Packet Pushers Podcast

Show 104 – Is SDN a TRILL Killer?

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:16 +0000

Greg Ferro & Ethan Banks conclude their chat begun in Show 103 – Choking on Cookies, but take the conversation in a different direction. What We Discuss TRILL & SPB – are they competing or complimentary? Or aimed at different markets? If SDN really gets a strong foothold in the marketplace because of excellent applications, [...]

Show 103 – Choking on Cookies

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:04:33 +0000

Podcast hosts Ethan Banks & Greg Ferro have a good old-fashioned chinwag about things that are on their minds in this, the first of a two-part podcast. Part two should be published later during the week of 20-May-2012 as Show 104. Stay tuned! What We Discuss Long-term goals for the Packet Pushers Podcast. How you can [...]

Show 102 – A Layer of Indirection: Is MPLS Tunneling?

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:00:09 +0000

Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks dive into a deep, dark hole of nerdery with Ivan Pepelnjak, Marko Milivojevic, and Petr Lapukov to see if we can decide whether or not MPLS is tunneling. We plumb the depths of packet and frame formatting, compare and contrast various technologies, toss different scenarios around, contradict one another, and throw [...]

Show 101 – Brocade Virtual Symposium Part 1 – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:43:38 +0000

Introducing the Brocade Virtual Symposium. In a special video session, we brought Chip Copper from Brocade into a room to talk about four key areas of Brocade’s Ethernet Fabric. The first episode is this weeks Packet Pushers Podcast. The session is discussing just “What is an Ethernet Fabric” and digging into how Brocade implements their [...]

Show 100 – Live at Network Field Day Three – Video

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:39 +0000

Network Field Day Three meant that a lot of regular guests on Packet Pushers were in the same room at the same time. And that room was full of cameras, microphones and a crew to run it!! So we recorded a Packet Pushers Live - the first ever show in video as Show 100. That's right - 100 shows! Two years since we started, about 6000 downloads per show and more than 50000 downloads a month.

Show 99 – I Always Use a VPN – Thomas D’Otreppe – Aircrack-NG – OpenWIPS-NG

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:52:06 +0000

This week we are talking to Thomas d’Otreppe, author of Aircrack-NG and OpenWIPS-NG about his Open Source project and what they do ? AirCrack-NG Aircrack “Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some [...]

Show 98 – The Future of TRILL and Spanning Tree – Part 2

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:10:36 +0000

This is the second part of the TRILL and Spanning Tree discussion. TRILL has been on the radar for about three years and while we are seeing some shipping hardware and deployments, it's still not clear what the current status of TRILL is. This week, Jon Hudson IETF Member for TRILL and Brocade engineer is joined with Andy Shalomon from Cisco, who is conducting testing and deployment on Cisco's FabricPath for a discussion about where TRILL is today.

Show 97 – The Future of TRILL and Spanning Tree – Part 1

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:04:38 +0000

TRILL has been on the radar for about three years and while we are seeing some shipping hardware and deployments, it's still not clear what the current status of TRILL is. This week, Jon Hudson IETF Member for TRILL and Brocade engineer is joined with Andy Shalomon from Cisco, who is conducting testing and deployment on Cisco's FabricPath for a discussion about where TRILL is today.

Show 96 – Hack the Hackers: Fyodor on Nmap & The Security Industry

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:51:21 +0000

Michele Chubirka (our very own Mrs. Y), Greg Ferro, and Ethan Banks gather *in person* with very special guest Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon. Fyodor is the author of Nmap, for many years the tool of choice to perform network scanning. The four of us chat about Nmap, being a security practitioner, and goings-on in the security business. [...]

Show 95 – Security Onion With Doug Burks -or- Why IDS Rules and IPS Drools

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:00:33 +0000

Ethan Banks and Michele Chubirka (aka Mrs. Y aka the Network Security Princess) have a relaxed chinwag with Doug Burks, Deputy Chief Security Officer at Mandiant, community instructor for SANS, and the man behind Security Onion. What is Security Onion? To quote Doug’s website… Security Onion is a Linux distro for IDS (Intrusion Detection) and NSM [...]

Show 94 – Aerohive and Bonjour Gateway – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:10:21 +0000

Aerohive has recently announced Bonjour support for networking. If you aren’t familiar with Bonjour it’s the zero configuration protocol that used by Apple for all their devices to discover services on the network such as printers, AppleTVs, File Shares and more. Apple technologies such as Airplay (for music/media sharing), AirDrop (for file sharing) and Print [...]

Show 93 – Lies and Routing in the Internet

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:30:19 +0000

This show is few moments to breathe, take stock, and meditate about peace in our time and listen to someone else do the talking. Today, Packet Pushers is re-broadcasting a recording of a presentation by Geoff Huston from the AusCERT2011. I have to say that I’ve always known that Internet routing was a mess but Geoff [...]

