The Cost of IPv6 on Amazon Web Services

AWS is a great platform for businesses that have the technical savvy to administer servers and applications but do not want … [Read more...]

PQ Show 019 – Big Switch Webinar Q & A Session

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On December 13, 2012, the Packet Pushers published show 128, a video podcast with Big Switch Networks, where Dan Hersey & … [Read more...]

Riverbed Steelhead and Juniper WX Part II – When a Tunnel Is Not a Tunnel

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In my previous post "Getting Nerdy about WAN optimisation", I discussed some of the basics of WAN optimisation and how the … [Read more...]

Why Should I Consider IPv6 – Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed what's wrong with IPv4. Looking at our roadmap again, let's move to the next part of … [Read more...]

Why Should I Consider IPv6?

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A lot of people are talking about IPv6, but I'm using IPv4 and quite content. I have plenty of public addresses. As long as … [Read more...]

Show 119 – Mission Impossible: Blast Radius, Part 1

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In this free-for-all hootenanny, the Packet Pushers virtual workbench assembles a team of talking heads for a podcast that … [Read more...]

Healthy Paranoia Show 4:IPv6 Security Smackdown!

Join Healthy Paranoia for The Matchup of the Century: The IPv6 Security Smackdown! Where builders and breakers wrestle with … [Read more...]

Unexpected OSPFv3 Virtual-Link Behavior

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I came across an interesting question in the Cisco Learning Network forums a couple of weeks ago about OSPFv3 virtual-link … [Read more...]

(Some) Vendors Dig IPv6

Now that World IPv6 Launch is behind us, let's look into how a sampling of network hardware vendors support IPv6 on their web … [Read more...]

Thank Goodness for NAT66

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I'm participating in a beta test with my ISP for IPv6 connectivity. The ISP deployed a basic IPv6 service that relies … [Read more...]

Show 86 – Connect to the IPv6 Internet for Free Using TunnelBroker.Net

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Hurricane Electric's Owen DeLong joins Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro to discuss TunnelBroker.net. What's TunnelBroker.net? It's … [Read more...]

Why Your Network Should Go IPv6 Only

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The looming exhaustion of IPv4 address space at the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in 2012 will pressure organizations … [Read more...]

My Utopian Daydreams for 2012

Wouldn't the world be perfect if... QoS schemes were a global standard? Now, you can point to recommended best practices, … [Read more...]

Show 82 – Security Failures, No IPv6, No Network Management – Another Good Year

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Guests This week a bunch of new faces to talk about 2011 and it's many failing: Scott Morris - well known industry … [Read more...]

A Look at the New LSA Types in OSPFv3 With Vyatta and Cisco

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OSPFv3 brings on a few changes. This post will take a look at the two new LSA types in OSPFv3 using a Cisco and Vyatta … [Read more...]