The Pivot

  We have a working version of a prototype network in the U1 lab, however someone just dropped a requirement on us that we need to route IPX traffic from the remotes back to the file servers at the HQ network. Those spreadsheets aren't going to write themselves now, are they. That means what we have in place, all IP routing, will have to change to accommodate IPX. In the meantime it's time to commit what we have to writing, mainly so we have it documented somewhere, but also to maybe help others out in the future. Part of it is to show Lumbergh we produced something to get him off our backs. The design needs some work, things need to move to sub-interfaces, EIGRP needs some work and, as mentioned, IPX needs to be added. HQ Router The configuration for the HQ router: ! version 12.4 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec no service password-encryption ! hostname INIHQRTR01 ! boot-start-marker boot-end-marker ! logging buffered 4096 informat...

After the INITECH office fire Bill Lumbergh’s father, William H. Lumbergh III, Esq., Chairman of the parent holding company, stepped in to deal with the aftermath. Now, he couldn’t very well fire his namesake son, Bill, but he could move him over to INITRODE where he’d not introduce so many problems. Call it a demotion if you want, it’s more like nepo-damage-control, it’s uncanny how much Bill looks like his 65 year old father, isn’t it, sorta freaks me out. So what to do? First order of business was to do just that, get business back up and running, enough to be able to send invoices and process payments. Payables could wait, Nina is freakishly good at keeping vendors on hold waiting to find someone to talk to. Us IS nerds were dispatched to acquire as much used gear as we could locally to, as he said, “just make it work you basement dwelling geeks” in the temp office space they rented. That was 6 months of hell, but thankfully that’s behind us and it’ll be smooth sailing now. Meanwhi...