Decoding the New Infrastructure – NFD5 Redux
Networking Field Day 5 (NFD5) drew to a close yesterday, and I have found myself sitting in a plane at around 32000 feet musing somewhat on the fact that my trip home has just been […]
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Cisco Live 2013 – Are You a Keynote Virgin?
It’s ok, you can be honest with me. Do you attend the Keynote sessions at Cisco Live? Not everybody loves the Keynote sessions, but since the schedule is set up so that the three main […]
Blog Wars – Cisco and Huawei Duke It Out
Cisco and Huawei have been entangled in legal battles over a number of years in the past, with accusations of wholesale code theft, uh, I mean “code reuse”, the duplication of IOS documentation, Huawei’s replication […]
An Open Letter Regarding AS-Path Access-Lists
Dear Cisco, Re: AS-Path Access-lists May we please have named as-path access lists in IOS? I’m really bored of my self-documenting configurations being effectively obfuscated by these ugly numbers I have to use in match […]
What Does It Mean To Be A CCIE?
What does it actually mean to have passed the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert exam and get those ‘digits’ (your CCIE number)? Fame, glory, and billions of dollars await! Well…
My CCIE Story – Part 5 (The Aftermath)
In this final part of my CCIE Story, I thought I’d take a look at what the CCIE has meant to me, some of the things I’ve learned along the way, and some thoughts on […]