IPv6:Which Source Address Is Used When You Have Many IPv6 Addresses ? Default Address Selection

It struck me that an Enterprise IPv6 host can and will have many IPv6 addresses and IPv4 addresses. How will applic­a­tions select source and des­tin­a­tion addresses ?

Network Dictionary — Borked

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Borked n. Something is “borked” when it doesn’t work cor­rectly, broken or mis­be­haves, gen­er­ally due to neg­li­gence by the person(s) that are respons­ible for it.
Probably derived from the Swedish Chef in the Muppets “bork bork bork” and the geek ethos for mis­speak­ing words like […]

Network Dictionary — CCIE Pounds

Define CCIE pounds

Internets of Interest: 20^th Feb — 23^rd Feb

IPv5 — What Was It ?

I have been work­ing on IPv6 lately, but now know­ing about IPv5 has made me feel that some­thing was miss­ing. A little dig­ging, and there it is — the little known IPv5 (oth­er­wise known as ST2).

Internets of Interest: 9^th Feb — 15^th Feb

How Help Desk SLA’s Lie — “Four Hour Response” My Butt.

I once had to con­tact an out­sourced Help Desk on an urgent mat­ter. I rang the Help Desk and logged my call with the oper­ator. I con­firmed that there was a four hour response. Yeah, right, it took 12 hours to fix it.

Network Dictionary — Blamestorming

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» The inten­tion of this dis­gust­ing prac­tice show how base human nature can be. Originally inten­ded to be a review of an out­age or net­work impact so that ana­lysis of the prob­lem could occur and man­age­ment could con­sider action that might pre­vent a repeat of the problem. […]

Network Dictionary — Brandalize

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Brandalize (v) Overlaying a brand or mes­sage on con­tent for pur­poses of advert­ising. Combination of “brand­ing” and “van­dal­ize”.
List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating EventsNetwork Dictionary  —  ScalableNetwork Dictionary  —  magic hand wave­N­et­work Dictionary  —  NAT’dNetwork Dictionary  —  Pain Relief TechnologyNetwork Dictionary  —  work­shopNetwork Dictionary  —  Process HumpingNetwork Dictionary  —  appsel­la­tionNetwork Dictionary  —  Spinning RustNetwork Dictionary  —  Server HuggerNetwork Dictionary  —  FacepalmNetwork Dictionary  —  NortardNetwork […]

Blessay: My Life of Study — Planning, Tips and Thoughts

I was asked how I organ­ise myself to study, and how do I make time. It not really easy to write it out because I make choices that suit my life, but if someone wants my recom­mend­a­tions or sug­ges­tions, here they are.

Internets of Interest: 7^th Feb — 8^th Feb

Internets of Interest 7^th Feb through 7^th Feb

Network Dictionary — Microsoft Standard

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» “Microsoft Standard” is when Microsoft takes an exist­ing stand­ard, makes a slight change to make it pro­pri­et­ary and imple­ments. In this man­ner,
List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating EventsNetwork Dictionary  —  ScalableNetwork Dictionary  —  magic hand wave­N­et­work Dictionary  —  NAT’dNetwork Dictionary  —  Pain Relief TechnologyNetwork Dictionary  —  work­shopNetwork Dictionary  —  Process HumpingNetwork Dictionary  —  appsel­la­tionNetwork Dictionary  —  Spinning RustNetwork […]

RFC 2322 — Management of IP Numbers by Peg-​​Dhcp

I have a num­ber of favor­ite RFC’s. Management of IP addresses by peg-​​​​dhcp is a testi­mony to solv­ing a prob­lem the simplest possible way

Internets of Interest: 2^nd Feb

Internets of Interest 2^nd Feb through 2^nd Feb

Results of Poll on Using Cisco Second Hand Equipment

Poll ran from 14^th December to 4^th February and asked “Would you con­sider using second hand or resale Network Equipment ?”.

File Catalyst:Unlimitech Software: Pretending to Be a Customer

So a “Mark Johnson  —  makr324@hotmail.com”  —  posts a com­ment on my art­icle on How Long it Takes to trans­fer data :

Musing:How Long Does It Take to Transfer Data ? Rules of Thumb

When it comes trans­fer­ring large files or data sets ( say big­ger than 10 Gigabytes), many people for­get that the trans­fer time becomes significant.

Network Dictionary — Automagically

Less com­monly used to shorten a detailed tech­nical descrip­tion into a sound bite so that a meet­ing or dis­cus­sion can rap­idly pro­gress. Usually assumes that the listen­ers have some insight or know­ledge of the sum­mar­ised content.

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