Heavy Networking
Episodes
Heavy Networking 624: Solving Network Problems With Opmantek’s NMIS (Sponsored)
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's sponsored Heavy Networking we speak with Opmantek, a FirstWave company. Opmantek's NMIS is a suite of network monitoring applications for m...
Heavy Networking 623: Growing From Junior To Senior Engineer
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking is a roundtable conversation about career growth. Maybe your title is junior engineer, but you want to be a senior engineer. ...
Heavy Networking 622: Intel’s Smart Edge Brings The Cloud To The Edge (Sponsored)
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s sponsored Heavy Networking show with Intel, we dive into recent Intel silicon announcements that are impacting how networking services wi...
Heavy Networking 621: Get Scalable Network Automation With Itential (Sponsored)
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today's Heavy Networking, sponsor Itential joins us to discuss how you can deliver a scalable and sustainable network automation system for your en...
Heavy Networking 620: High Frequency Trading And Big Data Network Design
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Network design for high frequency trading and big data networks is the topic of today’s Heavy Networking. If you’re interested in what it’s like...
Heavy Networking 619: Pluribus Empowers NetOps With Kubernetes Network Visibility (Sponsored)
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's sponsored Heavy Networking dives into the latest features from Pluribus Networks, including Pluribus KubeTracker, which correlates containers ...
Heavy Networking 618: Building Virtual Networks With Console Connect (Sponsored)
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Heavy Networking episode we talk with sponsor Console Connect, which provides software-defined interconnections for enterprises and servi...
Heavy Networking 617: Go Vs. Python For Network Engineers
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking makes the case for why network engineers should consider using the Go language instead for their automation needs. Guest Darr...
Heavy Networking 616: Do We Need An SMTP Alternative? TMTP And MNM Are Here To Find Out
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The SMTP protocol isn't broken, but email kinda is. Spam, phishing, and other unwanted messages are easy to deliver and harder to stop. On today's Hea...
Heavy Networking 615: Optimize User Experience With Palo Alto Networks’ ADEM (Sponsored)
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you know your remote workers are having good performance--a good experience--using the applications they need to get their work done? Today we ...
Heavy Networking 614: eBPF, Cloud-Native Networking, And Other Modern Networking Trends
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking gets deep in the guts of what’s going on with all the modern trends in networking: cloud-native, containers, eBPF, Kubernet...
Heavy Networking 613: Deploying An Active-Active Data Center Network For Private Cloud (Sponsored)
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Heavy Networking episode focuses on building a data center fabric. Pluribus Networks is our sponsor. Pluribus brought along a customer to talk ab...
Heavy Networking 612: Cloud-Native Kubernetes Networking For CSPs (Sponsored)
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Heavy Networking explores big ideas around service provider and cloud provider network services in 2022, both how they collide and are complementary. ...
Heavy Networking 611: Data Center Networking And Observability In 2022 (Sponsored)
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we approach the end of 2021, it's informative to look back at how much change has gone on in the industry. One of the biggest transitions we've see...
Heavy Networking 610: Network Automation With Nautobot
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's Heavy Networking we discuss a Nautobot, an open-source software tool that can serve as a source of truth for network automation. We explore...
Heavy Networking 609: Innovation Or Stagnation – A Year-End Networking Review
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking considers the current state of networking technologies and the networking market. We debate whether we've seen any significan...
Heavy Networking 608: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About NAC (And Then Some)
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking goes deep on Network Access Control (NAC) for wired and wireless networks. Our guest is Arne Bier, a Senior Consulting Engine...
Heavy Networking 607: ZTNA Everywhere With VMware SASE (Sponsored)
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's sponsored Heavy Networking show with VMware, we take a fresh look at VMware's SASE and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution. VMware ha...
Heavy Networking 606: Dealing With DNS And Domain Name Abuse
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The DNS Abuse Institute is a community effort to develop solutions to DNS-related problems including malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam. O...
Heavy Networking 605: How cnvrg.io Metacloud Can Help Solve MLOps Challenges (Sponsored)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Heavy Networking, we consider a newly announced platform for artificial intelligence workloads, the cnvrg.io Meta Cloud. Our sponsor is Intel...
Heavy Networking 604: Taking A Systems Approach To Networking With Bruce Davie
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking discusses the notion of looking at, and learning about, networking via a systems approach. Our guest is Dr. Bruce Davie who's...
Heavy Networking 603: Network Apps For Smarter Network Ops With Nokia (Sponsored)
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would you build if you could treat your network infrastructure programmatically? That’s what we’re going to consider in today’s sponsored H...
Heavy Networking 602: All About SPF, DKIM, DMARC Email Security
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Heavy Networking, all about improving email security with SPF (Sender Policy Framework), DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reportin...
