In an age in which everything from banking to finding a mate can be done virtually, it’s a wonder that people even venture out of their homes anymore. Nearly anything you want can be delivered to your door and you can even make a living while wearing a robe and slippers. With the recent spread of COVID-19, and the tech industry’s considerate response of canceling annual conferences, many have asked the question: Can virtual conferences become the new standard? Daniel Dib tackles this question in his blog and shares a few reasons why he prefers face-to-face meetups over virtual events.
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How Difficult Is SD-WAN?
SD-WAN is easy, right? Just plug it in and make it go. You can totally do this yourself, right? Well…maybe. Daniel Dib takes a look at some of the things involved in an SD-WAN deployment that aren’t just tech.
When Is Something SD-WAN?
Is your networking solution of choice SD-WAN? Daniel Dib gives us a great overview of what makes something SD-WAN and how we can ensure we’re getting what we paid for.
Impostor Syndrome and Loser DNA
Do you feel like an imposter from time to time? Do you judge yourself against the achievements of others? Daniel Dib takes a look at this phenomenon in networking and how we need to combat it to be productive and healthy.
Network4Dev: A Community is Born
Network4Dev is a new site created by Daniel Dib and Cristian Sîrbu to give application developers a base of technical articles about networking. It’s a really interesting idea, and we hope the IT community will help build it into a true resource to make better applications.
Snowflake Networks
A network is just like a snowflake. It’s a unique a beautiful thing, right? Except when it’s not unique or beautiful. Snowflakes may all look different, but in the end they are all made of frozen water in a crystalline structure. They look different but behave very similarly. Networks aren’t complicated if you follow some […]
Using BFD to Track WAN Status and Change HSRP Priority
Daniel Dib comments on his blog: It’s been five years since I started this blog! Time flies and a lot has happened since. Thanks for being along for the ride. What better way to celebrate than a blog post? This post is going to be short and to the point. Many of us run HSRP or VRRP. […]
Cisco Adds New Routers In the ISR 4000 Family
Daniel Dib writes on his blog: The Cisco ISR G2 routers have been around for a while now. Roughly a year ago, Cisco released the Cisco 4451-X router which was the first ISR running IOS-XE. Cisco has now added new routers to the 4000 family, which means that the ISR G2 family will eventually go […]
Potential Issues with Multicast within a VLAN Spanning Switches
Daniel Dib of Daniels networking blog comments: I ran into an interesting issue yesterday at work. There is a new video system being installed, which takes the video output from computers, encodes it and sends it as multicast to a controller. The controller then displays it on a video wall. I had been told that […]
Routing Considerations in DDoS Protection Environments
Daniel Dib of Daniels networking blog comments: Lately I have done some studying for the CCDE and one of the things I was looking at is how to protect against DDoS attacks. I’m not expecting it to be a big topic for the CCDE but it has some interesting concepts relating to routing. Take a […]