Windows Certification Exam WTFs

izzion

So there's a whole Microsoft certification exam on Server ${CURRENT_VERSION} Networking. Which is loaded with gems such as:

Option missing from the possible answers:

Fire your Network ~~Idiots~~ Admins and replace the routers with real network routing equipment.

TimeBandit

@izzion Yeah, at least use a real networking OS made by MS

hungrier

TimeBandit

@hungrier Microsoft agree: everything is faster on Linux 

izzion

@TimeBandit
Maybe Linux should replace the penguin as their icon:

hungrier

More lore: Sonic may be Canadian

anonymous234

What's so bad about using a general purpose OS as a router?

Do "Network OS"s have some unique characteristic that Linux or Windows can't do with the right configuration?

KattMan

@anonymous234 Yes, the holier than thou attitude doesn't come pre-installed on those systems and any installed package just doesn't feel the same.

izzion

@anonymous234
With the caveat that I haven't specifically tried to use RRAS as just a router...

The RRAS management experience is pretty painful, even with the GUI tools (which require either Desktop Experience and a whole bunch of bloat or a second Windows box for remote administration)
A Windows server as a router is going to use a lot more power and rack space than a purpose built router
Windows Firewall is also a pretty dreadful management experience and doesn't (to my knowledge) expose forward chains at all, so now you need some other device to protect your network anyway
You can't shoot space aliens with a router
Nobody got fired for buying Cisco (why would you use Windows as a router instead of an industry standard platform that will be much easier to get support for & train your replacement on)

TimeBandit

You can't shoot space aliens with a router

That's enough to not use it

dkf

You can't shoot space aliens with a router

You can if you load it into a suitable mass driver.

loopback0

You can't shoot space aliens with a router

Not with that attitude.