Re: Common operational misconceptions

[Keegan Holley <keegan.holley () sungard com>]

Alot of people are unclear on how hard it is for someone to sniff internet
traffic if the aren't physically located at or near one of the endpoints
IE: connected to the  same access point or same switch.

2012/2/15 John Kristoff <jtk () cymru com>

> Hi friends,
>
> As some of you may know, I occasionally teach networking to college
> students and I frequently encounter misconceptions about some aspect
> of networking that can take a fair amount of effort to correct.
>
> For instance, a topic that has come up on this list before is how the
> inappropriate use of classful terminology is rampant among students,
> books and often other teachers.  Furthermore, the terminology isn't even
> always used correctly in the original context of classful addressing.
>
> I have a handful of common misconceptions that I'd put on a top 10 list,
> but I'd like to solicit from this community what it considers to be the
> most annoying and common operational misconceptions future operators
> often come at you with.
>
> I'd prefer replies off-list and can summarize back to the list if
> there is interest.
>
> John