Rant: Brocade Requires Login & Service Contract to Access Foundry Manuals
March 2, 2010 by Greg Ferro · 4 Comments
So, I’m working on some Foundry gear and I’d like get access to some manuals to learn how Foundry works. Except they are hidden behind a login for valid service contract holders. Whats up with that ?
Rant:Cisco — Masters of the Networking World — What’s That on Your Home Page ?
December 9, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 13 Comments
Is Cisco’s home page a complete FAIL today ? Or is that just me.
Rant: People Are Not Valuable or Why I Don’t Attend Office Parties
November 19, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 15 Comments
I am often asked to attend parties with my co-workers for people who are leaving, Christmas or team parties. Then I realised how little it really mattered and got on with my life.
Rant:Why Is the IEEE All About Secrecy ?
October 23, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
I’m not happy that IEEE hides much of the meeting and discussions that progress the standards that affect all of us. Why does it have to be a secret ?
Rant:Cisco Networkers Virtual — Its Bad, Very Bad.
September 15, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 10 Comments
I went to Networkers in Barcelona last year and got a login to the Networkers Virtual. Frankly, what a pile of utterly misguided marketing hype. It’s unusable and not fit for purpose.
Rant:My Growing Dislike Of “Cross Marketing”
August 17, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
I purchase a new product / thing / software. I delight in opening / using / starting it for the first time. Then, an advertisement spews up for a related product. Lousy douchetards, if I wanted that, I would have bought it.
Why Does This Remind Me of Putting FCoE in My Network ?
June 30, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
This photo reminds me of networks that I have worked on. FCoE anyone ?
Rant:D-Link Hijacks Your Internets — in FIRMWARE
November 6, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
Ubersource points out the D-Link router/modem firmware forces you to go their website and receive spamvertising about security software. You have to login to the router, go Advanced and OPT OUT to stop this.
This is very poor practice. Opt-out is NEVER ACCEPTABLE, and using a piece of hardware that is fully paid for to perform […]
Rant: Certguard in Computerworld — Go and Register Your Disgust
September 5, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 8 Comments
Certguard have been mentioned in a Computerworld article about exam cheats. Please go and leave a comment to show how disgusting that Certguard, who falsely accuse people of cheating, have been used for comment.
Managing and Technical Life — Reprise
September 5, 2008 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
Give the amount of misinterpretation from my previous post, let me expand my hypothesis a little further.
Rant:Managing Is Easy Compared to Technical Life
September 4, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 11 Comments
Not everyone will be a good manager, but very few people will ever be a good, I mean _really_ good, technician or engineer. You should be willing to pay for that.
Rant:New Logos ? Tasteless Rubbish
August 26, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 12 Comments
When I first heard about the logos, I thought, fair enough. Now I have had a closer look, and taken a few days to think about it — they are rubbish.
Rant: I Loathe Voicemail, Its Disruptive and Inefficient
August 13, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
Its hard to describe how disruptive voice mail can be to an organised engineering day. The idea that someone can leave a message which requires me to undertake a further action (usually without confirmation) is anathema to being organised and getting things done.
Rant: F5 LTM and GTM Doesn’t Do External AAA Authorization
February 27, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments
F5 BigIP LTM and GTM does not have any user authorisation capability for administration by Radius or TACACS. Can you believe that?
They have been producing F5 BigIP software for more than a decade and I cannot believe that customers have not been asking to provide external user authorisation. To compare, I have just been configuring APC Switched […]

