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What Is the Best IP Address to Ping to Test My Internet Connection ?
23rd July 2012 by
Quick tip on the best IP addresses on the Internet when you need to test your Internet connection from the command line
Top 20 Practical Cabling Tips for Network Engineers – Part One
19th July 2012 by
Most engineers think that cable is simply plug and play. And mostly, that true. In recent years, Ethernet standards and manufacturing Here are 20 things that Network Engineers have forgotten or don’t know about network cabling in a two part series on things I have learned in twenty years of looking after networks.
NXOS:Show Default and Configured Settings on an Interface
4th July 2012 by
Cisco has been making some improvements to the Cisco NXOS CLI. Here is one that I especially like on the
show interface
commands
Cisco NX-OS CLI Tip – Feature Enabled, License and CLI Syntax
27th June 2012 by
When working on NX-OS it’s kind of annoying to attempt to use a feature that hasn’t been enabled and get an error message. Why not get an “not enabled” or “not licensed” error message ?
Tech Note: Command Line for Alternate PAC File for Chrome
27th June 2012 by
Sometimes you need to use many different Proxy Auto Configuration files with a web browser, usually when testing or trying out new installation of the proxy servers.
Cisco IOS CLI Regex: Sh Ip Bgp In
2nd May 2012 by
Vitaly left a comment on a blog post with a clever IOS CLI Regex tip. I though I would pick that apart as an exercise.
Seth Godin on Offshore Call Centres Has Parallels With Offshore Network Operations
14th March 2012 by
Seth Godin strikes a chord with how I view outsourcing network administration and network operations except that he is talking about offshore call centres being “scalable engines of annoyance”. That’s a brilliant summary of my experience when working with Service Providers using offshore operations. Or customers with outsourced network management.
