wireless

SDN: Savior or Grifter?

21 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN Tagged With: mrs. y, network, Network management, network security, networking, SDN, wireless, worklife

Show 131 – Golf Cart in My Fibre Tunnel

6 January 2013 by Greg Ferro 1 Comment

Talking with Senior Engineers from University Campus in the US with tens to hundreds of thousands of Ethernet ports, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: ethernet, multi, scale, vendor, wireless

Healthy Paranoia Show 7: 802.1X; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

25 December 2012 by Mrs. Y 8 Comments

Just when you thought the Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas couldn't get any better, Healthy Paranoia's Mrs. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: 802.1x, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, packet pushers podcast, podcast, wireless

The Scorched Earth LAN & A Better Enterprise Security Model

21 November 2012 by Neil Anderson 6 Comments

The enterprise LAN is a blasted wasteland of dead and dying technologies. I call for a strategic retreat. It seems to me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: lan, policy, security, software defined security, strategy, wireless

Healthy Paranoia Show 5: Next Stop, the Wireless Zone

22 October 2012 by Mrs. Y 2 Comments

Travel into another dimension - a dimension of wireless networking. That's right, Healthy Paranoia takes on the subject of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: mrs. y, network security, wireless

Am I Just a Digital Sharecropper?

21 May 2012 by Mrs. Y 4 Comments

When Ethan Banks recently announced he was ditching Facebook along with some other unnecessary social media accounts, I was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security, Work Life Tagged With: career, mrs. y, network security, packet pushers, security, wireless, worklife

Pwn Your Own Network

7 May 2012 by Mrs. Y Leave a Comment

I'll admit it. Part of the reason I'm in IT is for the toys. Before Daniel Craig (yum) took over, I think the only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security, Work Life Tagged With: data center, firewall, firewalls, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, security, wireless

Show 99 – I Always Use a VPN – Thomas D’Otreppe – Aircrack-NG – OpenWIPS-NG

25 April 2012 by Greg Ferro 3 Comments

This week we are talking to Thomas d'Otreppe, author of Aircrack-NG and OpenWIPS-NG about his Open Source project and what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: analysis, packet capture, security, wireless

Introducing Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Profiling

22 December 2011 by m00nie 7 Comments

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is relatively new to the market, and I think it attempts to cater to Bring Your Own … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: cisco, Dot1x, ISE, security, wireless

Show 75 – Introducing Aerohive Branch on Demand – Sponsored

15 November 2011 by Greg Ferro 2 Comments

Introducing Aerohive , manufacturers of fine Enterprise Wi-Fi networking equipment who, believe it or not, may actually have … [Read more...]

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When SuperSecretKey Doesn’t Match SuperSecretKey

14 November 2011 by Hank Preston 3 Comments

I have a confession to make...I have a reoccurring technical disability, and it struck me again today. Sigh...it does feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: cisco, cli, configuration, network security, Password, troubleshooting, wireless

Show 39 – Unplugged on Tech Field Day Wireless

4 April 2011 by Greg Ferro 7 Comments

The rise in mobile devices such as iPads, HP tablets and more means that Wireless Networking is becoming part of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Unplugged, Weekly Shows Tagged With: wireless

Unplugged – Show 4 – Too Many iPads

19 December 2010 by Greg Ferro 5 Comments

Guests This Week Jennifer Huber is the host and her twitter is @jenniferlucille and her blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Unplugged Tagged With: podcast, wireless

Unplugged – Show 3 – The Fittest Engineers Ever

29 November 2010 by Greg Ferro 2 Comments

Guests This Week Blake Krone blakekrone.com @blakekrone Rocky Gregory intensified.com @bionic_rocky Chris Lyttle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Unplugged Tagged With: wireless

Unplugged – Show 2 – Virtual Access Points

25 October 2010 by Greg Ferro 6 Comments

This is the second podcast from the Packet Pushers devoted to Wireless Networking. After Jennifer Huber joined the Packet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Unplugged Tagged With: unplugged, wireless

Who is Greg Ferro?

Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.

He is a host on the Packet Pushers Podcast, blogger at EtherealMind.com and on Twitter @etherealmind and Google Plus.

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Who is 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.