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If you're an IT professional with a special interest in networking, this is your podcast. The Priority Queue goes even more deeply into data networking than the Packet Pushers Weekly Show. On the Priority Queue, we talk to the subject matter experts who make and use networking technology. Routers, firewalls, emerging protocols, academic research, software defined, and more. Published often but irregularly.

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On today Priority Queue podcast, sponsor Juniper walks us through use case for its Contrail Edge Cloud software. We also cover the deployment and operation of this software solution. Our guest is Nick Davey, Product Line Manager at Juniper.

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Today's Priority Queue dives into Juniper's programmable Penta ASIC in this sponsored episode. Guest Chang-Hong Wu shares details on how the Penta ASIC works and discusses the future of silicon design for networking.

The post PQ 161: Inside Juniper’s Programmable Silicon (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue we dive into ArcOS®, a new network OS designed for whitebox routing and switching from our sponsor Arrcus. We examine how the OS was designed, how it differentiates itself from competitors, and explore key use cases.

The post PQ 160: Inside ArcOS®: The Internet-Scale, Carrier-Grade Network OS (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue is a primer on satellite communications for military and commercial networks, including key basics on frequency bands and coverage areas, how different orbits affect network design, and more. Our guests are PC Drew and Evander Cook.

The post PQ 159: The SATCOM Primer For Network Engineers appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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We dig into a new online tool, NRE Labs, designed to help network engineers learn the concepts and tools of network automation. NRE Labs was created by Juniper Networks, but it's a free and open source platform, and you can start learning now with no sign-in, no registration, and no paywall. Our guests are Matt Oswalt and Derick Winkworth.

The post PQ 158: Introducing NRE Labs For Network Automation Training appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's sponsored Priority Queue podcast we take a deep dive into Cisco's IOS-XR network OS to learn what it takes to build a carrier-grade NOS, including its microservices architecture, multiple levels of abstraction, and how it captures and shares state data.

The post PQ 157: How Cisco Built A Carrier-Grade Network OS (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue, wireless engineer Lee Badman shares a real-world detective tale about a troubleshooting problem that took him into dark places involving wires.

The post PQ 156: Wires Matter – A Wireless Engineer’s Detective Story appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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This Priority Queue was recorded live at the Future:Net conference at VMworld 2018. Guests Bruce Davie and Guido Appenzeller discuss service meshes, differences between hybrid and multicloud, intrinsic security, intent-based networking and more.

The post PQ 155: Forecasting Network Evolution At VMworld’s Future:Net 2018 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue we explore the challenges of building military networks, including bandwidth constraints, hostile environments, survivability, training and skills development, and much more. Our guest is PC Drew, an officer in the Marine Corps Reserve and a network engineer.

The post PQ 154: Design Challenges In Military Networks appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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What if DDoS mitigation services could coordinate to thwart attacks? On today's Priority Queue, we explore Distributed Denial Of Service Open Threat Signalling, or DOTS, an IETF effort to do just that. Andrew Mortensen is our guest.

The post PQ 153: DDoS Open Threat Signaling For Coordinated Response appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue podcast looks at what's new with key IETF networking projects including RIFT, BIER and PPR, as well as standards efforts around SD-WAN. Our guests are Russ White and Jeff Tantsura.

The post PQ 152: An IETF Update On RIFT, BIER, SD-WAN And More appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today on the Packet Pushers Priority Queue, we get nerdy about disaggregation with sponsor Cisco. Specifically, we look at disaggregation options with Cisco's IOS-XR software.

The post PQ 151: Cisco And The Art Of Disaggregation With IOS-XR (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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We discuss networking for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and how Big Switch's Big Cloud Fabric can help on today's sponsored Priority Queue podcast.

The post PQ 150: HCI Networking With Big Switch’s Big Cloud Fabric (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue explores features in the upcoming WPA3 specifications to improve wireless security, including Opportunistic Wireless Encryption. Our guest is Dan Harkins from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.

The post PQ 149: WPA3 And Wireless Security Improvements appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Find out how to apply network monitoring to security, and get deep visibility into your network, with Paessler PRTG in today's sponsored Priority Queue.

The post PQ 148: How To Monitor Cryptojacking With Paessler PRTG (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's sponsored Priority Queue discusses how to connect security controls with GDPR regulations. Our guests are Cisco partners Equilibrium Security and ePlus/IGX Global.

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Today's show walks through a practical use case for Python; namely, deploying BFD to detect routing failures. Our guest is Billy Downing.

The post PQ 146: Practical Python For Deploying BFD appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Greg Ferro chats with Ivan Pepelnjak about the state of the networking industry, including automation, intent, product quality, and whatever else catches their fancy.

