a network engineering blog
This week at Interop NYC, Cisco launched it's ISR 4000 Series. This is a new approach for them focused on delivering services to your branch offices. Cisco has dubbed this new approach the Intelligent WAN (IWAN) -- but before we talk about that, … [Read more]
I generally try to avoid oversharing when it comes to my thoughts about presentations, but I have to mention that after sitting down with Glue Networks and their "SDN" presentation, it was truly a breath of fresh air to hear from HP. They went into … [Read more]
As of ACS v5.4 Cisco has finally included VMware tools for their ADE OS. Unfortunately, when you upgrade, they do not get installed automatically as the installation is triggered during the initial install. This post is for those of us that have … [Read more]
Quite a while ago I had a need for some network duct tape... Policy Based Routing while useful should only IMHO be used as a temporary fix. But as you know, temporary things soon become part of production and they end up staying around far too long. … [Read more]
Over the years IT professionals have sat through countless presentations, conference calls, and keynotes. We've been preached too, explained "the problem", and forced to bear witness to the the future. During such events all of us have had to step up … [Read more]
As many of you know my background isn’t in enterprise, but I currently fill that role in my $job. In order to succeed I’ve had to develop many new skills including learning Cisco Wireless, UCS, a little Fibre Channel, and of course Cisco ASA. While I … [Read more]
Mid December 2012 Apple shut down the Messages Beta for Lion, soon after many hackintosh users started noticing issues with signing into iMessage. At some point in time, people far smarter than me managed to patch a little used bootloader called … [Read more]
Recently I was faced with an issue outside my normal expertise... those of you that know me realize I am anything but a security engineer. But in reality, you must always expand your horizons. One of the projects I'm working on involves migrating … [Read more]
Vi is arguably the best text editing software in the world. There, I said it... deal with it! It should be noted that while many people continue to refer to Vi simply as such, Vim (Vi improved) has been the standard since around 1998. Vi? Old and … [Read more]
My feelings towards the Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) are hardly a secret. The myriad of design choices and platform limitations present engineers with some rather difficult decisions. Because of this, I’ve seen a handful of engineers reverse … [Read more]
