L2 Basics: Configuring an EtherChannel

How to configure a basic etherchannel on Cisco devices

January 30, 2018 · 7 min · 1408 words · Matt Schmitz

What's wrong with VLAN 1?

“VLAN 1 is bad!” - I’m sure you’ve heard this before. Ever wonder why?

December 5, 2017 · 6 min · 1261 words · Matt Schmitz

L2 Basics: Spanning-Tree Protocol

The fundamentals of how Spanning-Tree Protocol works

November 14, 2017 · 8 min · 1554 words · Matt Schmitz

SRX Basics: Redunancy Groups and Failover

Some background & configuration examples for Juniper SRX redundancy groups

July 18, 2017 · 7 min · 1474 words · Matt Schmitz

SRX Basics: Clustering

A short tutorial on how to configure Juniper SRX clustering

July 11, 2017 · 6 min · 1115 words · Matt Schmitz

Quick Tips for Better BGP

A lot of BGP setups I run into are bare-bones, but there are a few quick ways to improve your configurations

May 2, 2017 · 6 min · 1127 words · Matt Schmitz

BGP: Getting Started with Multi-homed Internet

Exploring which design/setup questions to ask, and how to begin a basic configuration

January 10, 2017 · 4 min · 767 words · Matt Schmitz

IP Address Design (Part 2)

Part 2 - Re-designing an IP addressing scheme to solve current (and future)

January 3, 2017 · 4 min · 817 words · Matt Schmitz

IP Address Design (Part 1)

A quick look at an IP addressing scheme that was never designed to scale, and quickly hit its limits.

December 27, 2016 · 3 min · 630 words · Matt Schmitz