SRX High CPU: httpd

How to manage stuck httpd sessions that are causing 100% CPU utilization

September 5, 2017 · 4 min · 830 words · Matt Schmitz

Odd Behavior of Protected Switchports

Some thoughts on an interesting issue I ran into with older Cisco switches & protected port configuration

August 22, 2017 · 4 min · 700 words · Matt Schmitz

Migrating IP Addressing Schemes

Some thoughts on IP addressing migration in a live network, since I’ve been working on this a lot lately

May 24, 2017 · 5 min · 874 words · Matt Schmitz

Tracking Latency and Packet Loss with SmokePing

Why should you use SmokePing - and a quick look at how to interpret the graphs it generates

April 25, 2017 · 5 min · 1064 words · Matt Schmitz

Juniper SRX VPN Issues

After running IPSec VPNs on Juniper SRX for years, this post explores some of the common issues I’ve run into

April 18, 2017 · 7 min · 1405 words · Matt Schmitz

Port Security: Worth the effort?

An exploration of practical applications of port-security configurations, based on my past experiences

March 14, 2017 · 6 min · 1084 words · Matt Schmitz

Virtual Networking Contexts

A brief exploration into why VRFs can be extremely helpful

February 21, 2017 · 4 min · 685 words · Matt Schmitz