February 15th, 2020 Updated Comment: Back in July of 2017 I went thru the first “real” re-org in my career. Yes, of course I had been through other re-orgs. But none of them really significantly impacted my primary day to… Read More ›
Networking with Fish
Router-IDs and the “7Ps”
In honor of Father’s Day coming up soon… I’d like to pass a gift along that my Dad gave me. The gift of the “7Ps”. The “7 Ps” The 7Ps apparently started off (according to wikipedia) as a British… Read More ›
The “Case of the Broken MPLS L3VPN” – Time to Troubleshoot!
In the last blog – “MPLS L3VPN: Label Following Fun with Fish” and its corresponding YouTube show and tell we basically set the stage for this blog and YouTube. 🙂 Last we left our environment, we saw a successful ping… Read More ›
MPLS L3VPN: Label Following Fun with Fish
I have to admit I LOVE MPLS. I admit, I didn’t love it so much when I was first learning. I found it kinda hard at first. But then I absolutely loved it once I “saw” it. Newer to MPLS… Read More ›
Understanding the BGP Table Version – Part 3: Troubleshooting
More on BGP Table Version – the most unknown and unexplained, BGP concept/value that I rarely ever troubleshoot without This is part 3 and final post in the 3 part series of “Understanding the BGP Table Version”. If you haven’t… Read More ›
Understanding the BGP Table Version – Part 2: Example
More on BGP Table Version – the most unknown and unexplained, BGP concept/value that I rarely ever troubleshoot without This is part 2 in the 3 part series of “Understanding the BGP Table Version”. If you haven’t already read part… Read More ›
Understanding BGP Table Version – Part 1: Intro to BGP Table Version
Diving into the BGP Table First a Look at the Local BGP Table Before we begin… let’s take a look at the BGP table. One would assume (rightly so) that anything called the “BGP table version” probably is tied somehow… Read More ›