Show 92 – HP TippingPoint Secure Virtual Framework With Sanjay Raja – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:00:47 +0000

The prime Pushers Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro chat with HP Security’s Sanjay Raja in this sponsored podcast about the TippingPoint Secure Virtual Framework (SVF). Sanjay Raja is a Product Marketing Manager with the TippingPoint organization, and describes in detail how SVF integrates into your VMware environment. What We Discuss Inspecting traffic sourced from VMs, [...]

Show 91 – Packet Party Feb 2012

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:02:18 +0000

Packet Pushers had a Packet Party in Feb 17, 2012 with an Open Microphonr. The Packet Party was recorded live from event where we had about 90 people on the call. People from the audience would ask questions, and we throw to topic open for discussion. Overall the discussion was great, and we covered a [...]

Show 90 – Talking Career With Todd Lammle

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:50:26 +0000

Trainer, author, and long-time network industry veteran Todd Lammle joins Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro for a chat about the good ol’ days, the days ahead, and how to make it in the networking business. Todd’s worked at some legendary companies like Atari and Xerox. He’s been around the industry for a long time, and worked hard to [...]

Show 89 – OSPF vs IS-IS Smackdown – Where You Can Watch Their Eyes Reload

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:15:58 +0000

In this show we discuss the the differences between OSPF & IS-IS routing protocols and the differences between them. protocol optimisations are both good and bad. How both protocols have poor metric generation OSPFv3 offers some hope for the future. QoS Based metrics in their forms – MPLS TE isn’t getting good adoption. Why do [...]

Show 88 – Server Internals and Network Performance

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:37:24 +0000

Having met at VMworld 2010, Daniel Bowers and I were having an ongoing discussion around server architectures and how they impact network performance. I convinced him to come onto the show and talk broadly about what goes on inside a server. Mostly we focus on how server performance impacts network performance. I wouldn’t call this a [...]

Show 87 – A SIP of Voice

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:38:42 +0000

The Packet Pushers voice crew reassembles, this time for a discussion of SIP trunks. Erik Peterson, Amy Arnold and Tom Hollingsworth are the technical talent this week, while Ethan Banks hosts and tries to keep up with the conversation without going, “Huh?” too many times. Hey, we can’t all be voice engineers. SIP gets a pretty [...]

Show 86 – Connect to the IPv6 Internet for Free Using TunnelBroker.Net

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:34:07 +0000

Hurricane Electric’s Owen DeLong joins Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro to discuss TunnelBroker.net. What’s TunnelBroker.net? It’s a free service from Hurricane Electric that lets you connect to the IPv6 Internet across an IPv4-only connection. Want to get started with IPv6? This is a great way to go, not only for the connectivity, but also for the [...]

Show 85 – Sponsored – The Span Port You Always Wanted – Gigamon

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:27:02 +0000

In this Sponsored show we talk to Gigamon about ” making the SPAN port what it always wanted to be”. In short, Gigamon makes switch devices that allow for powerful ways to capture traffic from your network, then slice, dice and forward it. If you have ever had problem with “not enough SPAN ports” for [...]

Show 84 – Cisco WAAS – The Sleeping Giant Awakens – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:07:26 +0000

Liad Ofek from the Cisco Borderless team joins Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro to discuss the state of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) in this sponsored show. WAAS is Cisco’s WAN optimization platform, competing against products from Riverbed, SilverPeak, Exinda and others. If you’re wrinkling your brow while remembering a bad WAAS experience back [...]

Show 83 – We Are an Independent Show

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:42:07 +0000

This week it’s just Greg and Ethan talking over a few topics. What was intended to be a quick half hour chat for the new year about Packet Pushers turned into a more than an hour on a whole range of topics that interest us, especially on independence and community. Some technical, some industry stuff [...]

Show 82 – Security Failures, No IPv6, No Network Management – Another Good Year

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:19:07 +0000

Guests This week a bunch of new faces to talk about 2011 and it’s many failing: Scott Morris – well known industry figure and CCIE trainer. Chris Marget – Fragmentation Needed who works for a large reseller. And some regulars return: Tony Bourke @tbourke [Data Center Overlords](http://datacenteroverlords.com/ Hosts and Regulars And the blow hards Mrs. [...]

Show 81 -Tail-F and Network Configuration Management – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:58:24 +0000

Network Configuration is still done by hand. Each engineer types in each command after thirty years of “progress”. Does this seem right to you ? Tail-F systems sponsored today’s show to talk about their Network Configuration System and the advantage of using decent software with good quality tools like NETCONF and YANG to make configuring [...]

Show 80 – SFlow and IP Accounting

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:49:03 +0000

During the EuroNOG conference I recorded a conversation about SFlow with Elisa Jasinska who is Senior Packet Herder at Limelight Networks. ( That’s what is says on her business card). Joining me is Ivan Pepelnjak to cover the SFlow basisc and some f the more advanced ideas that you need to be thinking of when [...]

