Recently a headline number stopped me in my tracks: automated traffic now officially exceeds human traffic on the internet. Not in some niche corner. Across the entire Internet. That is not a prediction about 2028. That is what happened by end of 2025. The data is clear HUMAN Security analyzed over 1 quadrillion digital interactions […]
The post The Internet Is No Longer Built for Humans first appeared on Rick Mur.Recently I walked by an ad of a cable internet provider claiming their network is the best choice for gamers. That stopped me. Not because I game competitively, but because I have spent 20 years building networks and doubted the claim. That ad got me thinking about a bigger question. What does a gamer actually […]
The post What Is the Best Network for a Gamer? first appeared on Rick Mur.Have you ever had to defend your choice of internet service provider? All you can say is: “Everyone says they’re reliable”, “My buddy recommended them.”, “They are the incumbent player”. But when pressed about frequent connectivity issues, then what? Sound familiar? This plays out in businesses across the world every day. We make one of […]
The post Transform ISP Choice from Anecdote to Evidence first appeared on Rick Mur.When I first launched this site, many years ago, it served as a humble lab notebook and sharing short personal stories from my working life. I shared diagrams, Junos configs , and field notes written after late night maintenance windows or proof of concepts. Those stories took on a life of their own. They brought […]
The post Blog Reboot first appeared on Rick Mur.After plenty of hours of studying and labbing the wide ranging topics on the JNCIE-DC blueprint, I took the JNCIE-DC lab exam and passed! I can proudly say I’m JNCIE-DC #389. In this conclusion of the previous JNCIE-DC blogs about my lab setup and about the remote lab environment, I will talk about my experience […]
The post JNCIE-DC Lab Experience first appeared on Rick Mur.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the exam centers of Juniper are at time of this writing closed for external visitors. Fortunately the Juniper Education team did a great job and made JNCIE lab exams available from your own home! Now this does impact how you make the test and also what resources you have available […]
The post JNCIE-DC remote lab exam resources first appeared on Rick Mur.After having some feedback regarding my previous post on running the JNCIE-DC self-study workbook in EVE-NG. I wanted to share some of the most common questions I personally experienced while using the lab and general things to be aware of and some tips! I also ran into some aspects of going through the workbook that […]
The post JNCIE-DC lab in EVE-NG tips and tricks first appeared on Rick Mur.As explained in my previous post on my home servers, I have a bare metal system deployed with EVE-NG Pro installed. As I’m (slowly) preparing for the JNCIE-DC certification I wanted to share the topology that I’m using. As the hardware required to study for the JNCIE-DC is quite significant, it makes a lot of […]
The post JNCIE-DC lab in EVE-NG first appeared on Rick Mur.Recently I moved to a new house and as a lot of reconstruction was done to bring the house up to date. I took the opportunity to have something I’ve always wanted in my home: a server rack! In my previous lab set-ups they were either located in my employers lab location or placed in […]
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