IPv6 "What's your IPv6 strategy?" For many in enterprise networking, IPv6 is just a distant memory of a tedious mandatory training a few years back. Weird addresses, over-eager trainer, stories about v6 adoption that never
IPv6 IPv6 SLAAC Host OS Address Allocation While rebuilding my v6 lab with a variety different host OS, I found that there is no single approach to address generation in IPv6 SLAAC networks. I've recorded my findings
network automation Why I'm telling network engineers to learn Python During a wet autumnal walk, I was explaining to my girlfriend about my recent presentations. I've been doing my 'Getting Started with Python' talk at Aruba Airheads meet-ups. I recorded
IPv6 Android does not support DHCPv6 and Google 'Won't Fix' that Since 2012 there has been a ticket open on Google's public 'Issue Tracker' requesting Android support DHCPv6. On 6th November the status of the issue was changed to 'Won't Fix
network automation Windows for Network Automation? The OS landscape is changing and, yes, you can learn and run network automation tools on Windows. After a hot, dry June day in Richmond I boarded an empty train.
python Workshop Epilogue 2 Networkers and Coding Q & A In Part One of this blog I mentioned that I liked to start the second day of the workshop a little differently. The workshop itself was aimed very much at network engineers but the second day was all
network automation ArubaOS-CX Workshop Epilogue 12 sessions, 6 countries, 4 months After twelve sessions across six countries over four months, last week we presented the final ArubaOS-CX EMEA workshop in Dubai. The objective of the
Building an Ansible Sandpit using Vagrant Vagrant SSH connections are built for host to box, not box to box. In this post I detail how to fix this with an aim to build an Ansible sandpit. Ansible and Vagrant Before I start using Ansible with network devices, I thought I
Ansible Install: Ubuntu vs. PIP vs Fedora Aim I'm trying to write a simple 'how to' for the build of an Ansible 'sandpit' environment that my networking colleague can follow. I want this to have minimal demands in terms of prior knowledge about linux, git and OS package management. What's the
python My Video Adventures across the ArubaOS-CX Spectrum Hungry Horace For the uninitiated, ArubaOS-CX is a new networking OS, running on Aruba's 84/830xx campus core switches. I've been playing around with the OS for a while now. The headline is 'network OS with auto-generated REST API'. No clunky abstraction layer, no
The internet is a series of (you)tubes As I delve further in python and network automation I've made a couple of series focusing on python and the ArubaOS-Switch API. Python and REST APIs This series is comprised of four videos. From building an work environment, performing a GET, a POST and
networking IPv6 Security Workshop (plus free sandwiches) A free workshop in London on IPv6 Security, hosted by the UK IPv6 Council? I'm in. This is a write-up of the recent IPv6 Security Workshop held at the BT Centre, London, by the UK IPv6 Council. My buy-in In my previous role as
network automation Moving Beyond CLI Hello, here's a link to a youtube video that I made this week. It is a screen-capture of a preso that I gave at Aruba Atmosphere in Disneyland Paris: One
python Getting into Python: A Guide for Networkers Part 2 This is a very subjective piece about what worked for me when I first tried my hand at getting into Python as a networking chap. It comes with the disclaimer that your experience may be wildly different. Commit Firstly, and most importantly, commit to
python Getting into Python: A Guide for Networkers Part 1 No, you are not mistaken, it is 2017 and I'm writing this blog about networking types learning python. I understand that this may all sound a little 2012 but I
Adventures in youtube At this point I haven't update this blog for about 6 months and this post stands as a 'What I've been up to' report. "Pass me my branded baseball cap!" AKA corporate blogging Over the summer I did a bit of corporate
Openswitch, Docker & Linux Networking - Part 2: Build a Network EDIT 01Nov2016 It looks like openswitch is going through a reboot of sorts, hard, soft, whatever, I'm not sure how relevant this information is anymore. I'll leave it up as
Openswitch, Docker & Linux Networking - Part 1: Build an image EDIT 01Nov2016 It looks like openswitch is going through a reboot of sorts, hard, soft, whatever, I'm not sure how relevant this information is anymore. I'll leave it up as
Lab on a Laptop - Building a VXLAN Leaf Spine Network with HPE VSRs Building virtual labs is quick, easy and no one complains about your cabling. Throughout my career, until very recently, I always had access to a lab of some kind, so when I heard others complaining about lack access to kit I would smile and
My CCIE story "You are Number 19080" "I am not a number..." This autumn I went through the CCIE recert process again for the fourth time. In the interests
cumulusvx Cumulus VX with Vagrant In this blog post I explain how to build a test environment to get hands-on experience with Cumulus VX, Vagrant and a touch of shell scripting. Rise of the Rocket
Zero Touch Part 2 - Chaining VPNs, Routing & Security In Part 1 of my Zero Touch write-up I focused on the basics; enabling automatic configuration of a factory-default router, but that is just part of the story. Pushing config
Zero Touch Part 1 - HP IMC Energetic 90s bard, MC Hammer, once made the boastful claim; 'U can't touch this.' That's not just the hook of a pop-rap jam, it is an actual quote from a network engineer during a Proof of Concept that I ran recently. The 'this'
hello world welcome etc I'm Joe Neville Yet another networker jumping on the DevOps bandwagon. Networking since 2001 I've done Ops, I've done pre-sales, I'm #19080. I hate pointless .ppt and being told it is all about business outcomes (we get it, money > everything else)