Heavy Networking 601: Monitoring The Dispersed Network With Cisco ThousandEyes (Sponsored)
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cisco ThousandEyes is a long-time Packet Pushers sponsor, and we're going to probe deeply to discuss the latest feature additions that will bring you ...
Heavy Networking 600: Inside A Non-Profit Internet Exchange
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Internet exchange points are networks you can use to connect to some other exchange participant. Sounds like maybe that’s a service provider thing, ...
Heavy Networking 599: DriveNets Taps Disaggregation To Build Networks Like Cloud (Sponsored)
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's sponsored Heavy Networking we talk with DriveNets about why it’s time to take the disaggregated model--where you buy whitebox hardware a...
Heavy Networking 598: The Future Of Networking – Quantum Communications With Joshua Slater
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking gets entangled in a discussion about quantum communications or quantum networking. We discuss qubits, the challenges of movin...
Heavy Networking 597: Why Enterprises Want Private 5G (Sponsored)
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking podcast discusses the pros and cons of building a private 5G network in the enterprise. We examine use cases, contrast 5G wit...
Heavy Networking 596: Weaponizing Firewalls And Middleboxes For DDoS Attacks
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking podcast dives into academic research on DDoS attack techniques. Our guests have published a paper about how the TCP protocol ...
Heavy Networking 595: Detect, Diagnose, And Act With Opmantek’s Automated Network Management Software (Sponsored)
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's sponsored Heavy Networking show, we talk to Opmantek about NMIS, an intelligent network management platform that spans monitoring, visibili...
Heavy Networking 594: TLS 1.3 Down Deep With Ed Harmoush
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Like anything in the world of IT, TLS has gone through various versions. TLS 1.1 and 1.2 are still commonly used, but TLS 1.3 is really where it’s a...
Heavy Networking 593: Network Observability With VMware vRealize Network Insight (Sponsored)
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Heavy Networking, we drill into VMware’s vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) to learn how it provides end-to-end monitoring, how it uses fl...
Heavy Networking 592: The VAR Perspective On Networking And Customer Trends
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Heavy Networking, we talk with Remington Loose, Solutions Architect at a mid-sized VAR, to get a sense of what technology is in demand; what ...
Heavy Networking 591: Want Network Automation? Start With Compliance And Validation (Sponsored)
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's Heavy Networking podcast we discuss network compliance. The big idea is to rethink how you do compliance so that the process is automation ...
Heavy Networking 590: What It Takes To Build An ISP In 2021
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's a huge amount that goes into building an ISP, from getting access to poles to run fiber, operating a cable plant, setting up customer support ...
Heavy Networking 589: Cloud Networking’s Good, Bad, And Ugly: What CSPs Don’t Tell You (Sponsored)
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking examines how some of the unpleasant bits of cloud networking can be improved, particularly in the areas of troubleshooting, v...
Heavy Networking 588: Exploring The Hidden Realms Of Subsea Cables With Telstra (Sponsored)
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Subsea communications cables are an essential part of the global Internet. On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Telstra, we dive into the realms ...
Heavy Networking 587: When Your Side Project Gets Billions Of Hits – The ICanHazIP Saga
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Heavy Networking, the icanhazip story. On the surface, icanhazip.com is simple enough: You hit the URL, and get back your external, public IP...
Heavy Networking 586: Virtualizing And Accelerating 5G RAN With 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon (Sponsored)
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Intel, dives into 5G, virtualization, and AI. Intel's 3rd Gen Xeon processors can support a variety of use case...
Heavy Networking 585: From Help Desk To Network Automation Engineer In 5 Years
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Curt Norris started his career as an IT support specialist. Five years later he's an automation engineer. On today's Heavy Networking we discuss his c...
Heavy Networking 584: Optimize Your Peering With Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis (Sponsored)
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking explores Crosswork Cloud Traffic Analysis from episode sponsor Cisco. This tool is designed to make you deeply knowledgeable ...
Heavy Networking 583: How Salesforce Evolved Its Branch Network With Prisma SD-WAN (Sponsored)
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we hear from Salesforce about the evolution of its branch network to SD-WAN. Salesforce ...
Heavy Networking 582: The Future Of Networking With Nick McKeown
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nick McKeown, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University, stops by the Heavy Networking podcast to speculate on t...
Heavy Networking 581: How Gluware Lab Brings DevOps To NetOps (Sponsored)
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's Heavy Networking, we get practical with infrastructure-as-code, talking with sponsor Gluware about how their users have integrated network ...
Heavy Networking 580: Multivendor EVPN? Nope
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking is a nerdy excursion into EVPN VXLAN, including how it works, why you might want it, and why multivendor interoperability is ...
Heavy Networking 579: How Arrcus Enables Network-as-a-Service For 5G Edge/Access Networks (Sponsored)
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Heavy Networking, we talk with sponsor Arrcus about its support for segment routing and the impact it will have on the wider network market, ...
