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Heavy Networking 429: Network Modeling And New Features In Forward Networks (Sponsored)
Forward Networks returns to Heavy Networking to discuss its approach to network modeling, verification, and assurance in this sponsored episode. We explore new features, including the ability to leverage Forward's data model for other applications and management systems, and its support for NSX-V and AWS VPCs.
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Why Doesn’t Cisco Sell Network Adapters When It Makes Them ?
True end-to-end networking starts in the network adapter
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The IPv6 Problem is IPv4
At the end of the day, most engineers want to implement IPv6 because they know, deep down, that it is an eventual necessity. One problem is that no one is talking about quitting IPv4. If you add IPv6 to your network, you increase costs, complexity and operations. IPv4 is going to be around for 25 […]
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Network Dictionary: logging
The concept of logging dates to sailing ships and they got it wrong too.
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Heavy Networking 428: EDNS And DNS Flag Day – What You Need To Know
On today's Heavy Networking we discuss DNS Flag Day, the day a group of DNS software and service providers ended backwards-compatibility with domains that don't support EDNS. We also discuss the potential impact on non-compliant domains. Our guest is Cathy Almond, Sr. Support Engineer and Team Lead at the Internet Systems Consortium.
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Blessay: SDWAN and Lockin
I consider these forms of possible lock-in for SD-WAN
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Don’t Focus on Lock-in, Focus On The Undo
Every and any decision is a form of lock-in. The decision to buy on-brand or off-brand, open or closed source, vendor A or vendor B has consequences that follow.
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Possible Analyst Scam: Your Experience for a Sample Report
Getting concerned about scummy and scummy approaches by market and financial research companies for advisory services.
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Heavy Networking 427: Hype Vs. Reality On Hot Topics In Networking
Today's Heavy Networking aims to separate the hype from the substance on hot tech topics including SD-whatever, cloud native, container networking, service meshes, microsegmentation, and more. Our guests are Avi Freedman and Jon Mendoza.
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SDWAN with 100+ Site Over Broadband and a Call Centre – Reddit
Confirmation of my view that most SDWANs shoud use consumer broadband.
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Middle of Rack vs Top of Rack Switch Placement
Some general thoughts on placing switch in middle of rack
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Day Zero, One, Two
My personal approach to technology design is to visualise three broad stages. Design, Deploy and Operate. Because those terms are boring and much abused by marketing, I actually use Day Zero, Day One and Day Two. Day Zero design, strategy customer needs, service goals and values – how to keep the service runnings business – […]
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Strong Opinions, Loosely Held
I do receive feedback that I express strong opinions. Some people even make that sound like a negative thing. In my networking career, my core value proposition was to develop a strong opinion to suggest, explain and justify spending millions of company dollars.
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Heavy Networking 425: Advanced Zero Touch Provisioning For Cisco IOS-XR (Sponsored)
On today's Heavy Networking we discuss advanced ZTP features in Cisco's IOS-XR in this sponsored episode. Our guest is Akshat Sharma, a Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco.
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Emergency Directive 19-01, DNS 2FA suggested
Check your domain registration and protect those logins
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Response: Google putting 1.6 million solar panels in Tennessee and Alabama
Why would a cloud company make its own electricity ?
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QNA: How could an EIGRP Stuck In Active event ever happen in real life?
War stories on EIGRP Stuck In Active.
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Dictionary: Exercising the Jack
Describe 'exercising the jack'
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Tech Notes: DNS Flag Day – February 1, 2019
Your DNS might stop in February. Are you DNS & IPAMs updated ?
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