My Etherealmind

Blessay: On CCIE Core Knowledge Waivers. The HP Fallout Continues.

Greg Ferro — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:33:34 +0000

I'm betting that the CCIE Core Knowledge Question waivers is because of HP. Oh, and making money.

Review: robtex.com — DNS and Peering Tool

Greg Ferro — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:40:30 +0000

An astonishing resource that provide a lot details on BGP AS, IP addressing, ownership, whois, DNS checking and much more.

Internets of Interest:14 Mar 10 — FIXED

bookmarks — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:36:26 +0000

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 14 Mar 10:

Review: goSerial — Console Break for Network Devices on OSX

Greg Ferro — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:13:40 +0000

This is a quick look at the serial console program for Mac OSX called goSerial. There are not many serial consoles programs available and I wanted to review this for my own use.

Reloading IOS Config at CLI for Dynamips/Dynagen

Greg Ferro — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:38:00 +0000

David Sudjiman show us how to save and reload Cisco IOS configurations from the command line in Dynamips / Dynagen.

Internets of Interest:12 Mar 10

bookmarks — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:31:22 +0000

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 12 Mar 10:

Blessay: Autonegotiation on Ethernet — It Works, It Should Be Mandatory!

Greg Ferro — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:05:30 +0000

EVERYONE - Autosensing on ethernet works just fine, and all manufacturers recommend using autosensing. Why aren't you ! Lets look at how it works and why you should be using it.

Network Dictionary — Straw Man Review

Greg Ferro — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:21:31 +0000

Define "Straw Man Review"

Security: ASA Version 8.3.1 Released

Greg Ferro — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:49:09 +0000

Cisco releases ASA Ver 8.3.1. Major changes to NAT and memory upgrade needed.

Review of the Cisco CRS-3 Marketing Debacle

Greg Ferro — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:09:46 +0000

The Cisco Marketing team kicked sand in the their own face with a failure to comprehend what customers want, and expecting them to comprehend what a BFR is for. The claim that "Internet will never be the same again" got a massive cold shoulder when they announced another big router.

Dynamips, Dynagen, GNS3 0.7, IOS15.0 and Snow Leopard OSX

Greg Ferro — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:30:43 +0000

It works.

Internets of Interest:9 Mar 10

bookmarks — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:29 +0000

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 9 Mar 10:

Network Dictionary — Heater

Greg Ferro — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:20:39 +0000

This Post is Part of a Series — click for list on Network Dictionary» Heater — term used to describe a piece of network equipment that is powered up, but does nothing or has no purpose. Now that electricity actually costs real money, people are actually finding the heaters and removing them from the network, especially [...]

Top 5 Things About Cisco Says “Internet to Change Forever” Event Today

Greg Ferro — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:10:46 +0000

Cisco Marketing Dept is attempting another lame meme today by claiming that Cisco will "Change The Internet". Here is my Top 5 things about Cisco changing the Internet.

Interesting Switch Designs for Data Centre Racks From Juniper

Greg Ferro — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:09:17 +0000

I was reviewing the Juniper Virtual Chassis Technology and there are some very interesting designs possible with their specific stacking technology.