Show 79 – Elfiq & Link Load Balancing – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:00:24 +0000

In this sponsored podcast, we introduce Link Load Balancing – something the Packet Pushers hadn’t realised was available for Enterprise and handling multi gigabit links. We talk about what Link Balancing is, how it works, and even some of the gotchas and ‘be careful’ points when deploying. Plus some delightfully nerdy discussion about what goes [...]

Show 78 – Especially Thankful Chinwagging

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:23:34 +0000

This week we takes a nod at Thanksgiving and talk nerdy. talks about the latest security breaches. Unsurprisingly. Ivan talks about changing the name of his quite famous ioshints.info blog to ipSpace.net HP announces only one Software licensing for their Wired Ethernet switches across the product range. which naturally, leads into a rant about Cisco [...]

Show 77 – Cisco Nexus 1000V and VXLAN With Han Yang and Victor Moreno – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:18:56 +0000

Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks chat with Cisco Technical Marketing Engineers Han Yang and Victor Moreno to discuss Cisco's implementation of the emerging VXLAN standard (currently a draft) in the Nexus 1000V virtual switch. VXLAN is being evaluated by architects who need to scale multi-tenant networks beyond the traditional 4K VLAN limitation. VXLAN can be integrated with existing infrastructures, as it leverages IPv4 to form tunnels and multicast groups to carry broadcast traffic.

Show 76 – Why OpenFlow Has Mind-Melting Potential

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:17:31 +0000

OpenFlow. Brave new world, or niche solution to a specific problem? The tool we always wanted, or the need we didn’t know we had? Replacement for the legacy data center, or special purpose player at the edge? Unicorn tears or useful technology? Greg Ferro, Ivan Pepelnjak, and Derick Winkworth join this show’s host Ethan Banks in [...]

Show 75 – Introducing Aerohive Branch on Demand – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:00:59 +0000

Introducing Aerohive , manufacturers of fine Enterprise Wi-Fi networking equipment who, believe it or not, may actually have found a use for the cloud at the same time as getting rid of wireless LAN controllers in their big boned Access Points. After a quick introduction to Aerohive, we talk about their Branch-on-Demand product line that [...]

Show 74 – Juniper Certification Track Update

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:59:57 +0000

Liz Burns, Kieran Milne, and Kurt Bales join Ethan Banks for an update on where the Juniper certification tracks stand. Liz & Kieran talk about each of the tracks in turn, discuss the current and upcoming boot camp offerings, and Kurt describes his training and test-taking experience gained during the beta period. A short show, a [...]

Show 73 – Cisco ASA 1000V Cloud Firewall – Sponsored

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:28:20 +0000

Cisco is extending their Nexus 1000V in new directions. Not only is the Nexus 1000V a virtual switch, it acts as a platform for extending ASA firewall and security technology into your virtual environment. In this sponsored podcast, we get Rajneesh Chopra, Product Manager for the Nexus 1000V product line, to talk about how Virtual [...]

Show 72 – How We Are Killing the Internet

packetpushers@gmail.com — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:02:26 +0000

Greg was invited to be a speaker at the EuroNOG conference in Warsaw Poland. While there, Greg spoke to Jan Zorz who is a major contributor to IPv6 in RIPE and IETF and involved with many large service providers for their IPv6 designs and deployment. He says about himself “A Guy from Slovenia, the IPv6 [...]

Show 71 – OpenFlow, SDN, Controllers, VXLAN & Wishing for Fishes

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:36:38 +0000

A wide ranging discussion this week following the Applied OpenFlow Symposium on Wednesday and the Network TechFieldDay on Thursday/Friday where we talked about the week and the much argued about purpose of VXLAN. Probably much more relevant to network engineers, I talk to Ivan Pepelnjak and discuss his conversion to believing in OpenFlow/SDN after he [...]

Show 70 – Preview of Tech Field Day and OpenFlow Symposium

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:00:15 +0000

Jeff Fry, Tony Bourke, and Tom Hollingsworth chat with Ethan and Greg about the upcoming Tech Field Day and closely tied OpenFlow Symposium events to be held in San Jose, California this week. On Wednesday, October 26, 2011, several compelling vendors & potential customers (such as Google and Yahoo) will present their unique take on [...]

Show 69 – HP Talks Tech at Interop NYC on OpenFlow, Optical Backplanes, IRF, and IPv6

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:00:06 +0000

At Interop NYC held the first week of October 2011, HP invited several network engineers engaged in social media to attend at HP’s expense. Ethan Banks was one of those in attendance, and he captured several hours worth of audio from the event. This podcast is not the typical “let’s gather around the virtual conference [...]

Show 68 – Practical Introduction and Application of OpenFlow Networking

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:22:02 +0000

Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow We’ve heard a lot of talk about OpenFlow recently and it’s potential impact for networking but not a lot about how it works. This screencast is Practical Introduction to OpenFlow with a focus on how we would actually make it work in real networks. Instead of muttering into beards about [...]

