JOINING THE JUNIPER AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Today I had the honour of being invited to become a Juniper Ambassador! Click this post to find out exactly what that means for me, for you, and for the future of the planet as we know it…
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Author: Chris
MPLS VPNs AND JUNOS ROUTING POLICY: LESSONS IN TROUBLESHOOTING JUNIPER ROUTERS
Hey there: you smell good! That’s probably because you just read Part 1 of this two-part blog post, where we learned all about BGP communities, and how route-targets are used in MPLS VPNs. Well, now you know the theory, let’s look at a problem ticket. Click here to read Part 2!
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JUNOS ROUTING POLICY, BGP COMMUNITIES, AND MPLS VPNs
I fixed a ticket recently that I wanted to share with you, because it hits on three big topics at once: BGP communities, MPLS VPNs, and Junos routing policy. In this first of two posts, we’re going to learn about the theory. Click here to read all about BGP communities!
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JNCIA-CLOUD: THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE FOR JUNIPER’S SDN CERTIFICATION
(Keep reading this post to find out how you can sit this exam for free. That’s right – FOR FREE!)
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JNCIP-SP: THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE FOR JUNIPER’S PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER CERT
If you’re thinking about taking Juniper’s excellent Service Provider exam, give this a read – I’ve hooked you up with a ton of useful links!
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LESSONS IN JUNOS TROUBLESHOOTING: FIXING A LAN WITH A WEIRD PROBLEM
Regular readers of this blog probably see me as an extremely clever, flawless hunk who knows a lot, never makes mistakes, and is traditionally handsome but with a modern style. And of course, you’re not wrong. Except, here’s the twist: you’re dead wrong.
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MOVING LSPs BETWEEN INET.3 and INET.0 ON A JUNIPER ROUTER
This is a post about the different ways, and reasons why, we might move prefixes between the inet.3 and inet.0 tables on a Juniper router. You know: like George Clooney does in his spare time. Probably. Don’t look that up.
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JUNOS ROUTERS: WHAT DOES THE INET.3 TABLE ACTUALLY DO?
In this first of a two-part post, I’m going to take you on a magical journey. And by “take you on a magical journey” I mean “teach you what the inet.3 table does on a Juniper router.” Which is basically the same thing as a magical journey, right?
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JUNOS RPM: TESTING YOUR JUNIPER NETWORK WITH REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE MONITORS
Network engineers often find they need a way to test something, and then take some action if that test fails. Well, you can do these tests oh-so-easily in Junos with a thing called Real-Time Performance Monitoring. RPM is what “other vendors” might call IP SLA. How do they work? Good question, Andrew! Let’s find out.
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USING WILDCARD MASKS TO FILTER ODD OR EVEN NUMBERED IP ADDRESSES: JUNIPER JUNOS & CISCO IOS
Imagine a user who says they’re only able to access even-numbered IPs in a destination subnet. “Help!”, they say. “I can’t leave the office until this is fixed, and I need to leave now because my seven large sons require their tri-daily feed of protein shakes. They will whither and die unless I nourish them immediately. The fate of my powerful sons is in your hands, and yours alone.” This exact problem came in to us recently. Well, apart from the bit about the large sons.
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