MSP Boundaries With Aggressive Vendors (EP 1038)

I share some summer MSP war stories—court reporters with broken Wi-Fi, a small airport’s noisy digital logger, and my go-to Windows commands for quick network checks—and then I get honest about vendor behavior that crosses the line.

From hidden billing and broken portals to reps calling my wife’s cell phone, I lay out what respectful partnership should actually look like in our channel.

=== Chapters

• 01:05 Show Kickoff and Summer Plans
• 05:00 Managed Switches Versus Real Problems
• 10:11 Airport Logger Troubleshooting
• 15:32 Netstat as a Quick Diagnostic
• 26:34 Vendor Complaints and Boundaries
• 44:31 Partner Portals and Wrap-Up

=== Companies / Vendors / Products / Books

• TechCon Unplugged: https://www.techconunplugged.com
• Learn netstat: https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/tools/introduction-to-netstat/
• Ruckus Networks (CommScope): https://www.commscope.com/ruckus
• SonicWall: https://www.sonicwall.com
• AppRiver: https://www.appriver.com
• Pax8: https://www.pax8.com
• ZoomInfo: https://www.zoominfo.com
• Google Business Profile: https://www.google.com/business
• Microsoft / Microsoft 365 / Microsoft Teams: https://www.microsoft.com
• NetAlly EtherScope: https://www.netally.com/etherscope-nxg
• NetAlly LinkRunner: https://www.netally.com/linkrunner-10g

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