Show 67 – CCIE Security Track Update With Natalie Timms, Program Manager

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:19:12 +0000

Natalie Timms, CCIE Security Program/Product Manager for Cisco, is kind enough to spend a little time chatting with Packet Pushers podcast host Ethan Banks about the current state of the Cisco CCIE Security track. Ethan and Natalie build a conversation around the following items: Talk about what Cisco is doing to help preserve the integrity of [...]

Show 66 – VXLAN and NVGRE With Ken Duda

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:00:56 +0000

I wanted to know more about VXLAN and NVGRE so who better than Ken Duda from (http://aristanetworks.com) from Arista Networks, the only author listed on both IETF RFCS and [Ivan Pepelnjak](http://blog.ioshints.info) on a call to go fast and loose on the topics. [IETF VXLAN](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan/) [IETF NVGRE](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-sridharan-virtualization-nvgre/) What is VXLAN and why does networking need it [...]

Show 65 – Second Shot of Strong Opinion

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:05:21 +0000

This show in all about Beast Attack on SSL, Cisco Nexus network designs and limitations of the FEX switching, and a bitch slap between MrsY and Greg on DNS Load Balancers. This is the second half of the show recorded on the 25th Sep, 2011. You can find the first show. Beast Attack on SSL. [...]

Show 64 – Catalyst 6500 Supervisor 2T Deep Dive With Cisco TME’s Patrick Warichet + Scott Hodgdon

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:00:38 +0000

In this sponsored show, Cisco Technical Marketing Engineers Patrick Warichet and Scott Hodgdon join Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks to chat about the recently announced Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor 2T in a deep dive discussion. We mine the depths of the new sup’s architecture and get the feeling that, “there’s life in the old dog yet!” The [...]

Show 63 – The First Shot of Strong Opinion

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:26:58 +0000

First up, we talked about the how Packet Pushers is moving into some sponsored shows and contents. We are a community driven group so your feedback is important and valuable. The good news is that sponsorship will help to continue making content and doing cool things. The bad is that some advertising will appear. We [...]

Show 62 – Technical Deep-Dive – Infineta Data Mobility Switch (DMS) Hyper-Scale WAN Optimization

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:00:19 +0000

Haseeb Budhani, VP of Products at Infineta, chats with Greg and Ethan to do a technical deep-dive of Infineta’s Data Mobility Switch (DMS) in this sponsored show. The DMS is the industry’s first Hyper-scale WAN optimization solution that can fill WAN pipes as large as 10Gbps. Targeting customers who need to accelerate replication, backup traffic, Hadoop, and similar data sets between data centers, Infineta [...]

Show 61 – Securing an Internet-Facing App – Part 2 – Border Routers, Firewalls, IDS/IPS

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:32:24 +0000

In show 61, host Ethan Banks is joined again by Mrs. Y, Daniel Powell, Bob Plankers, and Tom Hollingsworth in the second part of a virtual workbench discussion begun in show 56. We recorded this heart-warming, family-friendly episode about securing an Internet-facing application on September 9, 2011. The Packet Pushers eagerly anticipate award nominations for [...]

Show 60 – Introducing Infineta Hyper-Scale WAN Optimization

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:00:18 +0000

Haseeb Budhani, VP of Products at Infineta, chats with Greg and Ethan to introduce Infineta’s Data Mobility Switch (DMS) in this sponsored show. The DMS is the industry’s first Hyper-scale WAN optimization solution that can fill WAN pipes as large as 10Gbps. Targeting customers who need to accelerate replication, backup traffic, Hadoop, and similar data sets [...]

Show 59 – Design Clinic 1 – Is This Virtual Whiteboard on ?

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 13:00:15 +0000

About Design Clinics People send in their questions, we share them using an online meeting service and then use diagrams, open microphones, and lots of discussion to answer questions. We are still working out how to hold, run and manage the Design Clinic as show. This is our second, but the first to include screen [...]

Show 58 – The Packet Speaks!

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:01:17 +0000

In show 58, recorded August 27, 2011, Ethan Banks is joined by Tom Hollingsworth, Erik Peterson, and Amy Arnold for the Packet Pushers’ first discussion about voice technology. Think of this as a foundational show that will ramp you up if you’re a network engineer that doesn’t deal with voice much beyond a QoS policy [...]

Show 57 – Fat Cast Free for All – Virtual Workbench

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:49:13 +0000

The virtual workbench convened on August 9, 2011 with Greg Ferro, Ethan, Kurt Bales, Tom Hollingsworth, Josh O’Brien, and Mrs. Y (aka the Network Security Princess). This week we cover news, views and gossip of the last few weeks. A lot of complaining and review of what’s changing in the network industry. Discussion VMware licensing backdown after [...]

Show 56 – Securing an Internet-Facing App – Part 1 – Host Hardening

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:24:54 +0000

An all-US cast gathers around the virtual whiteboard for a security discussion in Packet Pushers podcast show #56, recorded on August 1, 2011. Sysadmin, virtualization heavy, and blogger Bob Plankers joins Network Security Princess Mrs. Y, security industry veteran Daniel Powell, show regular and CCIE Tom Hollingsworth, and this week’s host Ethan Banks to discuss host [...]

