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[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 55 points 6 months ago (4 children)

there's something in computer networking called Cisco discovery protocol and I used to teach new interns about it by making them find every Cisco access point we had in the building.

[–] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

lmao that's awful

But funny at the same time

[–] KamikazeRusher@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

That’s better than sending the newhire back to HQ to get the cable stretcher.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Router#Show cdp neighbor

unless you fuck with naming convention and make them walk around with a wifi analyzer on their phone.

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

late ass reply. but nah, no fancy naming, they absolutely could've done that (if they had opted to spend 30 seconds googling to find out that's something you can do) but for the most part they just wandered around looking up