Learn Juniper and Cisco networking – with jokes!
If you’re thinking about taking Juniper’s excellent Professional Enterprise exam, give this post a read – I’ve hooked you up with a ton of useful links to help you to succeed!
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IGMP is a really simple protocol – but if you want to be an expert, you’ll want to know what’s happening at a packet level. That’s why in this post we have lots of fun with packet captures. If you’re studying for JNCIP or even JNCIE, you won’t want to miss this post!
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This is the first in my new series of posts about multicast! In later posts we’ll focus on Junos configuration. But first, let’s get nice and comfortable with the theory. Click here to learn all about it!
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It’s official: as of November 2019, I am now JNCIE-SP #2981. And I have the socks to prove it. Click to find out what exam day was like, and whether I think you should take the exam yourself.
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Oh boy, studying for networking can be overwhelming! There’s so much to learn, and so little time. If you feel that way, hopefully some of the tips in this post will help you to study smart, not hard.
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Hey there: this is part 3 in my series on hub-and-spoke MPLS VPNs! In this post we see the dangers of commands like as-override and independent-domain – and then, we see how to fix the problems they cause. Strap in!
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There’s a few different ways of configuring a hub-and-spoke MPLS VPN. In this blog post we learn all about the “one interface” approach. Whether you’re an architect or a student of the JNCIE, you’ll want to know this one inside out!
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Hub-and-Spoke VPNs work a little differently than your regular full-mesh MPLS VPN. Want to learn the extra config required for this unique topology? Then click this post for some good learning!
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Routing policy in Junos can be a little confusing for beginners – but when it clicks, you’ll see that you can do some truly powerful stuff! Give this post a read to learn all about it!
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In this third and final post on Interprovider Option C, we replace LDP with RSVP. Plus, we see the impact of putting BGP-LU in Juniper’s inet.0 table. Put your science hat on, and click here!
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