At work, we've been getting ready to deploy a few different cluster technologies. One is a set of KVM hosts to offer VMaaS … [Read more...]
Programming 101 for Network Engineers – Basic Language Elements & Concepts 2
23 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
Welcome to the fourth part of the Programming 101 for Network Engineers series and part two of the Basic Language Elements … [Read more...]
Review: ScienceLogic – One Network Management Tool to Rule Them All?
23 May 2013 by 2 Comments
ScienceLogic has been getting the right kind of press recently - e.g. they were a winner of Best of Interop 2013 - … [Read more...]
Mrs. Y’s Rules for Security Bloggers
22 May 2013 by 1 Comment
Recently Greg Ferro published an e-book for bloggers, "Arse First Method of Technical Blogging." It has some great … [Read more...]
SDN: Savior or Grifter?
21 May 2013 by 9 Comments
Grift's like anything else, Roy. You don't stand still. You either go up or down. Usually down, sooner or later. Lilly … [Read more...]
Programming 101 for Network Engineers – Basic Language Elements & Concepts 1
20 May 2013 by 2 Comments
Welcome to the third part of the Programming 101 for Network Engineers series. This is likely to be the most 'straight up' … [Read more...]
Two Hours, Two Days…
19 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
It's either two hours, two days, two weeks... or too long. Two things these last two weeks have brought this old saying to … [Read more...]
Shopping at the SDN App Store: What Enterprises Really Want?
14 May 2013 by 2 Comments
I contributed 2 pieces to a Network World "digital spotlight" on software defined networking (SDN). SDN's all the rage with … [Read more...]
Cisco OTV 101 (Legacy Multicast Mode): MAC Learning Process Walk
13 May 2013 by 4 Comments
What is OTV? Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) is a Cisco-proprietary protocol suite that allows us to extend Layer 2 … [Read more...]
Interop: Firewalls, Booth Babes and Unicorn Poop
12 May 2013 by 1 Comment
Now that I've returned from the whirlwind that was Interop Las Vegas, I thought I'd share some thoughts about my experience … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Primer of Multicast Routing
7 May 2013 by 4 Comments
I was recently in need of a refresher on multicast routing, so I picked up Eric Rosenberg's A Primer of Multicast Routing … [Read more...]
How to Turn Your IOS Router Into a Pr0n Server (Pr0n Not Included)
7 May 2013 by 5 Comments
No, really! Did you know that your IOS-based router is capable as acting as a static webserver? Below you will find the … [Read more...]
Getting the Most Out of SPAN or Mirror Ports
6 May 2013 by 2 Comments
In my previous blog post I looked at the benefits and limitations of SPAN ports. SPAN or mirror ports are a convenient way of … [Read more...]
Are You a Fuddy Duddy?
4 May 2013 by 8 Comments
This recent article from IEEE Spectrum discusses our impression that as we age, we lose the ability to learn quickly — … [Read more...]
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