Heavy Networking

Heavy Networking is an unabashedly nerdy dive into all things networking. On air since 2010, it’s the flagship show of the Packet Pushers podcast network.

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HN733: Russ White Hour: IS-IS vs OSPF and a Deep Dive into Ethernet Adapters

Posted May 10, 202400:47:52

We turn the nerd meter up to eleven on today’s episode with longtime friend of the show, Russ White. First we dive into how an Ethernet adapter knows...

HN732: Juniper’s PTX Platforms: 800GE and Double-Density 400GE for DC and WAN (Sponsored)

Posted May 3, 202400:39:23

The future has arrived: 800 gig Ethernet is here. Amit Bhardwaj and Dmitry Shokarev from today’s sponsor, Juniper Networks, join the show to tell...

HN731: GraphQL: Open Source Query Language for APIs

Posted April 26, 202400:34:53

What if instead of sending multiple queries out to APIs and getting disparate data back, you could just send a single query and receive a single answer....

HN730: Retail, Healthcare, Manufacturing and More Transform Their Branches with Next-Gen SD-WAN and SASE (Sponsored)

Posted April 19, 202400:47:33

If you haven’t made the leap from traditional wide area networking to SD-WAN, or perhaps you’re thinking about adding security services to your...

HN729: Open Source to Closed

Posted April 12, 202400:47:40

With “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” as his guide, Srivats launched Ostinato, his open source project, in 2010. He needed an affordable network traffic...