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Learning BGP Module 2 Lesson 1: Peering Part 1 – Video

The first video in this second module of Russ White’s BGP course covers peering, including why BGP uses TCP for transport, passive and active peer, multi-hop peering, collisions, and more. Russ White is a network architect, author, and instructor. You can subscribe to the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel for more videos as they are published. […]

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Learning BGP Module 1 Lesson 4: Intra-AS Models And Route Reflectors – Video

This lesson in Russ White’s BGP course delves into synchronization within an Autonomous System (AS) and confederation within an AS. It also discusses route reflectors, including how they prevent loops, route reflector clients, route reflector multi-path, and multi-path pros and cons. Russ White is a network architect, author, and instructor. You can subscribe to the […]

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Learning BGP Module 1 Lesson 3: How BGP Really Converges – Video

This lesson in Russ White’s BGP course gets into withdrawing a route, MRAI time, implicit withdraws, BGP Hunt, graceful restart, and other topics. Russ White is a network architect, author, and instructor. You can subscribe to the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel for more videos as they are published. It’s a diverse a mix of content […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 8.0 – Conclusion – Video

The final episode in this course reviews everything we covered. Thanks for watching! Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 7.3 – Distribution Example – Video

This lesson wraps up the section on distributing packages with a full example. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 7.2 Distribution Preparation – Video

This lessons walks through preparing a package for distribution. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python Networking and Distributed Denial […]

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Learning BGP Module 1 Lesson 2: How BGP Builds Loop-Free Paths – Video

Russ White’s BGP series continues with a discussion of building loop-free paths with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Topics include AS (Autonomous System) paths, loop prevention, why loop checks are inbound, and more on IBGP and EBGP. Russ White is a network architect, author, and instructor. You can subscribe to the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel […]

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Learning BGP Module 1 Lesson 1: Why BGP? – Video

Russ White kicks off a ten-video series on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). The series is divided into two modules, with short lessons within each module. This first video covers a brief history of BGP and then gets into the purpose of BPG, reachability vs. a route, Autonomous System (AS) rules, problems that BGP solves, […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 7.1 Distributing Python Packages – Introduction – Video

This lesson provides an introduction to distributing Python packages. Creating packages was covered in lessons 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Additional resources: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/ https://dzone.com/articles/executable-package-pip-install Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 6.4 – Run Package Example – Video

Now that you’ve learned how to put together a package, this lesson shows you how to call that package in a script. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 6.3 – Making A Simple Package Example – Video

This lesson walks through the creation of a simple package. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python Networking and Distributed […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 6.2 – Package Examples – Video

This lesson walks through basic examples of packages. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python Networking and Distributed Denial Of […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 6.1 Python Packages – Introduction To Packages – Video

This lesson introduces packages, which let you bundle together different Python modules to re-use and share. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Additional Resources: Packages Tutorial: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages Python Modules And Packages: An Introduction: https://realpython.com/python-modules-packages/ Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 5.3 Code Refactoring – Second Example – Video

This lesson walks through the second example of code refactoring. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python Networking and Distributed […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 5.1 Code Refactoring – Introduction To Code Refactoring – Video

This lesson introduces code refactoring. There are 3 lessons in this section. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python Networking […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 4.4 – SMS Alerting Full Example – Video

This lesson continues the SMS alerting example from lesson 4.3. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python Networking and Distributed […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 4.3 – SMS Alerting – First Example – Video

This lesson walks through the first example script for setting up SMS alerting. Course files are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s the founder of Network Automation Nerds and has written the books Mastering Python […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 4.2 – SMS Alerting – Python SDK And Environmental Variables – Video

This lesson describes how to install the Python SDK for Twilio so you can build SMS alerts. You can find the packages for this lesson in the GitHub repository that accompanies this course: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts/tree/master/4_Packages Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. He’s […]

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Practical Python For Networking: 4.1 – SMS Alerting – Introduction To Twilio – Video

This lesson walks through how to use a Python script to send alerts via text messages using Twilio. Course files and code samples for this and the other lessons are in a GitHub repository: https://github.com/ericchou1/pp_practical_lessons_1_route_alerts Eric Chou is a network engineer with 20 years of experience, including managing networks at Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. […]

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BGP Authentication? User TCP/AO Instead of MD5! With Melchior Aelmans – Video

Melchior Aelmans of Juniper Networks explains what TCP/AO (RFC5925) is to Packet Pushers podcast host Ethan Banks. Then we get a Junos-based demo of TCP/AO in action authenticating a BGP session as an alternative to MD5. https://packetpushers.net https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5925 Tweets by MelchiorAelmans About You can subscribe to the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel for more videos as […]

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