Starting with Chef
You might be asking yourself why a network engineer would be concerning himself with a product like Chef. It’s a long story, but lets start by saying that my interest… Read more »
CCIE on hold
As many of you know, I’ve been studying for my CCIE lab for the last year. I passed the written lab last March and eagerly started studying for the lab…. Read more »
IGP redistribution thoughts
I’ve been doing quite a few practice labs as preparation for my CCIE lab and its becoming apparent I need a strategy for tackling complex IGP redistribution. The study material… Read more »
The TCL ping script
So I’ve been doing a lot of CCIE study labbing lately and it’s become rather apparent that the only way to verify IPv4 unicast connectivity is to use TCL scripts… Read more »
BGP path selection
One of my favorite things about BGP is how flexible it is. The other thing I love is that it’s really easy to see all of the possible paths the… Read more »
BGP route advertisements
An important part of understanding BGP is understanding how it sends it’s routing updates. Take for example this basic topology… There are 7 routers total and 4 autonomous systems. We’ll… Read more »