flawed technology should be culled. I have to wonder if you would say the same thing about IPv4 (and therefore the internet). The fact of the matter is that if you wait for the perfect product or the perfect technology then you’re always going to be waiting. No one buys anything and the market just stops.

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