Even better than that - how about accidentally moving an RJ45 from an ehter hub/switch to the newer type token ring RJ45 port - oops- no workie GI. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jeffrey S. Sharp -> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:11 PM -> To: 'classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org' -> Subject: RE: Are office people really that, umm shall we say...slow? -> -> -> > > connected the BNC on the back of a VT220 to a thinwire ethernet -> > > network. -> > -> > We had a secretary do that once on an early Novel network, didn't -> > bring it down, just made it VERY SLOW. (The only thing we could -> > figure was that it allowed data during the re-trace(?). -> -> When I got my first real job, being an IT monkey at Saxon Publishers, I -> didn't know a thing about computer networks. I was expected to learn on -> the job. One morning, I decided to change my cube's ethernet -> port from 10 -> Mbps to 100 Mbps. I located the corresponding cable in The Closet, -> unplugged it from a 10 Mbps hub, plugged it into a 100 Mbps hub, and left -> for class. -> -> The problem was that I had plugged into port 16, which was -> shared with the -> hub's uplink port. The hub dutifully provided service to my computer at -> port 16 and forgot about the uplink, thus separating itself (and all the -> Very Important Things connected to it) from the rest of the company -> network. Business stopped, for 2.5 hours, until I returned gave my -> frantic co-wokers the clue they needed. -> -> I was not fired. -> -> -- -> Jeffrey S. Sharp -> jss(a)subatomix.com -> ->