The Packet Pushers voice crew reassembles, this time for a discussion of SIP trunks. Erik Peterson, Amy Arnold and Tom … [Read more...]
About Ethan Banks
Ethan is a network engineer, blogger, editor, freelance writer, and CCIE #20655. He's also a host on the Packet Pushers podcast, an independent show covering the data networking industry. Find most of his content at PacketPushers.net. He also contributes to CCIE Flyer & Tech Target. Follow him on Twitter, Google Plus, and LinkedIn.
Good Habits for Basic Ethernet Switchport Provisioning in a Cisco IOS Environment
11 February 2012 By 21 Comments
An opening remark on this blog post that has grown to roughly 3,500 words is that it becomes impossible to cover every … [Read more...]
Understanding When a Cisco ASA NAT Rule Can Override the ASA Routing Table
7 February 2012 By 2 Comments
Thanks to @bobmccouch who responded multiple times to my frustrated tweeting about Cisco ASA packet forwarding weirdness … [Read more...]
Show 86 – Connect to the IPv6 Internet for Free Using TunnelBroker.Net
4 February 2012 By 11 Comments
Hurricane Electric's Owen DeLong joins Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro to discuss TunnelBroker.net. What's TunnelBroker.net? It's … [Read more...]
Why Salespeople Sell to Others in Your Organization but Not You
3 February 2012 By 20 Comments
Have you noticed that after a few years with an employer that salespeople sort of stop calling you? And by "you", I mean the … [Read more...]
Video Is Not the New Voice
1 February 2012 By 10 Comments
I spent some time last week with a networking vendor who demonstrated to us their voice system. Only it wasn't about phones. … [Read more...]
Show 84 – Cisco WAAS – The Sleeping Giant Awakens – Sponsored
22 January 2012 By 1 Comment
Liad Ofek from the Cisco Borderless team joins Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro to discuss the state of Cisco Wide Area Application … [Read more...]
Successfully Managing Talented Technical People
16 January 2012 By 13 Comments
I'm no management guru. I'm no psychiatrist. I don't even think I'm the geek whisperer. I am a technical person who's had a … [Read more...]
My Utopian Daydreams for 2012
30 December 2011 By 4 Comments
Wouldn't the world be perfect if... QoS schemes were a global standard? Now, you can point to recommended best practices, … [Read more...]
Why Becoming a CCIE Doesn’t Fix Being Inexperienced
13 December 2011 By 24 Comments
One of the challenges future network rock stars face is that they don't know what they don't know. This is a cold, unyielding … [Read more...]
How to Land Your First Job Herding Packets
7 December 2011 By 13 Comments
This question came in from the Twitterverse a couple of weeks ago. "If you had to give one piece of advice for somebody … [Read more...]
Join the Packet Pushers Podcast LinkedIn Group
5 December 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you're active on LinkedIn, you might like to join the Packet Pushers Podcast LinkedIn group. We're glad to have you join … [Read more...]
Show 77 – Cisco Nexus 1000V and VXLAN With Han Yang and Victor Moreno – Sponsored
24 November 2011 By 1 Comment
This time Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks chat with Cisco Technical Marketing Engineers Han Yang and Victor Moreno to discuss … [Read more...]
Cisco ASA 8.3+8.4 Hairpinning NAT Configuration
22 November 2011 By 6 Comments
I ran into an issue over the weekend where a VPN client was unable to access a remote office connected via an L2L tunnel … [Read more...]
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