The post PQ 145: Greg And Ivan Have A Chat appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The Packet Pushers convene an engineer roundtable to discuss encryption, code-writing strategies for networkers, and what it's like to work in tech after a certain age.

The post PQ 144: Engineer Roundtable: Encryption, Code Style, Tech Over 40 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Martin Casado, general partner at Andreesen Horowitz, shares his perspective on the changing dynamics of how enteprises buy IT, and how it's sold to them.

The post PQ 143: The Strange Dynamics Of Buying & Selling Enterprise IT appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue peers into the Ruru project, which is open source software for TCP monitoring. Our guest is Ruru developer Richard Cziva.

The post PQ 142: TCP Latency Monitoring With Ruru appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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FastNetMon is open-source software for DDoS detection. On today's Priority Queue we explore the software & its capabilities with project leader Pavel Odintsov.

The post PQ 141: Using Open-Source FastNetMon For DDoS Detection appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue looks at OPNsense, the open-source firewall and router. We examine features and capabilities, how it differs from other open firewalls, and more.

The post PQ 140: OPNsense Wants To Be Your Open-Source Firewall appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue we talk with AT&T about its dNOS project: an open source network OS the company hopes will become a standard platform for white boxes and spur new applications and tools.

The post PQ 139: Why AT&T Is Building An Open Source Network OS appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue delves into Open vSwitch with guest Ben Pfaff, an Open vSwitch contributor for the past ten years.

The post PQ 138: Inside Open vSwitch appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today’s sponsored Priority Queue, we're joined by sponsors WhiteSpider & Cisco to examine real-world deployments of Cisco ACI. We also discuss how Cisco’s SD-Access takes ACI constructs and applies them to the campus network.

The post PQ 137: WhiteSpider & Real-World Cisco ACI Deployments (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue, sponsored by Ribbon Communications, examines how to make the transition from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams, and how Ribbon's Session Border Controller (SBC) can help.

The post PQ 136: Making The Transition From Skype To Microsoft Teams (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today on the Priority Queue, we're talking about the book "Mastering Python Networking" by Eric Chou. We also cover Pythan, automation, Ansible, and other good stuff.

The post PQ 135: Mastering Python Networking – The Book appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue dives into ZeroTier, an open source project for building virtual networks including VPNs, SDN, and SD-WAN. Our guest is founder Adam Ierymenko.

The post PQ 134: Meet ZeroTier – Open Source Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue explores real-world use cases for analytics and automation with Nokia Deepfield, our sponsor for this episode.

The post PQ 133: Analytics & Automation Use Cases With Nokia Deepfield (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Recorded live at IETF 99, today's Priority Queue is a conversation about network automation and the YANG data modeling language. Our guest is Sue Hares.

The post PQ 132: YANG All The Things – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Our Priority Queue series from IETF 99 continues with a conversation about whitebox switching at LinkedIn. Our guests are Shawn Zandi and Russ White.

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Greg Ferro talks about the challenges of connecting lots of little devices to the network in a conversation recorded live at the IETF 99 conference. His guest is Michael Richardson.

The post PQ 130: ANIMA And IoT Networking – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The Packet Pushers and an expert panel discuss why technology change is so difficult in the enterprise, and how that might be fixed. This podcast, sponsored by VMware, was recorded live at the Future:Net 2017 conference.

The post PQ 129: Accelerating Change In Enterprise IT – Future:Net (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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ExtraHop joins the Packet Pushers for this sponsored episode to discuss packet analysis and the latest capabilities in ExtraHop 7.0. We also talk about ExtraHop's Addy machine learning and its ability to provide more actionable insight.

The post PQ 128: ExtraHop 7.0 & Addy Machine Learning (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Priority Queue sits down with the co-chairs of the Path Aware Networking Research Group from the IETF to discuss efforts to put more choice and intelligence into path selection.

The post PQ 127: Path Aware Networking Research Group – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Recorded live at IETF 99, this Priority Queue episode is a roundtable conversation on new and emerging ideas for data center fabrics. Our guests are Jeff Tantsura, Russ White, and Tony Przygienda.

The post PQ 126: The Future Of Data Center Fabrics – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue explores In-situ OAM (IOAM), an IETF initiative to enable per-packet telemetry to be collected and extracted from the network.

The post PQ 125: In-Situ OAM And Telemetry Is Magic – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Sonus Networks joins the Packet Pushers to discuss cloud SBCs for security and analytics in this sponsored episode of Priority Queue.

