>Thought I remembered correctly :^). A few years back, I was playing around
>with Cisco routers, so I had to learn all those kinda networking things and
>whatnot. HDLC, BGP, OSPF, OSI model, CIR, and soforth. At the smaller companies
>that I've done consulting work for, I'd be the only geek in the office, so I
>had to do it all. Thank God I only have to hack code, for the time being.
>The company is expanding, so something tells me my obligations will be increasing,
>too.
>
>Later, dude...
>
>Randall

I teach networks at the Cisco Networking Academy (CCNA program), so I learned much of the theory - of parts of the technologies you mention. I don't know much about BGP, since that is covered in a more advanced course (CCNP), which is not taught at my local academy.