Opinion:Checkpoint Buys Nokia Security Appliances — Time to Change

Emails and a Register art­icle con­firm that Checkpoint will buy the Nokia hard­ware appli­ance busi­ness. Some thoughts and opin­ions on why its time to ditch your Checkpoint infrastructure.

Etherealmind’s Favourite Posts of 2008

I have been going over the year and picked out some of my per­sonal favour­ites as well as some of the most pop­u­lar posts this year.

Network Dictionary — Marketing Math

Marketing is a world of it’s own, where the rules of hon­esty, math, logic, and human­ity do not apply. The ulti­mate example of this is mar­ket­ing math when cal­cu­lat­ing bandwidth.

Internets of Interest: 19^th Dec

Top 5 Cisco Christmas Wish List — Dear Santa

I have been wait­ing all year for new products, new fea­tures and, in some cases, for things to just work. It seems time to think what presents a Cisco Santa could bring me.

Internets of Interest: 16^th Dec

Network Dictionary — Foo

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» There are many fine words in the eng­lish lan­guage, and many fine words in the Network Engineers dic­tion­ary, how­ever none of them has the amount of cachet and elan that “foo” can bring to your pro­fes­sion.
Examples of using foo  —  
As a verb  —  foo-​​​​m  —  “then the router went foom […]

Tip:ASDM Works on OSX

A work­mate expressed sur­prise when he saw ASDM work­ing nat­ively on my MAC today. Which made me think, maybe you didn’t know either. And I took a photo to prove it.

Network Dictionary — IEEEdiot

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» IEEEdiot ( ay-​​​​eeeee-​​​​dee-​​​​ot) is a term used to describe someone who believes that IEEE Ethernet stand­ards pro­cess is valu­able and con­trib­ut­ing to the suc­cess­ful devel­op­ment of eth­er­net.
Historically, the IEEE has been worse than lag­gardly in updat­ing the stand­ard, reluct­ant to move quickly, and lacking […]

Network Dictionary — Longhorn

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Longhorn  —  noun. To announce a product that isn’t ready for release. In prac­tice, pos­sibly years away. Derived from Microsoft announ­cing ‘Longhorn’ four or five years before it shipped, thus ensur­ing that cus­tom­ers did not con­sider Linux while wait­ing. Eventually shipped Vista which was a fail­ure.
By longhorning […]

Gray Market Will Give Cisco Blues — GigaOM — My Tips for Second Hand Success.

Gigaom says Cisco second hand mar­ket will grow  —  huh  —  well of course it will. Here are my tips for doing it.

Cisco:Which Slot Is My ACE Module Installed in ?

In some large sites, you may not have access to the C6500 /​​ C7600 to work out which slot it is installed in. In my case, I have two ACE mod­ules in a single chassis. How to tell which mod­ule you are on ?

Network Dictionary — Ciscotist

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Term used to describe someone who believes that Cisco has a product for every need or is the best solu­tion for every prob­lem. Regardless of the prob­lem. And regard­less of the solu­tion.
List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating EventsNetwork Dictionary  —  ScalableNetwork Dictionary  —  magic hand waveNetwork […]

Network Dictionary — Nortard

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Nortard (nor-​​​​tard)
Term used to describe a per­son who believes that Nortel is the king of net­work­ing  —  either voice or data.
Almost unknown in the wild and get­ting rarer now that the nat­ural hab­itat has been eroded by poor sup­port, poor sales and poor busi­ness man­age­ment. Recent reports […]

IOS:CLI Tip —  Terminal Full Help

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Console Mastery» Introduction
The Cisco IOS com­mand line has a pretty good help func­tion. Usually you would put a ‘?’ and get a num­ber of options that you can choose from. But when you do not have access to the enable priv­ilege mode, the HELP func­tions are abbre­vi­ated.
This […]

Nerdgasm:SRS WOW for iTunes — Magic

If you listen to music on your com­puter (not iPod) then this tool is a must have.

Network Dictionary — Facepalm

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Facepalm  —  short­hand form of describ­ing that you have put your head in your hands in com­plete and utter dis­gust. And count­ing to ten. And think­ing nice thoughts.
Amd maybe those mor­ons will turn their brains on. Maybe.
List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating […]

Cisco — Whats New — December 2008

Cisco pos­ted the “Whats New for Documentation for 2008.
http://​www​.cisco​.com/​e​n​/​U​S​/​d​o​c​s​/​g​e​n​e​r​a​l​/​w​h​a​t​s​n​e​w​/​w​h​a​tsnew.html

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