Kicking the Tires on Cisco’s onePK
Recently, I experimented with Cisco’s onePK. What follows are observations on onePK, as well as some details on the mechanics of creating a onePK connection. For those of you that are not familiar with onePK–it is an API created by Cisco that they support on various IOS, IOS-XR, and IOS-XE devices. onePK was announced in 2012 […]
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The post Kicking the Tires on Cisco’s onePK appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Kirk Byers.
SDN, Network Virtualization and Hypervisors
Packet Pushers sponsor Pluribus Networks sent along Robert Drost to bring us this blog post. He’s a pretty interesting guy. Robert Drost was a Sr. Distinguished Engineer and Director of Advanced Hardware at Sun Microsystems. Robert has extensive hardware experience, including over 90 patents and a 17 year career in high-performance computing systems. Among other recognitions, […]
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The post SDN, Network Virtualization and Hypervisors appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Sponsored Blog Posts.
The Routing Resilience Manifesto
If you run BGP in your network, you need to think about BGP security. It might not seem like it’s important if you’re not a provider, but two points to consider: First, if you’re connected to the Internet, making certain your little corner of the Internet is secure is important Second, no matter where you […]
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Network Break 20
This week we walk through the news of the week (there wasn't much).
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The post Network Break 20 appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
How the CCIE changed my life
Everything is so gloomy these days isn’t it? SDN is going to put us out of a job so you have to learn Python or go make burgers (been there done that). The CCIE is now irrelevant so why would anyone pursue it? While there are some good arguments for its demise there are also […]
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The post How the CCIE changed my life appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Keith Humphreys.
Network Break 19 – Fixed
Note: We had an audio problem and Network Break 19 is now fixed.
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The post Network Break 19 – Fixed appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
Using Puppet to Configure F5 Network’s LTM via SOAP
You’ll like this, and you won’t; and that reflects on how I’ve felt variously about this task/burden. So, I’ve spent three weeks, almost full-time, on the work necessary to use Puppet to configure F5 Networks LTM via SOAP. Not just a few Pools and Virtual Servers; the whole box, from scratch. I knew this would be […]
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The post Using Puppet to Configure F5 Network’s LTM via SOAP appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Steven Iveson.
Show 212 – HP Networking in the Data Centre – Sponsored
In today's sponsored podcast, HP Networking looks to educate network engineers about HP’s data center portfolio and technologies that make it a formidable choice for architecting today’s data center networks. Tune in to learn how HP is helping customers develop Data Center solutions that deal with today and tomorrow’s challenges.
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The post Show 212 – HP Networking in the Data Centre – Sponsored appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
Using ssldump to Decode/Decrypt SSL/TLS Packets
Who needs the Wireshark GUI right; let’s do this at the command line and be grown up about things. This is a straight copy of my popular Using Wireshark to Decode/Decrypt SSL/TLS Packets post, only using ssldump to decode/decrypt SSL/TLS packets at the CLI instead of Wireshark. Aside from the obvious advantages, immediacy and efficiency of a CLI tool, ssldump also […]
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The post Using ssldump to Decode/Decrypt SSL/TLS Packets appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Steven Iveson.
Show News: Network Down Stories and The Nightmare Before Christmas
Last year, we published two shows of horror stories about network outages and these shows generated a HUGE response from the audience. People emailed us about laughing, head nodding and “that happened to me”. Because you loved it, we are going to do it again. Because of time constraints the format will be a little […]
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The post Show News: Network Down Stories and The Nightmare Before Christmas appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
Cisco free webinars.
Hello my friends. I wish I would not be banned for this advertisement :). I think this might be interesting for packet pushers audience and worth posting. At fisrt legal notice should be written :). All information provided in this post are my subjective understanding of this project. I am not marketing guy, so it […]
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The post Cisco free webinars. appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Michał Janowski.
HTIRW: Provider Peering and Revenue Streams (Part 2)
This is a continuation from last week’s post on provider peering streams. Second Example: Customer to Noncustomer Assume traffic is coming in from A and is destined to M. How can AS64501 maximize revenue stream in this situation? There is only place to make money (the [A,C] link), and there is one place where its […]
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Helpful Concepts for the Fresh New Geek
Someone recently asked me to be a professional mentor, an occurrence that becomes more surreal the longer I consider it in its implications and entirety. So far the recipient of my educational transgressions appears content, but the experience has reminded me of several ranty moments I’ve had over the years regarding what new network geeks […]
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The post Helpful Concepts for the Fresh New Geek appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Keith Tokash.
Network Break 19
Continuing our regular look at the news in Networking and Cloud.
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The post Network Break 19 appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
Halloween Career Advice from the Damned
“Now, as you look through this document you’ll see that I’ve underlined all the major decisions I ever made to make them stand out. They’re all indexed and cross-referenced. See? All I can suggest is that if you take decisions that are exactly opposite to the sort of decisions that I’ve taken, then maybe you […]
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The post Halloween Career Advice from the Damned appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Glen Kemp.
Show 210 – SPB Implementation Fundamentals
Dominik and Ricki Cook join Packet Pushers Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks in a hands-on exploration of Shortest Path Bridging, IEEE 802.1aq. Most of us have had our hands on Avaya gear that does SPB — Ethan in the lab, and Dominik + Ricki in production environments. We go through the basic goals, setup, and commands […]
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The post Show 210 – SPB Implementation Fundamentals appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
PS Show 35 – OEM SFP and QSFP Modules – Do They Work ?
Do you really need genuine SFP and QSFP modules in your network equipment ? We talk technical with a supplier of OEM modules for your network equipment about the technology, functions and operation of non-vendor SFP optics and modules.
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The post PS Show 35 – OEM SFP and QSFP Modules – Do They Work ? appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Greg Ferro.
Junos – Wildcard Ranges, Interface Ranges and Configuration Groups
Until recently I have worked almost exclusively on Cisco ASA and IOS platforms. Within the last six months I’ve added Juniper’s Junos platform into my repertoire. The story for how this came to be is one for another post I hope to write soon. For those who aren’t familiar, Junos is a whole different ball […]
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The post Junos – Wildcard Ranges, Interface Ranges and Configuration Groups appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Christian Talsness.
HTIRW: Provider Peering and Revenue Streams (Part 1)
In the last post in this series, I described several types of providers — and even how those descriptions are no longer really “pure,” for the most part (although NTT, for instance, is a pure transit provider that only offers a few services throughout the world). For each piece of a provider’s business, then — […]
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Stretching the friendship
It has been nine months now since I hung up the console cable and embarked on my PhD. I seem to be unusual in the 21st-century IT world in that I have only had a couple of employers over the twenty or so years in the industry. I left each of those jobs on (I […]
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The post Stretching the friendship appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Matthew Mengel.