I contributed 2 pieces to a Network World "digital spotlight" on software defined networking (SDN). SDN's all the rage with … [Read more...]
About Ethan Banks
Ethan Banks, CCIE #20655, is a hands-on networking practitioner who has designed, built and maintained networks for higher education, state government, financial institutions, and technology corporations. Ethan is a host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, which has seen over one million unique downloads, and today reaches a global audience of over ten thousand listeners. Also a writer, Ethan covers network engineering and the networking industry for a variety of IT publications. He is also the editor for the independent community of bloggers at PacketPushers.net. Follow @ecbanks.
Show 147 – Avaya Fabric Connect Makes Multicast Simple (Really) – Sponsored
13 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
For many network engineers, IP multicast routing is evil. Difficult to design, complicated to implement, painful to … [Read more...]
A Data Center Delivers Apps – So Shouldn’t We Monitor App Delivery?
27 April 2013 by 19 Comments
Dinner with His Toadishness, Derick Winkworth, the other night rolled into a 3+ hour discussion of avant garde ways to do … [Read more...]
Show 144 – Open EIGRP With Russ White + Cisco’s Donnie Savage
20 April 2013 by 11 Comments
EIGRP is a distance vector routing protocol that for many years was unique to Cisco networking environments. Created and … [Read more...]
Cisco Nexus – Port “Inactive” Status
18 April 2013 by 4 Comments
Quick notes on the "inactive" port status seen on the Cisco Nexus platform, which was perplexing the first time I ran into … [Read more...]
CCIE Security v4 Reading List – Update From the Program Manager
13 April 2013 by 3 Comments
Because of my personal interest in the CCIE Security program (at least the written exam the next time I'm up for CCIE … [Read more...]
Show 143 – Anuta Networks Demonstrates nCloudX Controller – Sponsored
10 April 2013 by 1 Comment
On March 26, 2013, the Packet Pushers held a sponsored webinar with Anuta Networks to introduce their nCloudX controller to … [Read more...]
Upgrading F5 BIGIP HA Pair From v10 to V11 – Ethan’s Notes
10 April 2013 by 5 Comments
I recently completed a challenging upgrade on a pair of production F5 3600s running 10.2.0, going to 11.2.1 running the LTM … [Read more...]
Handling Tech Support Interaction Effectively
27 March 2013 by 6 Comments
Network engineers deal with technical support frequently. That's the nature of the networking business: the products often … [Read more...]
Show 141 – The Pace of Change Is Picking Up – #NFD5 Discussion
23 March 2013 by 4 Comments
Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks of PacketPushers.net host a discussion with Dr. Peter Welcher, Brent Salisbury, and Stephen … [Read more...]
Six Things About F5 BIGIP V11 iApps
18 March 2013 by 7 Comments
F5 Networks' Local Traffic Manager (LTM) is my load balancer - okay, Application Delivery Controller, if you insist - of … [Read more...]
Webinar – Anuta Networks Demonstrates nCloudX – Register Now
12 March 2013 by Leave a Comment
This past January, Anuta Networks came out of stealth at Cisco Live in London, showing off their nCloudX platform, an SDN … [Read more...]
Show 139 – Making Your Way Down the Path to Nirvana
10 March 2013 by 2 Comments
Regular hosts Greg Ferro & Ethan Banks are joined by Brandon Carroll, Josh O'Brien, and Tom Hollingsworth in Packet … [Read more...]
Why Would a Vendor Care About Network Field Day Events?
5 March 2013 by 5 Comments
I'm in San Jose, California as a member of the Network Field Day 5 delegation this week. NFD is under the Tech Field Day … [Read more...]
Show 138 – HP’s Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Strategy and Solution
2 March 2013 by 1 Comment
Show 138 – HP’s Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Strategy and Solution [Written by HP.] There has been a lot of … [Read more...]
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