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TNO072: Connectivity and Community

TNO072: Connectivity and Community

Scott Robohn had me on Total Network Operations to trace the path from a Commodore VIC-20 to a dial-up helpdesk in Cleveland to the US Networking User Association, including the day I locked myself out of 34 DSLAMs.

The Sum, Not Just the Parts: Thinking Holistically About Your Network

The Sum, Not Just the Parts: Thinking Holistically About Your Network

Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray had me on Heavy Networking to talk through a blog post of mine, The Network as a Whole. Why one VLAN change can end in Wi-Fi complaints, why certs do not teach design, and why you should break your labs on purpose.

Heavy Networking 783: BGP Routing Policy for Enterprise Networkers

Heavy Networking 783: BGP Routing Policy for Enterprise Networkers

Ethan Banks read my post on IRR and RPSL and wanted the long version. Jake Khuon, who ran RADb at Merit in the 1990s, joined us: what routing policy is, why you will not get routed without it in 2025, how the registries fit together, and how to get started.

Making the Business Case for SD-WAN

Making the Business Case for SD-WAN

There are many things to consider for businesses to adopt a new technology into their environment. SD-WAN has emerged as a better way to build the WAN

Heavy Networking 432: Analyzing SD-WAN So Far and So Future

Heavy Networking 432: Analyzing SD-WAN So Far and So Future

Three SD-WAN analysts walk into a podcast. Greg Bryan of TeleGeography, Steve Garson of SD-WAN Experts and me, on the business drivers, hype versus real deployments, whether you can ditch MPLS for DIA, and how to build a vendor shortlist.