The post PQ 124: Cloud SBC Security & Analytics With Sonus Networks (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue explores DMARC, an IETF project to improve email authentication to ensure mail delivery while thwarting spam and phishing. Our guest is Kurt Andersen.

The post PQ 123: DMARC And Email Authentication – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The Interface to Network Security Functions (i2nsf) is an IETF project to provide standard software interfaces and data models for multi-vendor security services. Greg Ferro talks with Linda Dunbar about the project.

The post PQ 122: Interface To Network Security Functions – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Find out the many ways you can participate in the IETF in this conversation with Greg Ferro and guests at the IETF 99 meeting.

The post PQ Show 121: Getting Involved With The IETF – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The Packet Pushers talk intent-based networking with our sponsor Apstra. We discuss why the industry cares about intent, how intent-based networking works, and its potential impacts on network engineers.

The post PQ Show 120: Intent-Based Networking With Apstra (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Guest Dave McCrory discusses the network in relation to distributed systems and problems of consistency.

The post PQ Show 119: Can The Network Do That? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The Priority Queue delves into the Enterprise Data Center Operators Group, which aims to get enterprises engaged with the IETF standards process. Our guest is Nalini Elkins.

The post PQ Show 118: IETF & The Enterprise Data Center Operators Group appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue episode is a sponsored conversation with VMware about NSX and container networking. Our guest is Sai Chaitanya.

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Today's Priority Queue explores network modeling and programmability. Our guest Michael Kashin has been working with YANG models, python, and a variety of supporting tools. We discuss how to work with network models and how they tie to the future of network configuration.

The post PQ Show 116: Practical YANG For Network Automation appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue explores three IETF draft projects for routing, including BIER, RIFT, and the use of BGP as a control plane for service function chaining. Our guests are Alia Atlas and Antoni Przygienda.

The post PQ Show 115: BIER, RIFT & BGP+SFC At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue looks at hackathons at the IETF. Hackathons provide real-world feedback for working groups, validate implementations of standards, and help drive adoption in the broader tech community.

The post PQ Show 114: Hackathons: Rough Consensus, Running Code At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue is all about DNS, including scale, security, privacy, and DDoS protection. We'll also get into mechanisms for DNS authentication and operational issues. This episode was recorded live at IETF 98 with guest Tim Wicinski.

The post PQ Show 113: All About DNS At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue dives into Free Range Routing, an open source router that's a fork of Quagga. We examine capabilities, deployment options & more. This episode was recorded live at IETF 98.

The post PQ Show 112: Free Range Routing At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue drills into the YANG data modeling language and telemetry. Our guest is Benoit Claise

The post PQ Show 111: YANG Models & Telemetry At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The CCIE has been the gold standard certification in networking for years, but it's been tarnished by recent critiques. On today's Priority Queue we discuss whether the value of the CCIE is fading.

The post PQ Show 110: Is The CCIE Fading In Value? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today’s Priority Queue, we explore DMEVPN, a open-source technology for multipoint EVPN tunnels. By using DMEVPN, network engineers can extend layer-2 tunnels across an IP network.

The post PQ Show 109: A Look Inside DMEVPN appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Working for a startup sounds cool: it's all about creativity, hoodies, and big money, right? Today's Priority Queue looks at more common outcomes, including dysfunction and failure.

The post PQ Show 108: Do You Really Want To Work For A Startup? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The latest Priority Queue dives into the applicability of machine learning to networking with guest David Meyer, Chief Scientist and Fellow at Brocade.

The post PQ Show 107: The Applicability Of Machine Learning To Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue is a conversation about the whitebox, SD-WAN, analytics & automation/orchestration technologies showcased at Network Field Day 14, with guests Eyvonne Sharp and Kevin Myers.

The post PQ Show 106: Whitebox, SD-WAN & More – An NFD14 Wrapup appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Our latest Priority Queue episode tackles 5G and its potential to help with the rural broadband problem. Alex Marcham sits down with the Packet Pushers to help us understand the role that 5G will play in rural broadband Internet access.

The post PQ Show 105: Will 5G Improve Rural Broadband? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The latest entry in our Design & Build series digs deeper into DMVPN. Today's focus is on using certificates for endpoint authentication with guest Nick Moody.

The post PQ Show 104: Design & Build 12: Certificate-Based DMVPN Design appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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The Packet Pushers Design & Build series continues with DMVPN, a proprietary Cisco technology for hub-and-spoke connectivity using multipoint VPNs. Our guest is Eugene Khabarov, a network engineer and CCIE.

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The Packet Pushers discuss the risks and rewards of putting your PBX in the cloud with Sonus Networks, today's sponsor.

