So that's what interface metrics are for

Was always confused by this field in the Windows network configuration.. or rather never looked it up. Among other things, it seems it’s used to decide which connection is “preferred” when there are multiple available. Relevant post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/clint_huffman/archive/2009/04/19/windows-prefers-wired-connections.aspx You can use “route PRINT -4” to display your routing table. If you have multiple connections, then there […]

driven

I just read an nytimes article about how Nokia has a problematic engineering-driven culture. Made me think about whether engineering driven cultures are actually bad. People often talk of marketing-driven cultures being sucky to work for, but engineering departments getting all the priority is not likely to be very healthy either. What you really want is […]