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Advanced routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VXLAN and EVPN on platforms without a paid support option (like Quagga, Mikrotik, FRR).
To me it feels 'wrong' that questions about these protocols, ...
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Cloud-based networking, such as Amazon VPC configuration, NAT gateways, VPN configurations, BGP routing, load balancing, etc. Also Azure virtual networking, and similar offerings by other cloud ...
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Services that are required for normal operation of a network such as DHCP, DNS, RADIUS, etc.
Currently mostly off topic (unless on a platform such as IOS), and should be on topic.
Other related meta ...
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Clarification of "protocols above L4 in the OSI model are off-topic" to specifically mention routing and tunnelling protocols, which should all be on-topic.
L2TP is on top of UDP
BGP is on top of TCP
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I'd like to see virtual host switches (VMware ESXi and MS Hyper-V) added to the 'on' topics.
These switches share a lot of logic with their physical cousins - and need to interface with them - but do ...
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Overlay networks, such as torrent or bitcoin, should be explicitly off-topic.
There have also been questions about other proprietary or open source overlay networks, but this topic has not been ...
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Help Center Phrasing
Modify the help center text to say:
hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)
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Why does this community want to limit itself so much in terms of questions asked?
The question of which port(s) to use in an application is up to the application developer. The choice of which applications to use is up to the business management. The application deployment is up to ...
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Linux based and/or open source products often used as routers/gateways/access control for small to medium business (or larger enterprises in niche conditions).
These come to mind quickly as possible ...
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This morning's tally on https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/:
25 closed
4 duplicates
19 others
48 total (on first screen)
I came here to try to grow my understanding of Linux Networking....
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Network Engineering is not a welcoming place
For what it's worth I think Ron does a great job keeping the signal-to-noise ratio managed. The reason you see so many closed questions is that there is a lot of noise - a seemingly never-ending ...
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I disagree with my question being put on hold for being off-topic
You forgot the one caveat: "under your direct control (if the network is not under your control you will not likely be able to provide the information required to answer your question)." Also, the ...
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Is a question off-topic, just because it is asked by a student?
Questions about protocol theory (protocols in the OSI layer 1 to 4) are on-topic for NE.
What is not on-topic are things like questions from exams. We have seen conflicts with the theory taught that ...
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Off-topic confusion
the off-topic reason changed to it not being "about professionally
managed networks in a business environment. "
As I explained, that is not the reason. Yes, questions about a telephone network are ...
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My Question about DHCP over VPNs was put on hold for being off topic, but it's on topic
I reopened your question after your edits. You have a couple of misconceptions:
Can we agree that VPNs aren't really used in home networking? (You know besides Network Engineers practicing for ...
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Off topic: How can I measure the exact time differences (offsets) between two machine?
Time keeping is something the operating system does, it's not part of the network layers. Questions about operating systems like linux are off topic here. Your question is really not suited here, but ...
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hardware that has a paid, vendor-provided support option (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)
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Questions should be on topic by their actual topic and not their subject. If someone by dumb luck happens to replace "home" with "office" in their question, then people here consider it on topic, ...
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Enterprise Internet access architectures, including peering arrangements, use of Internet Exchanges, performance & path monitoring, etc... should be on-topic.
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I think "ICMP No Reply Found Issue" should have been on-topic
Not sure I would have marked this as off topic personally, but I would definitely have considered voting as unclear what the post was asking since it didn't actually ask any questions.
Were they ...
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Is a question off-topic, just because it is asked by a student?
Is a question off-topic, just because it is asked by a student?
No, certainly not.
I believe the ban of certification and education questions was meant to cover questions about the content, ...
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My question is not "off-topic"
The first line in your post is:
Is there any programmable or configurable box that does "switching" at
the physical level?
That is either a question seeking a Yes/No answer, which is a bad ...
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Not off-topic as per your own list of requirements for posts
Sorry, but
operating, maintaining, purchasing or managing an enterprise / service provider network;
clearly excludes home networks.
product or resource recommendations;
are also explicitly off ...
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Network Engineering is not a welcoming place
I would like it if we could move questions to more-relevant Stack Exchanges as an alternative to closing them. I think that might help with user frustration.
AFAIK Super User is a good section for ...
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Network Engineering is not a welcoming place
If you go to the main page of Network Engineering the majority of the
questions are always closed as off-topic.
That is because they are off-topic. Should we just ignore the site rules?
It was ...
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How a question about routing configuration is off-topic here?
That question was first closed because it is too broad, lacking enough detail to be able to answer. It needs a good network description or diagram, the network device models, the network device ...
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Not allowed to ask a relevant question
Your question was about network cabling in a house. Residential/home networking is explicitly off-topic for Network Engineering, and you were correctly pointed to Super User, where home networking, ...
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Clarification about rejected Flags
I wasn't the one handling the flags, but no moderator should be needed to label a question off topic. That should be voted on by the community.
I do agree however that you can question if this ...
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Help Center Phrasing
Keep the Help Center as it is, saying:
hardware that has a paid support option (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)
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