I've actually had an excavator take out my network. I've also had networks taken out by forklift, train, and a semi-truck towing three other semi-trucks.

[–] WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How about a bus? The fiber to a datacenter i used to work at kept going out at almost consistent intervals during almost normal business hours. Turns out the conduit wasn't deep enough and the city built a bus stop on top of it and it would sag just enough to go out but only when a bus was at the stop.

[–] pwshguy@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

That's pretty similar with what happened with me and the train. Kept getting random drops from a plant. I went out to investigate and everything tested perfect and the network was staying up. That was until a freight train rolled by. Turns out AT&T had run the line by shoving a piece of PVC through the gravel between two cross-ties, then running the cable through it.

[–] thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is wrong, I use IPTables but the device is absolutely not dedicated lol.

[–] Album@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

The iptables one has me triggered.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

That punchline hit like a tree falling onto a network cable.

[–] glue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.org 1 points 2 years ago

Excavator in rack-mount enclosure would be awesome

[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 1 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, that time a Georgian granny became the Great Firewall of Armenia.

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Spanning tree is a firewall

Okay, that's just cursed.

[–] lobstermania@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i wonder what is the favorite firewall of people here?

[–] Caust1c@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I'm at the top right myself. 😆

Not as fast as ASIC firewalls, but way more flexible and fast enough for home routing.