The post PQ Show 102: Sonus Networks & Migrating To Microsoft Cloud PBX (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Kentik CEO Avi Freedman joins us on this sponsored episode to talk about new capabilities in the Kentik platform, including network performance monitoring for the cloud, as well as DDoS and anomaly detection.

The post PQ Show 101: Kentik NPM For Cloud & DDoS Detection (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue is a candid conversation among engineers about the tech industry, recorded live in bar. They talk about the state of networking as a discipline, prospects for open networking and disaggregation, visibility, and more.

The post PQ Show 100: Engineers At The Bar Round 2 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today on Priority Queue we talk about Netmiko, network automation tooling you can use today with the equipment you already have, and which costs you nothing. Our guest today is Kirk Byers, creator of the Netmiko library for Python.

The post PQ Show 99: Netmiko & NAPALM For Network Automation appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today we catch up with GNS3, a free and open source network simulator, sponsored by SolarWinds, that’s incredibly useful if you’re trying to lab and learn without all that pesky physical equipment.

The post PQ Show 98: GNS3 Network Training & Virtual Labs (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's episode, recorded live in NYC & sponsored by Viptela, network engineers talk candidly about the business & technology decisions for purchasing and deploying SD-WAN products.

The post PQ Show 97 – Inside Three Real-World SD-WAN Deployments (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Cambium Networks sponsors the Packet Pushers for a discussion about WiFi in your enterprise as well as a new solution they recently announced that offers 14x14 MIMO.

The post PQ Show 96: Cambium Networks Pushes Wireless Boundaries (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue episode we're joined by Nuage Networks and Red Hat to dive into container networking, including the role of orchestration, overlays, service insertion & more. This episode is sponsored by Nuage Networks.

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The Packet Pushers catch up on the latest developments from the Open Compute Project on networking, including new efforts that target the campus and WLANs, with guest Carlos Cardenas.

The post PQ Show 94: The State Of Open Compute Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue episode, we talk smart network monitoring with our sponsor, Paessler, maker of PRTG Network Monitor.

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Recorded live at Future:Net, this Priority Queue episode explores the 'network or endpoint' security debate with VMware's Bruce Davie & Bromium's Simon Crosby.

The post PQ Show 92: Network Or Endpoint: Where To Put Security? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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5G networks will dramatically boost the capability of mobile networks and have a significant impact on industrial networks, IoT, and cloud computing. In this sponsored podcast we talk with Intel about its 5G initiatives

The post PQ Show 91: Intel And 5G Networks (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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This Priority Queue episode was recorded live at IETF 96 & focuses on I2RS, an IETF effort to create an interface to interact with the routing system. Guests Sue Hares and Russ White join Greg Ferro to talk about how I2RF works and its benefits.

The post PQ Show 90: What Is I2RS & Why Do We Love It? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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This week, the Priority Queue gets into the weeds on EVPN with the specific use-case of DCI. Join Ethan Banks as he interviews double JNCIE Clay Haynes on setting up BGP adjacencies, creating EVPN address families, interpreting BGP output containing EVPN NLRIs, handling VTEPs, walking a packet through end to end, and useful commands to know.

The post PQ Show 89: Implementing EVPN for Enterprise DCI appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue explores the notion of multi-layered control planes. Guest Russ White joins us to outline the concept of a control plane that's broken out into separate functional classes. The goal is to keep the networking protocols that operate at each layer as simple as possible.

The post PQ Show 88: Multi-Layered Control Planes appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue looks at the real state of private cloud. While public cloud gets the most media attention, and some analyst firms argue that private cloud doesn't make sense for most companies, it's a myth that there's only one way to 'do cloud.'

The post PQ Show 87: Private Cloud Is For Real appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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CloudRouter is an open source project built on Linux. It's designed to run in physical and virtual environments, including the cloud, and includes core routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF. The Packet Pushers dig in to find out just what CloudRouter can do.

The post PQ Show 86: Making Sense Of CloudRouter appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue episode dives into the FD.IO project and the VPP open virtual switch/router. FD.IO is a Linux Foundation project, with VPP code contributed by Cisco. Cisco's Dave Ward, Dave Barach, and Macek Constantovich join us to get into the all the details.

The post PQ Show 85: FD.IO & VPP Open Virtual Switch appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue takes a visit to Romana, an open-source project that tackles network and security issues for cloud-native applications. We'll explore just what the Romana project is about, drill into its major components, and look at its integration with OpenStack and Kubernetes.

The post PQ Show 84: Cloud Network Complexity Vs. Romana.io appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's episode of Priority Queue, sponsor Sonus Networks joins us to explore microservice orchestration for networking, particularly in the context of OpenStack.