Show 55 – Questions You Should Be Asking Your Cloud Provider

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:48:07 +0000

This show is #55, recorded on July 27, 2011 with Greg Ferro, Ethan Banks, Kim Pedersen, and Mrs. Y aka the Network Security Princess. We cover a bit of news, and then discuss the security and economic implications of outsourcing your applications to the cloud. Or…the “blah blah cloud” as those of us worn out [...]

Show 54 – Speaking With a LISP Expert – Cisco’s Victor Moreno

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:00:18 +0000

This show was recorded on July 7, 2011 (the week before Cisco Live Las Vegas), where Greg and Ethan were joined by subject matter expert Victor Moreno of Cisco in a topical podcast about LISP, the Locator/ID Separation Protocol. QUESTIONS WE ASKED What is LISP? What problems are addressed by LISP? How does LISP impact [...]

Show 53 – CCIE Lab Preparation Tips – Persistence Pays Off

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:00:39 +0000

Getting Started This show is #53, and was recorded on July 12, 2011. In this show, Ethan Banks, Tom Hollingsworth, Greg Ferro, Kurt Bales, and Nicolas Michel talk about the process of preparing for Cisco’s fabled CCIE lab exam. The show gets rolling with Tom checking in from CiscoLive and Ethan explaining how to set [...]

Show 52 – Cisco Live Quickie

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:18:26 +0000

This week Tom is at Cisco Live and in a short sharp show, got a hold of Tony Mattke to talk about the conference and what their experiences are. Somewhere along the line, Tony told us some of his poor experiences with the Nexus 2000 and design tips for a Nexus-centric data centre. Greg is [...]

Show 51 – Juniper QFabric

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:57:08 +0000

The much anticipated show about Juniper QFabric has finally arrived. Juniper QFabric is a different approach to building a switched network core - using what I call "expanded backplane" concept - to create a single Layer data centre switch fabric that uses a different approach from what we are used to by extending the backplane from a single switch to a multiswitch design.

Show 50 – Collapsing Layers

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:50:16 +0000

This show was recorded Thursday, 6/23/2011. Greg was away at Glastonbury, so joining Ethan on the mic are Kurt Bales, Jeff Fry, and Mrs. Y for a design-oriented discussion revolving around the emerging one-tier data center. First – the news. New Zealand Herald 6/23/2011 – Free service hides your online life from prying eyes – [...]

Show 49 – Cisco Nexus 1000v

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:30:58 +0000

A show about Cisco Nexus 1000V where we poke and prod at some of it’s inner workings. 1. Virtual Machine Networking – the Nexus 1000V VEM data plane, port profiles, etc. VSM control plane (Nexus 1010) 2. Virtual Security Gateway (VSG) – VM-level firewall for multi-tenant environments 3. VM-FEX – 802.1Qbg/h comparison – Virtual Machine [...]

Show 48 – Juniper Junosphere

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:15:36 +0000

This week we talk to Juniper about their Junosphere emulator and make the case for why the current version is very good but not suited for the Enterprise market ( because its actually too good ) and question why they are charging a customer for the hosted service. junosphere, unlike other emulators, is a fully [...]

Show 47 – Load Balancers – Good Thing We Didn’t Step in It

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:30:21 +0000

Value market versus Enterprise Market There is the load balancing market that most in networking are aware of, with vendors like Cisco and F5, and then there is the value market. Load balancers you can get for $2,500-$10,000 a piece (redundant coming in at around $5K to start, USD of course) that have many of [...]

Show 46 – Gum Flapping Fun

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 29 May 2011 16:45:06 +0000

We just wandered around the topics this week, talking about whatever took our fancy and taking time for some laughs. Ethan has returned to add his voice to the debate, and “Mrs Y” turns up late but more than makes up for it in a crushing review of the security industry. Again. Rumours of Cisco [...]

Show 45 – Arista – EOS Network Software Architecture – Webinar

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:20:15 +0000

This is the recording of the sponsored Arista Networks Webinar on the EOS Software Architecture. EOS is the operating system that runs on the Arista Networks switches. Arista Networks has been shaking up the switching business with their use of merchant silicon and Linux-based OS for a new and unique networking that is completely different [...]

Show 44 – The Case for Shortest Path Bridging

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 15 May 2011 20:38:34 +0000

Today its a special show focussing SPB – Shortest Path Bridging. The not quite finished, any day now, IEEE standard to offers a successor to Q-in-Q bridging and delivers L2 mulitpath technology. After a fine rant by Greg on a blog post Rant: Why SPB Doesn’t Get Any Attention, some members of the SPN group [...]

Show 43 – Microsoft Teredo Is Crap

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:22:02 +0000

A shorter show this week as Greg gets ready to go to Interop in Las Vegas next week. We look at recent events and talk generally about network with Tom Hollingsworth, Brandon Carroll and Greg Ferro. Amazon AWS outage. People need to start realizing that just parking your infrastructure in the cloud doesn’t make it [...]

