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Bogon Poetry
I was thinking the other day that I’ve used the term bogon in several Packet Pushers podcasts and never really bothered to define it for my readers. Sure, you could go out and search on the Internet....
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Aerohive Branch on Demand – Bring Your Own Office
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is enabling people to provide their own equipment for work. But what happens when people aren’t just satisfied bringing their own Macbook to the party? What happens if...
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Double NAT – NAT$$$
Welcome to my first NAT post of 2012. After spending some time during the holidays unwrapping new tech toys and trying to get them to work on my home network, I’m full of enough vitriol that I need to...
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So Long To The CCIP
The Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) certification has always been the goal of those network professionals that wanted to march to the beat of a different drummer. People like me that...
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The Card Type Command – Don’t Flop
If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a VWIC2-1MFT-T1/E1 or a NM1-T3/E3 module, you know that you’ve got some configuration work ahead of you. Whether it be for a PRI circuit to hook up that new...
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SDN and the IT Toolbox
There’s been a *lot* of talk about software-defined networking (SDN) being the next great thing to change networking. Article after article has been coming out recently talking about how things like...
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Network Field Day 4
I am once again humbled and honored to accept an invitation to my favorite industry event – Network Field Day (now in its fourth iteration). Network Field Day 4 (NFD4) will be coming to you from San...
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Opengear – A Box Full Of Awesome
Presenter number two at Network Field Day 4 was Opengear. This was a company that I hadn’t heard much about. A cursory glance at their website reveals that they make console servers among other...
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Cisco – Borderless Speed Dating
The first presentation of the final day of Network Field Day 4 brought us to the mothership on Tasman Drive. The Cisco Borderless team had a lineup of eleven different presenters ready to show us...
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Cisco Borderless Idol
Day one of Network Field Day 5 (NFD5) included presentations from the Cisco Borderless team. You probably remember their “speed dating” approach at NFD4 which gave us a wealth of information in 15...
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Brocade Defined Networking
Brocade stepped up to the plate once again to present to the assembled delegates at Network Field Day 5. I’ve been constantly impressed with what they bring each time they come to the party....
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IOS X-Treme!
As a nerd, I’m a huge fan of science fiction. One of my favorite shows was Stargate SG-1. Inside the show, there was a joke involving an in-universe TV program called “Wormhole X-Treme” that a writer...
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Brocade’s Pragmatically Defined Network
Most of the readers of my blog would agree that there is a lot of discussion in the networking world today about software defined networking (SDN) and the various parts and pieces that make up that...
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Accelerating E-Rate
Right after I left my job working for a VAR that focused on K-12 education and the federal E-Rate program a funny thing happened. The president gave a speech where he talked about the need for...
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IPv4? That Will Cost You
After my recent articles on Network Computing, I got an email from Fred Baker. To say I was caught off guard was an understatement. We proceeded to have a bit of back and forth about IPv6 deployment...
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Avaya and the Magic of SPB
I was very interested to hear from Avaya at Interop New York. They were the company I knew the least about. I knew the most about them from the VoIP side of the house, but they’ve been coming on...
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CCIE Version 5: Out With The Old
Cisco announced this week that they are upgrading the venerable CCIE certification to version five. It’s been about three years since Cisco last refreshed the exam and several thousand people have...
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Is LISP The Answer to Multihoming?
One of the biggest use cases for Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) that will benefit small and medium enterprises is the ability to multihome to different service providers without needing...
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Overlay Transport and Delivery
The difference between overlay networks and underlay networks still causes issues with engineers everywhere. I keep trying to find a visualization that boils everything down to the basics that...
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The Trap of Net Neutrality
The President recently released a video and statement urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to support net neutrality and ensure that there will be no “pay for play” access to websites or...
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