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Broken Java Admin Console
I wanted to do a real quick check of some settings in a proxy server this morning and had an unwelcome surprise. Error. Click for [useless] details.Joy. So much for that quick check of settings. Turns...
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Cisco Modeling Labs Overview (Updated)
A pre-release version of the Cisco Modeling Labs GUI. [Updated with a few new details from Cisco Live Milan. See bottom of page.] Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL, or “viral”) has been a subject of...
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Seattle Network Experts Meetup
I have been attending the new Seattle Network Experts Meetup, sponsored by INE. It is at their offices in Bellevue, Washington. The group has only been going for two months, but it has promise to be a...
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Why I Certify (link)
As a member of the Cisco Champions program, I have the opportunity to write for Cisco Blogs as a Guest Blogger. My first guest blog post is Why I Certify and is published on their Perspectives blog....
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Solarwinds, HTTPS, and FQDN
When you first configure a Solarwinds Orion-based server the default website it configures is on port 80 only. You might want to go into IIS and add server bindings for port 443. I prefer to ensure all...
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VMware VCA (x3) and SolarWinds SCP
One week last December, I picked up four certifications. It’s not as impressive as it may initially sound. The certifications were the three VMware Certified Associate certifications (that were...
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2014 Cisco Live Bag
It’s getting close to Cisco Live and this year’s bag has been revealed. This is the official photo from Cisco and a couple of spy photos that I’ve been able to obtain from a source close to the...
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No More VLANs Jumping on the Trunk
No more VLANs jumping on the trunk. That’s what I wanted. Instead, I got all the VLANs and a nice supervisor debilitating loop in the process… From my after action report: “the issue was a...
View ArticleSongs of the Network Engineer
This is a collection of amusing songs that network engineers and administrators should find amusing. If you know of others, let me know and I’ll add them! Love me EIGRP OSPF The Day the Routers Died My...
View ArticleNetworking Vendor Heartbleed Security Notices
In case you’ve been under a rock, there’s a new security vulnerability in town that impacts OpenSSL, which is the defacto standard implementation for SSL/TLS support. It’s called Heartbleed and it...
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Networking Podcasts
I have a long commute and I like to make good use of this time. I used to listen to a lot of audiobooks (Audible.com was great!), but now I listen mostly to podcasts. Here are some podcasts I...
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Making a Bootable ESXi USB Drive
The Quick and The Not So Quick Today, I set out to do what I thought would be a simple and relatively quick task. VMware USB Drive As an aside, have you ever noticed that the “quick and easy” tasks...
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NetScanTools Pro
We all like tools (sometimes read “toys”). Especially nifty ones. One of the tools I’ve used for years is NetScanTools Pro from NorthWest Performance Software. Kirk Thomas is the founder of the company...
View ArticleNexus 5k NTP Failure
Ran into this bug today. Went to a pair of Nexus 5500s to debug a vPC link and noticed the timestamps were off. I thought that was odd. I tried show ntp peer-status and received no output in return,...
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Prime Infrastructure 2.1 Upgrade
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Login Screen Cisco recently released Cisco Prime Infrastructure 2.1. Here’s a link to the release notes. I run my instance as a VMware appliance. That helps to make upgrades...
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Cisco Live 2014 Day 0
The Official Unofficial #CLUS Pedometer So It Begins It’s that time of year again when I break out the Official Unofficial #CLUS Pedometer. Today wasn’t a very busy day and I didn’t actually have any...
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Pedometer Stats Todays stats for the Official Unofficial Cisco Live Pedometer were: Steps: 7611 KCals: 411 Miles: 3.6 Not as much as I expected for today. Maybe things are closer than I at first...
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#vBrownBag Cisco Certification Series
The #vBrownBag folks over at ProfessionalVMware.com are currently running a Cisco Certification Track. They started last month and have had a several episodes covering related topics ranging from the...
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#vBrownBag CCNA R&S Questions & Free Books
Last week was part 1 of the #vBrownBag CCNA Routing & Switching session. For part 2 this week, the we will cover topics that commonly confuse people. To that end, if you have questions of your own...
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#vBrownBag Book Contest Still Going!
The contest is still going until June 30! There hasn’t been a huge number of entries, so your odds are very good. Get your entries in! Contest Details I have copies of both the CCNA Routing and...
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