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Today's Priority Queue climbs the Aruba certification ladder for wireless networking. Exam developer Kimberly Graves talks about what you'll learn, and offers training and testing insights.

The post PQ Show 82: Aruba Certifications Overview appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue, Matt Oswalt shares details about ToDD (Testing On Demand: Distributed), an open source tool he developed for validating network changes.

The post PQ Show 81: Network Testing With ToDD appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Nick McKeown joins us on today's episode to talk about P4, an open-source language for programming packet processors, especially switches. P4's goal is to make network hardware more flexible & customizable.

The post PQ Show 80: P4 – A Language For Programming Switches appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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This episode of Priority Queue, sponsored by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, explores the ongoing evolution of the digital workplace and the key role that mobility plays.

The post PQ Show 79: Building The Digital Workplace With Aruba appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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On today's Priority Queue episode we talk about BGP flowspec, an IETF RFC that can be used for DoS mitigation, with Justin Ryburn, a Consulting Engineer with Juniper Networks.

The post PQ Show 78: BGP Flowspec For DoS Mitigation appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today's Priority Queue, sponsored by Aruba, talks about wireless location services. We examine use cases for location services, and dive into Aruba's Meridian platform for building location features into mobile applications.

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On today's Priority Queue show, sponsored by Aruba, we get a detailed update on the integration roadmap between Aruba and HPE Networking product lines.

The post PQ Show 76: Understanding Aruba’s Unified Wired And Wireless Roadmap (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Today we talk about how network analytics and telemetry differ from traditional monitoring, what new data sources & techniques are available, and how we can put this data to good use.

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Today on Priority Queue, we're talking wireless with our sponsor, Cambium Networks. Cambium specializes in fixed outdoor wireless broadband in the unlicensed 5GHz/2.4Ghz spectrum, handling challenging wireless interference from 2 meters to 245 kilometers.

The post PQ Show 74: Cambium Networks – Affordable PTP Wireless (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Martin Casado, General Manager of the Network and Security Business Unit at VMware, joins the Packet Pushers to get nerdy about where SDN and VMware’s NSX have been, and where they’re going in 2016.

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On today’s Priority Queue, sponsored by Sonus Networks, we examine three use cases for the VellOS SDN platform, including enterprise SD-WAN, service provider interconnects, and multitenant interconnects for colocation providers.

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Startup Kentik offers real-time network visibility for service providers, Web companies, and enterprises. CEO and co-founder Avi Freedman joins the Packet Pushers to talk about how Kentik works, how it extracts and presents valuable information from flow data, customer use cases, and more.

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HPE and Aruba Networks are merging their businesses. What does this mean for customers?

The post PQ Show 70 – The HPE-Aruba Networks Merger – How Is That Going To Work? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Sonus joins the Packet Pushers to talk about VellOS, a network operating system for ensuring quality of experience for unified communications. With VellOS you can automate flows through a network and control bandwidth, packet marketing, MPLS values, and more to guarantee high-quality voice and video calls.

The post PQ Show 69: Sonus VellOS And QoE For Unified Communications (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Geneve is a data center overlay project in the IETF that aims to take the best parts of STT, NVGRE, and VXLAN. Join us and our guests as we drill into the technology and explore Geneve's prospects.

The post PQ Show 68: Geneve Data Center Overlay Update appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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VMware's Guido Appenzeller joins Ethan and Greg on this sponsored Priority Queue podcast to talk about NSX's capabilities beyond the data center, including containers, the cloud, mobile devices, and more.

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IT has been trained to operate equipment, but can they--and should they--learn the fundamentals that underpin the infrastructure? Does the enterprise have the skills, resources, and competency to handle the transition to the cloud? Check out this passionate debate.

The post PQ Show 66: Competency In The Enterprise appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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IPv4 address space is officially exhausted in ARIN’s region. Broker services can facilitate the sale and transfer of IPv4 addresses between parties, but is it a good idea? John Curran, President and CEO of ARIN, helps us understand the issues.

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On this Packet Pushers Priority Queue, we interview Rob Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch Networks, to gain an alternate view on OpenFlow TTPs (table type patterns). We first talked about TTPs in Weekly 220 in a discussion with Curt Beckmann back in January 2015. While Curt was fairly enthused that TTPs were going to move the ball forward, Rob is not convinced that TTPs are the long-term answer to make it easier for OpenFlow controllers and switches to share capabilities.

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Today on Packet Pushers Priority Queue, we discuss the hypervisor performance bottleneck, some of today's workarounds, and commercial-grade virtual acceleration for hypervisor networking with our sponsor 6WIND.

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