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On 2016-07-11, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 11/07/2016 22:29, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> On 2016-07-11, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> why don't you go with the dns server addresses supplied by each |
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>>> network's dhcp? Presumably the admin put them their because they |
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>>> work on that network. |
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>> One might think that, but I find it often not to be the case. I can |
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>> recall many networks where the DNS servers returned by the DHCP server |
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>> didn't work well at all, and things got a _lot_ better when I manually |
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>> configured a couple working DNS servers (e.g. the Google ones at |
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>> 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4). Around here, Comcast's DNS servers are famously |
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>> bad. |
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> Then shoot the idiot running that wireless network. |
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You're not actually allowed to do that General Dreedle... |
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> If he's one of my juniors, tell me so I can fire him (as he's just |
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> proved he can't do the job he's paid to do) |
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And if you're at a customer or vendor site? A friend's or relative's |
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house? Using a municiple WiFi system? Using WiFi on an airplane, |
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bus, train, whatever? |
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Sometimes you just need to get along with people and get some work |
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done. You always can't demand that things get done your way or |
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somebody's gonna get fired or taken out back and beaten... |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! ... I think I'd |
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at better go back to my DESK |
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gmail.com and toy with a few common |
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