How to: Catalyst 9800 MAC Filtering

A tutorial on configuring MAC address filtering on a Cisco 9800 WLC

November 12, 2019 · 8 min · 1595 words · Matt Schmitz

Automated F5 Backups with CatTools

How to configure SolarWinds Kiwi CatTools to monitor & back up F5 load balancer configurations

March 27, 2018 · 3 min · 558 words · Matt Schmitz

L2 Basics: Configuring an EtherChannel

How to configure a basic etherchannel on Cisco devices

January 30, 2018 · 7 min · 1408 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

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

The Argument for Standardized Configurations

Snowflake network designs always make sense at the time. But what happens when there are no standards?

January 31, 2017 · 4 min · 776 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