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Virtual Conferences – A Social Aspect

Last week, I was able to attend a fair amount of the virtual Cisco Live US 2020 event. I wanted to share my thoughts around the social aspect of virtual versus physical conferences. Up until now, I have only attended one Cisco Live US event and that was in Las Vegas in 2017. I rememberContinue reading “Virtual Conferences – A Social Aspect”

Learning Log – VRF

I am currently working toward achieving the CCNP Enterprise certification. I thought it might be fun and interesting (relatively speaking) to create blog posts around some of the topics I am covering throughout my preparation. I recently spent some time going over virtual routing and forwarding (VRF). Up until now, I haven’t had a lotContinue reading “Learning Log – VRF”

Conversation Starter: Route Where You Can, Switch Where You Must?

Disclaimer: There is a fair amount of my opinion in this post. I welcome feedback, especially on anything that doesn’t seem right. When discussing and thinking about campus networking, I go back and forth on where the L2/L3 boundary should be placed. In a traditional three tier architecture of core, distribution, and access, how farContinue reading “Conversation Starter: Route Where You Can, Switch Where You Must?”

Opinion Post: Don’t Forget your Eyesight

When so much effort and pressure are put on designing and implementing strong technology solutions, in my opinion, it’s easy to neglect having visibility into those solutions once they are implemented. While competent design and implementation are important, having access to insight and analytics into the system once the design is in production is justContinue reading “Opinion Post: Don’t Forget your Eyesight”

Factinion: Multiple Spanning Tree

[Factinion Definition: A combination of facts (or at least statements that I believe to be facts) along with my opinions (with which you may agree or disagree). Background: I am currently on the new CCNP track. One topic that is covered in my studies is Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol. MSTP is something that I’ve seenContinue reading “Factinion: Multiple Spanning Tree”