Network design, architecture, thinking, working. Tech.
Doug Gourlay recently postulated that the Networking Industry was not ready for Cloud Computing, and there are no answers to the technical challenges that lie ahead. What a load of tosh. All we need is pastel colours and rounded corners and we are there.
The Cisco Firewall Service Modules (FWSM) has a design limitation based on its ability to discriminate packet forwarding between multiple contexts. It also applies to ASA/PIX software. Lets review this in detail and learn the evil consequences.
Some time ago I used IOS SLB feature on a C6500 to load balance a pair of Blue Coat ProxySG. Here the confuguration and some notes.
Had a problem with an ACE module today. It took two of us a while to realise what was wrong. And musings on service-policy syntax.
Define “Cock Blocked”
VTP Version 3.0 – Is VTP making a comeback ? I found this document at Cisco.com today about VTPv3. What ? VTPv3 ? I had to dig into that.
When you use the terms ‘frames’ or ‘packets’ make sure you get it right!
You might want to understand the difference between speed and bandwidth and Ethernet duplex is a great tool for understanding it.
Define “Fun Detector”
The Zen Master was meditating over his network, at oneness with the Flow. A student approached the master and asked ‘may I not stack the c3750 to create more connections to the Flow’.
