It wasn't the CPE

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Sometimes it looks like it's the CPE, sometimes it looks like it's the provider, but sometimes you need to look within yourself for the answer.

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00:00 - 00:05Come on, the CPE is down! Open a ticket
00:05 - 00:07we need to ask the client
00:07 - 00:10"does it have power?"
00:11 - 00:16maybe they unplugged it or something
00:17 - 00:21They can't find it
00:21 - 00:24they can't
00:29 - 00:31they can't
00:31 - 00:34they want us to dispatch
00:38 - 00:40and then
00:41 - 00:47the provider says they can reach their NID and it's working fine
00:47 - 00:50so we ask about the cables
00:50 - 00:56there's an extra CPE and nothing's plugged in
00:58 - 00:59It has our labels!
00:59 - 01:01It has our labels on it!
01:04 - 01:06it's been there so long
01:06 - 01:08nobody knows it exists
01:13 - 01:14it's there
01:14 - 01:16how long has this been there?
01:16 - 01:20we must have replaced it
01:21 - 01:27now they have to find the real one
01:35 - 01:36they're so angry
01:36 - 01:39they want a dispatch
01:41 - 01:44they want someone onsite to help them find it
01:44 - 01:47they've spent so much time they're fed up
01:47 - 01:49they're tired of looking
01:50 - 01:53fine we'll send someone
01:54 - 01:56they're going
01:56 - 01:58to bring a new one
01:58 - 02:02whatever, maybe he'll find it
02:05 - 02:07unplugged
02:10 - 02:11in a closet
02:11 - 02:13cold
02:15 - 02:17so he gets there
02:17 - 02:20finds it and it's plugged in
02:21 - 02:28plugged in this whole time, powered on with link lights
02:29 - 02:30replaces it?
02:30 - 02:32just in case
02:36 - 02:39networking says it should work
02:40 - 02:42but it still doesn't
02:50 - 02:55they tell us to talk to the provider
02:56 - 02:58why the provider?
02:58 - 03:04I don't know, maybe their configs are wrong
03:04 - 03:09maybe something changed on their end
03:09 - 03:11they're not sure
03:16 - 03:20it was our configs
03:23 - 03:26nobody knows what's wrong
03:31 - 03:36they just provisioned it all over again