Here’s a short, atmospheric story built around that filename.

He typed one last command:

The console scrolled:

Routing process “EIGRP 100” started.

Destination filename [startup-config]?

He leaned back. Outside, through a periscope feed, the sky was the color of old pewter. No satellites. No cell towers. Just a few hardened nodes left—and this router, still speaking BGP to a neighboring bunker forty miles away.

He pressed Enter.

The terminal flickered in the bunker’s stale air. Dust motes swam through the amber glow from a single overhead bulb. On the cracked linoleum floor, a Cisco 2911 router hummed—its fans whining a little more each year.