27 August 2010

HP Networking Tech Day – 23 & 24 August 2010

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In some positive news, HP has reached out to the networking community and organised a Network Tech Day in Sacramento. They even invited me.

Runt Packet No 5 – A Technical Services Manager Speaks

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Following the career discussions in some of our earlier podcasts, and his recent Blog Post “So you Want to be a Network Consultant” Kevin Bovis got in touch with me to talk about what sort of skills an engineer needs. We decided to record the discussion and so you can have even more Networking in your ears.

Control CPU Usage in GNS3 / Dynamips With Process Lasso

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have been a user of Dynamips/GNS3 for several years now and I can’t imagine what I would do without it. I use it for doing Proof Of Concept work and for Studying. This tip looks at managing CPU utilisation on Windows.

How Long Does It Take to Become a CCIE From 0?

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I don’t have the answer but in this not so brief post I can show you how long it took me and tell you a little about my journey.

Sharing Ideas – GLBP and HSRP

John McManus kicks off writing at EtherealMind with a look HSRP and GLBP First Hop Redundancy Protocols.

Announcing the Packet Pushers Podcast – “Lab Scenario 1″

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What do you get when three opinionated, irritable, knowledgeable and community minded Network Engineers on the telephone to talk about life in the Networking industry ? And if you recorded those three CCIE’s and published it as a podcast ? What would that be like ?

Network ZEN: OSPF or EIGRP

Network Zen on choosing OSPF or EIGRP routing protocols

Rant: It’s a Yes / No Question & Cisco IOS Software Licensing Hell Begins Here

For Crom’s sake, answer the question. Who let the marketing people write this stuff!!!

OH, AND Cisco IOS Software Licensing hell starts now. I’m calling it.

Designer or Engineer, Artist or Painter

Are you a painter or an artist ? Are you an engineer or a designer ? Can you Paint with a Hammer?

Blessay: Why I Think IP Telephony Is Over (and I’m Not Studying CCIE Voice)

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I think that IP Telephony is over and the whole idea of in house PBX is gently fading away to be replaced by Presence and Mobile phones.

Etherealmind Has a New Look and Opens for Direct Sponsors

Ethereal Mind has had a makeover on the weekend and has a new theme. I’m much happier with the look and feel and it seems a bit quicker. And I’m now taking direct advertising and sponsorship.

Syntax: VLANs or VLAN’s ?

Given that I write designs a lot, I get to write the word VLAN quite a bit. I’m still wondering which is the best way ?

Rant:My Growing Dislike of “Cross Marketing”

I purchase a new product / thing / software. I delight in opening / using / starting it for the first time. Then, an advertisement spews up for a related product. Lousy douchetards, if I wanted that, I would have bought it.

Frame or Packets – Make Sure You Get It Right!

When you use the terms ‘frames’ or ‘packets’ make sure you get it right!

Network ZEN: Stackable or Chassis Switches

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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’.

Design:Choosing Firefox for IE6 Compatibility

Recent discussions about legacy software requiring IE6 means that we will deploy Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.

Blog:Geek Pride – I’m So Proud of My Twitter Followers

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Proud that my twitter followers are Cisco geeks!

Reasons for Using NFS With VMware Virtual Infrastructure

“A lot of companies are using NFS as the preferred protocol to shared storage for VMware Virtual Infrastructure. In my personal experience, The administrative options and convenience of NFS is unmatched, and the virtual machine (VM) performance is surprising.”