Heavy Networking

Recent Episodes

HN723: ‘It’s like Legos’: Developing a Network Automation Framework

Posted March 1, 2024 • 00:43:30

Right now, we have the building blocks for network automation, but we don’t have end-to-end designs or complete systems. It’s like having a bunch...

HN722: Ivan Pepelnjak’s Netlab Eliminates the Tedious Bits of Labbing

Posted February 23, 2024 • 00:59:40

One dark day, Ivan Pepelnjak stopped labbing. He just couldn’t make himself yet again go through assigning addresses, building links, putting devices...

HN721: Goodbye Network Cowboys, Hello Total Network Operations

Posted February 16, 2024 • 00:54:05

The days of network cowboy heroism are over… or at least they need to be. It’s time for network engineering to grow up and standardize how networks...

HN720: What Yale Learned about RADIUS Load Balancing

Posted February 9, 2024 • 00:45:03

Yale’s efforts to load-balance RADIUS servers is a case study in system design for resiliency. First, there was a lone, redundant PSN. Next, F5s load...

HN719: Meet SuzieQ, The Network Observability Application

Posted February 2, 2024 • 00:56:46

Guest Dinesh Dutt introduces his newest creation, SuzieQ. It’s a network observability platform application that has both a free, open source version...