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 … [Read more...]
Show 39 – Unplugged on Tech Field Day Wireless
April 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Show 38 – Comparing Data Centre Fabrics From Juniper, Brocade and Cisco
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Show 37 – Even More IPv6 Ready Than Last Week
March 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
PPP Show 36 – IPv6 Ready
March 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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, … [Read more...]
Show 35 – Media Markup – A Garden of Switches
March 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Show 34 – Breaking the Three Layer Model
February 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Show 32 – Media Mungle
February 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Show 33 – IPv6 It All Comes Down to Money
January 30, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Show 31 – Don’t Take It Too Seriously
January 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]