PreprintDec 4, 2022
Limited For No Good Reason
We Switch you a Merry Christmas.
We Switch you a Merry Christmas.
We Switch you a Merry Christmas,
And an ARPy New Year!
Dec 3, 2022 at 4:32pmWeb
Show threadPadreSJDec 3, 2022

@ssb

SYNgle bells
SYNgle bells

SYNgle ACK the way.

Show threadAlun JonesDec 3, 2022
@ssb @smitty this is why we don't accept Christmas Tree packets.
Show threadJeff ♨️ DarcyDec 3, 2022
@ssb Looks like a spanning tree to me.
Show threadJúbilo MXDec 3, 2022
@ssb i'd love to see it blinking...
Show threadLimited For No Good ReasonDec 3, 2022
@jubiloMX can you imagine the ARP storm if we turned off STP?
It would be SO PRETTY!
Show threadJúbilo MXDec 3, 2022
@ssb or pass the traffic of streaming the end of a season of a TV show...
Show threadOat MouseDec 4, 2022
@ssb @jubiloMX I was just thinking that!
Show threadLimited For No Good ReasonDec 4, 2022
@oatmus @jubiloMX
Can you imagine the power bill to light that tree, though?
Show threadOat MouseDec 4, 2022
@ssb @jubiloMX haha yes! and the heat too! Would keep the room nice and cosy for those cold winter nights^^
Show threadMark RogaskiDec 3, 2022
@ssb I am cleaning out my basement shortly before Christmas. This is a distinctly possible outcome.
Show threadLimited For No Good ReasonDec 3, 2022
@mrogaski if you find any spare 10gbit sfp+ switches in the pile, please let me know. I need one. 
Show threadMatt MaguireDec 4, 2022
@ssb did you turn your spanning tree on? 😉
Show threadDamien MillerDec 4, 2022

@ssb

O Spanning Tree,
O Spanning Tree,
Your BPDUs delight me!

Show threadAxel EbleDec 4, 2022
@ssb das… hat was.
Show threadMathias LustigDec 4, 2022
@ssb the merry spanning Christmas tree!
Show threadMikDec 4, 2022
@ssb
O Tanenbaum, O Tanenbaum
Your network guide delights us
Show threadandreasdotorgDec 4, 2022
@ssb Oh spanning tree, oh spanning tree, your LEDs are blinking.
Show threadAndrei CurelaruDec 4, 2022
@ssb The most expensive Christmas tree decorations seen in a while 😀
Show threadJohann150 ⁂   ☮Dec 4, 2022
@ssb let me propose the follwing version of the refrain and remaining verses

Refrain:
Good Gbit/s we bring,
to you and your kin.
We Switch you a Merry Christmas,
And an ARPy New Year!

Oh bring us a fiber uplink, [x3]
and bring it right here!

[ Refrain ]

We won't go until we get one, [x3]
so bring it right here.

[ Refrain ]

We all like our fiber uplinks, [x3]
and so do backhoes.

[ Refrain ]
Show threadLimited For No Good ReasonDec 4, 2022

@Johann150
:s/so bring it right here/Connect it right here.

Aside from that, push it to Beta and let's see what the testers have to say.

😜

Show threadSara DDec 4, 2022
@ssb
This is… something.
Show threadIndiealexhDec 4, 2022
@ssb Brings me nightmares of someone creating a network loop and no one being able to work out how or where it happened.
Show threadHéDec 4, 2022
@ssb @AtaxyaNetwork 😋
Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Dec 4, 2022
@ssb As an IT guy, I love this!
Show threadFoxbitPlayzDec 4, 2022
@ssb I feel terrible because that's too many Network switches.
Show threadKgr20Dec 4, 2022
@ssb ravissante merveille de la nature. 😎
lovely wonder of nature.
Show threadBrace of HoundsDec 4, 2022
@ssb That's ... really a lot of Cisco switches (and stuff). "What to do with all the old 10/100 gear"?
Show threadJordonDec 4, 2022
@ssb Looks like they have spanning tree setup.
Show threadJared CashDec 4, 2022
@ssb Thanks. I hate it.
Show threadVissDec 5, 2022
@ssb ' find the switching loops' :D
Show threadBadtux the Snarky PenguinDec 5, 2022
@ssb An IPv4 tree? How... 20th century ;). IPv6 multicasts in your general direction.
Show threadAndrew BallDec 5, 2022
@ssb Is that a spanning tree? ;-)
Show threadiWashtaging Suzimiya.bsky 𝕏Dec 6, 2022
@Buntspecht4 Ein PC-Weihnachtsbaum 😂
Show threadTom Lyon ✅Dec 6, 2022
@ssb You need a tree skirt to catch all the dropped packets.