Show 42 – Protect My B00B1E5 by Hating on Firewalls

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:00:49 +0000

We covered a lot of topics in this show, mainly hating on firewalls and the lack of security process in most corporate companies. Firewalls I was listening to one of your shows from July and heard you discuss Checkpoint Vs. other firewalls. I’ve been lucky (or unlucky, depending upon how you look at it) to [...]

Show 41 – Mrs Y – QoS’D Up the Wahzoo – RSA, Comodo, Low Cost Data Centre Design, L3 Switch or Router

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:30:37 +0000

Topic: RSA exposure and what it means to people when the obscurity of a statement tells you nothing about what happened and why you should be very, very scared. You could even contrast this a little with the Fukushima nuclear issues due to the lack of information coming out of there. Here’s a good blog [...]

Show 40 – Openflow – Upending the Network Industry

packetpushers@gmail.com — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:30:31 +0000

This show is an introduction to OpenFlow – the why, how and what’s it gonna do ? We discuss OpenFlow with Matt Davey from Indiana University who is using OpenFlow enabled switches and wireless access points today. The concept of a controller based LAN network is a powerful idea, and the OpenFlow Network Foundation has [...]

Show 39 – Unplugged on Tech Field Day Wireless

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:15:13 +0000

The rise in mobile devices such as iPads, HP tablets and more means that Wireless Networking is becoming part of the mainstream for network engineers. You can’t ignore it anymore. When we got an invitation to the very first ever Wireless Tech Field Day in San Jose on March 17 & 18 , then we [...]

Show 38 – Comparing Data Centre Fabrics From Juniper, Brocade and Cisco

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:00:36 +0000

Kurt Bales has a customer who wants to buy a new Data Centre Network and the three main networking vendors (Juniper, Cisco & Brocade) have pitched at him and the customer. Kurt then contacted the Pushers and said “This would make a great podcast to talk about how it looks, works and the reality of [...]

Show 37 – Even More IPv6 Ready Than Last Week

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:00:37 +0000

A short episode this week because of the daylight savings change in the US and Greg didn’t schedule things correctly. Guests Terry Slattery http://www.netcraftsmen.net Tom Hollingsworth http://networkingnerd.wordpress.com | Twitter: @NetworkingNerd John McManus http://etherealmind.com/author/mcmanusj/ | Twitter: @_johnmcmanus_ Matthew Norwood http://networktherapy.wordpress.com @matthewnorwood and last, and the very least. Greg Ferro http://etherealmind.com| Twitter @etherealmind Topic 1 – Cisco UC [...]

Show 36 – IPv6 Ready

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:24:41 +0000

Guests Tom Hollingsworth http://networkingnerd.wordpress.com | Twitter: @NetworkingNerd John McManus http://etherealmind.com/author/mcmanusj/ | Twitter: @_johnmcmanus_ Greg Ferro http://etherealmind.com| Twitter @etherealmind Topic 1 – iPad 2 Apparently none of us are going to buy one, because we’ve already got one. Topic 2 – What is Cloud Computing Although we tire of talking about Cloud Computing, it’s seem that there [...]

Show 35 – Media Markup – A Garden of Switches

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:15:11 +0000

Intro This is Packet Pushers Media Mungle, new format were we gather people from from the technology media to sit down around the virtual workbench and look back at events with beady media eye. We’ll take closer look at what’s been happening and discuss what’s happening in a little bit more detail. We got a [...]

Show 34 – Breaking the Three Layer Model

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:27:06 +0000

Guests Tom Hollingsworth http://networkingnerd.wordpress.com | Twitter: @NetworkingNerd Brandon Carroll http://globalconfig.net/ | Twitter: @brandoncarroll John McManus http://etherealmind.com/author/mcmanusj/ | Twitter: @_johnmcmanus_ Topic 1 Juniper QFabric Announcement Is this the point we start to re-think the 3 Layers of Network Architecture, will the future generation laugh at core, distribution and access designs. What are the implications for future [...]

Show 33 – IPv6 It All Comes Down to Money

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:09:05 +0000

Intro With the upcoming Ipocalypse it seems like time to start discussing IPv6 in detail. Although we previously covered IPv6 in Show 21 – IPv6 for the Win! Part 1 and Show 21 – IPv6 for the Win! Part 2 we think that IPv6 is big enough to have another shot. Guests Shivlu Jain http://www.mplsvpn.info [...]

Show 32 – Media Mungle

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:30:36 +0000

Show 31 – Don'T Take It Too Seriously

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:11:30 +0000

Topics for this Week A mixed bag of topics this week, some from people who have written in and some more general topics. Capacity planning a firewall or router – what are the issues and technical limitations Why are we using 1Gb Ethernet ports at the access layer when we don’t need them ? A [...]