Heavy Networking 578: When Your Homegrown Tool Becomes Essential To The Team
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of network engineers develop tools to help them automate tasks. What happens if you build something so useful it becomes adopted in your organiza...
Heavy Networking 577: A Customer View On Cloud-Delivered Security For Streamlining Distributed Workforces (Sponsored)
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking gets into cloud-delivered security for user access. We're sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, and we'll talk about its Prisma Ac...
Heavy Networking 576: Deception And Canaries In Network Security
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking examines the role of deception and "canaries" in network security. A canary sits on a network segment (or multiple segments) ...
Heavy Networking 575: Designing Better Networking And Security With SASE (Sponsored)
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we examine what SASE means to you as a network engineer, its effects on how applications...
Heavy Networking 574: Get HIP With Zero Trust And Tempered Networks (Sponsored)
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking podcast, sponsored by Tempered Networks, dives into how Tempered builds a software-defined perimeter with native zero trust, ...
Heavy Networking 573: Using Application Dictionaries For Better Security Policy Management
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking thinks hard about how to manage security policy in modern IT infrastructure. We get into sources of truth, application modeli...
Heavy Networking 572: How First Bank Leverages Aruba SD-WAN For Network And Security Transformation (Sponsored)
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking explores how First Bank uses Aruba’s SD-WAN to advance its cloud migration, support remote workers, and provide secure segm...
Heavy Networking 571: Network Automation Workflows With Jenkins
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Heavy Networking, we talk about how to roll your own network automation workflow. Guest Steve Puluka has developed an automation workflow sys...
Heavy Networking 570: Dell Brings The SONiC NOS To SmartNICs And DPUs (Sponsored)
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's sponsored Heavy Networking podcast we examine the use of SmartNICs and DPUs to offload networking and security processes. We also discuss t...
Heavy Networking 569: New Metro Architectures For 5G, IoT, And Low Latency Services (Sponsored)
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
5G, IoT, and low-latency virtualized edge services present a major opportunity for providers and enterprises to build and consume new services in the ...
Heavy Networking 568: Effective Technical Communication
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking explores how to communicate complex, nuanced technical topics to non-technical people. We examine how to balance finicky deta...
Heavy Networking 567: Why You’ll Use A Service Provider Edge Cloud (Sponsored)
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's sponsored Heavy Networking podcast, Juniper Networks is here to make the case that service providers are building cloud services at the edg...
Heavy Networking 566: Inside Intel’s Strategy To Unlock Data Center Performance (Sponsored)
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today's Heavy Networking we dive into Intel's portfolio---including Tofino, SmartNICs, P4, and more---to understand how it unlocks the compute powe...
Heavy Networking 565: In Defense Of EIGRP
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does EIGRP need defending? Can this protocol even be defended? Ethan Banks and Zig Zsiga debate the case for EIGRP and discuss major use cases, design...
Heavy Networking 564: Seven Engineers At The Community Roundtable
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Heavy Networking episode is a grab bag of topics delivered in our community roundtable format. Five engineers join Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro ...
Heavy Networking 563: Automating Documentation With Ansible, Genie, And Jinja2
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s Heavy Networking, we explore how to get network data you reference all the time and store it in a CSV using Ansible, the Genie parser, an...
Heavy Networking 562: Juniper’s Paragon Automation Portfolio Prioritizes Service Experience (Sponsored)
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s sponsored show with Juniper Networks, we dive into Juniper's Paragon product portfolio, which measures service quality for critical appli...
Heavy Networking 561: Modeling Your Network For Intent-Based Assurance With IP Fabric (Sponsored)
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's podcast, sponsored by IP Fabric, we dive into the IP Fabric Network Assurance platform. This platform gathers network configuration and sta...
Heavy Networking 560: Moving Big Data Sets From Far-Off Locations
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Construction sites generate tons of data but often lack network connectivity. Today's Heavy Networking explores how one CTO has found ways to move hug...
Heavy Networking 559: Nokia SR Linux – A Hyperscaler NOS Designed For Everyone (Sponsored)
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's sponsored Heavy Networking dives into SR Linux, a new network OS built by Nokia. SR Linux combines a microservices architecture with modern da...
Heavy Networking 558: No Time For Hardware – The Case For NFV
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) transforms routers, load balancers, firewalls and other network devices into virtual instances that can be serv...
Heavy Networking 557: User Experience Is A Full-Stack Responsibility (Sponsored)
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) is the topic on today's Heavy Networking. IT folks tend to view user experience from their own particular area of ...
Heavy Networking 556: The State Of GNS3 For Network Labs
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
GNS3 is a tool for building virtual networks for labbing. Heavy Networking welcomes GNS3 co-founder and developer Jeremy Grossman and networking instr...