I posted a Tweet the other day which gained a lot of attention in the networking community: As SDN gains more traction, people start fearing for their jobs. Some jobs will decrease in demand and some will disappear entirely. However,
Opinion – Vendors Please Stop the Mud Slinging!
I’m not known for going on rants but lately I’ve been seeing a lot of stupid tweets from vendors that have really bothered me. So today I’ll give my best Tom Hollingsworth “networkingnerd” impression and tell you what’s on my
Python – Kirk Byers Course Week 1 Part 1
This post is the first one going through the Kirk Byers Python for Network Engineers class. In the first class Kirk shows how to pipe data into Python by using the module fileinput with the following code(modified for Python3): import
Python – Introduction to Argparse
I’m fiddling around a bit with Python. I’m planning to write a little script that pings a host or hosts and logs it to a file. Should be pretty basic but it’s good practice for me to take user input,
General – Why Are Certification Exams Not Higher Quality?
I was reading Ivan’s blog as I often do when I came across this post about why certifications suck. The author Robert Graham had a sample question from the GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) exam. The question looked like this: By
My CLUS 2015 Schedule for San Diego
With roughly two months to go before Cisco Live starts, here is my preliminary schedule for San Diego. I have two CCDE sessions booked to help me prepare for the CCDE exam. I have the written scheduled on wednesday and
BGP – local-as command
The neighbor local-as command is a useful command when doing AS migration or merging. Many people get confused by the optional arguments of this command. As we all know the AS-path is a well known mandatory attribute of the BGP
Cisco lead times – give me a break!
I’m about to setup two Cisco 3560-X at work and the plan is to interconnect with fibre. However when I was about to order C3KX-NM-1G I was told by my distributor that they can’t be delivered until November. Guess I