Network engineers keep hearing about Software Defined Networking (SDN) and wonder, “Will I have to become a programmer to keep my job?” The answer is, “Probably not.” However, there’s still an awful lot to be said for network engineers becoming familiar with the tools of network automation. There’s a gain in productivity to be had […]
The post Show 176 – Intro to Python & Automation for Network Engineers appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
Let dreamers dream what worlds they please Those Edens can’t be found The sweetest flowers The fairest trees Are grown in solid ground We’re neither pure nor wise nor good We’ll do the best we know We’ll build our house and chop our wood And make our garden grow And make our garden grow These […]
The post SDN 2014 – Make Our Garden Grow – Part 1 appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Steven Iveson.
I often get really quite mad ideas on writing twitter bots, But I often get pretty bored of doing all of the boiler plate that is required when wanting to achieve these things.
The typical process to making a twitter bot
Almost twenty years ago, I began my career in networking. HP hubs and routers, no VLANs, one router PHY port per subnet. From there I installed an ATM backbone using LANE in the venerable Catalyst 5500 platform, then moved on to GigE in 3750 stacks and finally to 10G Nexuses (Nexa, Nexi?). I’ve seen WiFi […]
The post Farewell to Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Matthew Mengel.