Network Dictionary — Corporate Golf Day

Define Corporate Golf Day

Blessay: On CCIE Core Knowledge Waivers. The HP Fallout Continues. — UPDATED

I’m bet­ting that the CCIE Core Knowledge Question waivers is because of HP. Oh, and mak­ing money.

Review: rob​tex​.com — DNS and Peering Tool

An aston­ish­ing resource that provide a lot details on BGP AS, IP address­ing, own­er­ship, whois, DNS check­ing and much more.

Review: goS­erial — Console Break for Network Devices on OSX

This is a quick look at the serial con­sole pro­gram for Mac OSX called goS­erial. There are not many serial con­soles pro­grams avail­able and I wanted to review this for my own use.

Reloading IOS Config at CLI for Dynamips/​Dynagen

David Sudjiman show us how to save and reload Cisco IOS con­fig­ur­a­tions from the com­mand line in Dynamips /​ Dynagen.

Blessay: Autonegotiation on Ethernet — It Works, It Should Be Mandatory!

EVERYONE — Autosensing on eth­er­net works just fine, and all man­u­fac­tur­ers recom­mend using auto­sensing. Why aren’t you !

Lets look at how it works and why you should be using it.

Network Dictionary — Straw Man Review

Define “Straw Man Review”

Security: ASA Version 8.3.1 Released

Cisco releases ASA Ver 8.3.1. Major changes to NAT and memory upgrade needed.

Review of the Cisco CRS-​​3 Marketing Debacle

The Cisco Marketing team kicked sand in the their own face with a fail­ure to com­pre­hend what cus­tom­ers want, and expect­ing them to com­pre­hend what a BFR is for. The claim that “Internet will never be the same again” got a massive cold shoulder when they announced another big router.

Dynamips, Dynagen, GNS3 0.7, IOS15.0 and Snow Leopard OSX

It works.

Network Dictionary — Heater

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Heater  —  term used to describe a piece of net­work equip­ment that is powered up, but does noth­ing or has no pur­pose.
Now that elec­tri­city actu­ally costs real money, people are actu­ally find­ing the heat­ers and remov­ing them from the net­work, espe­cially those old serv­ers. It wasn’t so […]

Top 5 Things About Cisco Says “Internet to Change Forever” Event Today

Cisco Marketing Dept is attempt­ing another lame meme today by claim­ing that Cisco will “Change The Internet”. Here is my Top 5 things about Cisco chan­ging the Internet.

Interesting Switch Designs for Data Centre Racks From Juniper

I was review­ing the Juniper Virtual Chassis Technology and there are some very inter­est­ing designs pos­sible with their spe­cific stack­ing technology.

If I Can’t Fix It, I’ll Break It. And That’s OK, It Needed Fixing Anyway.

When explain­ing out­age risks in a change review, I often need to grit my teeth and say quietly to myself.….

Network Dictionary — Application Delivery Controller

Application Delivery Controller (ADC)  —  The new mar­ket­ing name for a “load bal­an­cer”. Someone put a shiny chrome exhaust and new but­tons on it and so it needed a new mar­ket­ing name. Calling my cof­fee cup a “Liquid Receptacle Device with Enhanced Handling Features” doesn’t change the fact that it holds ocf­fee.
Note: the Web Application Firewall and […]

Blessay:Firewalls Are Like Noses:Everyone’s Got One.

The thing about fire­walls is that all net­works have them. Once, fire­wall expert­ise was rare and a spe­cial job focus. Now, fire­walls are like noses — everyone’s got one.

Using Choosy for OSX. A Better Way to Use Multiple Browsers.

I use mul­tiple web browsers all day. One for typ­ical web, and another for net­work man­age­ment. I need a way to eas­ily select which one I want.

“Just in Case” Versus “Just in Time” Learning. Or Why Am I Learning This Useless Crud !?

You need to learn what you don’t know to suc­ceed in Networking. Understanding “Just in Case” instead of “Just in Time” learn­ing might help you to under­stand why.

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