Show 30 – HP ExpertOne Certifications

packetpushers@gmail.com — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:00:27 +0000

This week we hear from HP on their Network Certification program. Rebekah Harvey, Director of Product Management for HP Global Certification and Learning got in the hot seat and answered our questions on their program

Unplugged – Show 4 – Too Many iPads

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:20:08 +0000

Guests This Week Jennifer Huber is the host and her twitter is @jenniferlucille and her blog http://jenniferhuber.blogspot.com/ Andrew von Nagyblakekrone.com @w4nm4n Chris Lyttle wifikiwi.com @wifikiwi #Content * 802.11n adoption in the enterprise may be driven by iPads and iPhones today, and Android in the future. This may drive the greater of adoption of wireless networking [...]

Show 29 – IT Is About SKILLS Not Business

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:30:07 +0000

This week on the Packet Pushers we had Guests Josh O’Brien http://staticnat.com @joshobrien77 Matthew Norwood http://networktherapy.wordpress.com @matthewnorwood Jeremy Filliben http://www.jeremyfilliben.com/ @jfilliben Marko MILIVOJEVIC http://markom.info @icemarkom Topics Discussed Matthew recently posted about Myths of IT http://networktherapy.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/the-myths-of-it-part-2/ where he points out the IT people don’t REALLY need business skills just commonsense. Looking back at Cisco’s marketing for [...]

Show 28 – vCloud Network Overlays, OTV, VEPA and Networking Appliances

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:00:11 +0000

It was planned to have a discussion around L2 Data Centre connection the VMworld in Copenhagen but Scott and I could not meetup. So we recorded this podcast to start talking about some of the issues, technology and solutions. I’m not sure that we have all the technology or knowledge in place, so keep watching [...]

Runt Packet 8 – Virtensys – I/O Virtualisation

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:38:08 +0000

In this Runt Packet we talk to Bob Napaa from Virtensys about their Virtual I/O solution for servers. What’s especially different is that their solution doesn’t use networking…..tune in for mroe details. In the show we cover a lot of topics: How Virtensys connects CPU and Memory to External Resources. Explain key benefits of PCI [...]

Show 27 – Layer 2 Data Centre Interconnection

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:36:52 +0000

Scott Lowe and I planned to have a discussion around L2 Data Centre connection the VMworld 2010 in Copenhagen but Scott and I could not meetup. So we recorded this podcast to start talking about some of the issues, technology and solutions on L2 DCI. I’m not sure that we have all the technology or [...]

Unplugged – Show 3 – The Fittest Engineers Ever

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:18:13 +0000

Guests This Week Blake Krone blakekrone.com @blakekrone Rocky Gregory intensified.com @bionic_rocky Chris Lyttle wifikiwi.com @wifikiwi Show Notes: Item 1 – Firesheep, Blacksheep, is it really news that open wifi is not secure? http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/08/firesheep-blacksheep/ Item 2 – Which EAP / PEAP is better & why ? Item 3 – RTLS: What is it and how you [...]

Show 26 – Virtual Connect – The Conversion ?

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:39:00 +0000

This week we are joined by Ken Henault from HP. Ken is a leader in the VirtualConnect product from HP. In the past, Greg has ranted about the the VirtualConnect product and how crap it looks so we got in touch to 'go at it' and see if he can be convinced that VC has value. How did it go ? ..... you be the judge. Thanks also to the people who tweeted their questions during the recording of the podcast.

Show 25 – Omniscient Logic – HP Networking in the Data Centre

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 13:00:37 +0000

This week with talk the Lin Nease, Director for Advanced Technologies for HP Networking.

Show 24 – Internet Exchange and Peering Points

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:39:48 +0000

We talk with Stephen Wilcox and Russell Heiling about Internet Exchange and Peering Points covering purposes, some technology and looking into the peering industry.

Unplugged – Show 2 – Virtual Access Points

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:30:05 +0000

This is the second podcast from the Packet Pushers devoted to Wireless Networking. After Jennifer Huber joined the Packet Pushers, we agreed that an occasional wireless podcast about would be worth doing. Herewith, is the second episode of Packet Pushers Unplugged on wireless networking. The Content Item 1 – Importance of a site survey and [...]

Runt Packet No. 7 – Big Things Ahead for Juniper Certifications

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:05:32 +0000

Liz Burns, Global Manager for Juniper Networks certifications and Kieran Milne, one of the technical leads with the Juniper certifications team join Ethan Banks for a discussion of the upcoming changes in the Juniper certification world. There’s a LOT of great information Liz and Kieran share, so be prepared to listen through this a time or [...]

Show 23 – We Love the Love and Love Your Questions

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 08:13:18 +0000

So many listeners have written in with many questions, suggestions and worthy advice that we felt it was time to do another “Answer Your Questions” session in what will probably become a regular feature of the show. This week, Greg and Ethan join with Russell Heilling (Twitter Russell ) and Tom Hollingsworth (Twitter networkingnerd. Packet Pushers [...]

