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

Ten years of Cisco Certification

It’s hard to belive I started my networking career ten years ago.. How quickly time flies!

August 29, 2017 · 3 min · 527 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

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

Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 4 – Polling the SRX)

This post focuses on the Juniper SRX side of my VPN dashboard - writing the Python scripting to query VPN status from each device

July 4, 2017 · 6 min · 1212 words · Matt Schmitz

Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 3 – Creating the Dashboard)

This post focuses on the web GUI side of the VPN dashboard - storing & displaying the information that gets collected

June 27, 2017 · 11 min · 2237 words · Matt Schmitz

How to Write a Better IT Resume

I’ve been given a lot of resume tips over the years - so I wanted to share the ones I’ve found most helpful

June 21, 2017 · 8 min · 1686 words · Matt Schmitz

Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 2 – Learning Django)

In order to build my Juniper SRX VPN dashboard, I opted to use Django. Let’s take a quick look at how I got started.

June 13, 2017 · 6 min · 1087 words · Matt Schmitz

Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 1 - Initial thoughts)

I decided to build a web GUI to monitor Juniper SRX VPN tunnels. Here’s what I was thinking…

June 7, 2017 · 3 min · 548 words · Matt Schmitz