TFD Bonus 3 – Peter Wohlers of Force10 Presents to Tech Field Day San Jose 09/16/2010

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:15:14 +0000

On September 16 & 17, Pushers Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks attended the GestaltIT.com Tech Field Day event in San Jose, California. This TFD bonus edition podcast is the third in a series of edited vendor presentations that PacketPushers.net is releasing over the next few weeks. Notes on the audio: the presentations were recorded with a conference table microphone [...]

Show 22 – Configuration Management – Whys, Wherefores and War Stories

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:04:34 +0000

Terry Slattery, founder of Netcordia and the first CCIE, joins us to talk practical experiences on Network Management and good configuration practices.

Show 21 – IPv6 for the Win! Part 2

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:15:29 +0000

What You’ll Hear This week on the Packet Pushers podcast, Greg and Ethan continue an IPv6 technical deep-dive with Matt Ryanczak, Network Operations Manager at ARIN (where they’ve been running IPv6 since 2003) and Jan Bervar from NIL who has done several enterprise IPv6 deployments. This is part 2 of 2. In case you missed it, part 1 was [...]

TFD Bonus 2 – Gary Oliverio of CradlePoint Presents to Tech Field Day San Jose 09/16/2010

packetpushers@gmail.com — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:58:12 +0000

On September 16 & 17, Pushers Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks attended the GestaltIT.com Tech Field Day event in San Jose, California. This TFD bonus edition podcast is the second in a series of edited vendor presentations that PacketPushers.net is releasing over the next few weeks. Notes on the audio: the presentations were recorded with a conference table microphone [...]

Show 21 – IPv6 for the Win! Part 1

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:00:46 +0000

What You’ll Hear This week on the Packet Pushers podcast Greg and Ethan do an IPv6 technical deep-dive with Matt Ryanczak, Network Operations Manager at ARIN (where they’ve been running IPv6 since 2003) and Jan Bervar from NIL who has done several enterprise IPv6 deployments. This is part 1 of 2…we’ll release part 2 on the [...]

TFD Bonus 1 – Doug Gourlay of Arista Presents to Tech Field Day San Jose 09/17/2010

packetpushers@gmail.com — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:18:18 +0000

On September 16 & 17, Pushers Greg Ferro and Ethan Banks attended the GestaltIT.com Tech Field Day event in San Jose, California. This TFD bonus edition podcast is the first in a series of edited vendor presentations that PacketPushers.net will release over the next few weeks. It takes time to edit them, but we’ll get the best [...]

Show 20 – Impromptu Crowdsourcing

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:56:04 +0000

What You’ll Hear After a busy week of forcing packets to do our nefarious bidding, we found ourselves up against a recording deadline while being less prepared than usual. To save us from ourselves, at the very last minute we invited Josh O’Brien and Jennifer Huber to pull up a mic and add their weighty [...]

Show 19 – Worlds Collide – VMware and Networking

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:50:49 +0000

What You’ll Hear The show was a little late this week, because as our friend @ioshints put it, we had a “cloud ladder failure” on Sunday: Greg’s broadband was out. But when we finally gathered ’round the great big conference room in the sky, we did it up right. Dan was coming in loud and clear [...]

Runt Packet No 6 – Force 10 Networks

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:31:57 +0000

I’ve been hearing about Force10 Networks as a large scale ethernet switch provider for some time. It’s time to touch base and find out what they are doing. I spoke with Steve Garrison from Force10 to get an introduction to the company and their products. I’ll let the show speak for itself. One of the [...]

Show 18 – The Pushers Answer Your Questions

packetpushers@gmail.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:56:10 +0000

What You’ll Hear This week, we get a report about HP Tech Day, and then devote most of the show to answering questions sent in by you, the listener! Greg talks about his visit to sunny California for HP Tech Day (click for various slideshows). We discuss Virtual Connect in detail for no obvious reason, [...]

Show 17 – Big Hot and Heavy Switches – Part 2

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:04:25 +0000

A detailed look at the Big, Hot and Heavy Ethernet Switches with a large crew to talk about their practical experiences on design, selection and performance of Cisco Nexus switches. The result ? We don’t think the Nexus switches are very exciting. Due to people commitments we recorded a double length show which will be [...]

Unplugged – Show 1 – Lugging That Damn AP

packetpushers@gmail.com — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:00:45 +0000

This is the first podcast from the Packet Pushers devoted to Wireless Networking. After Jennifer Huber joined the Packet Pushers on Show 14 – Bum Bugling on Cisco Clean Air we agreed that a wireless podcast about every month or so would be worth doing. Herewith, is the first episode of Packet Pushers Unplugged on [...]

Show 16 – Big Hot and Heavy Switches – Part 1

packetpushers@gmail.com — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:30:37 +0000

A detailed look at the Big, Hot and Heavy Ethernet Switches with a large crew to talk about their practical experiences on design, selection and performance of Cisco Nexus switches. The result ? We don’t think the Nexus switches are very exciting, HP Flex10 modules are a problem, and so much more. Due to people [...]