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What does it take to build a gaming network for the largest LAN party in Australia? In today's Heavy Networking podcast we find out. Our guest is Tim Raphael, who volunteers for Red Flag LANfest, a non-profit that runs Bring Your Own PC (BYOPC) gaming events in Perth, Australia.

Today’s Heavy Networking episode dives into gaming networks. Our guest is Tim Raphael. He volunteers for Red Flag LAN Fest(Rflan), a non-profit that runs Bring Your Own PC (BYOPC) gaming events.

Players show up with a computer, and Tim and his team provide the desk, chair, power and network. It’s like your college LAN parties of old, but way bigger.

The event has hosted up to 800 to 900 people at a single event.

Tim and Ethan discuss how Rflan builds networks for these events and why automation is essential to make it feasible.

They dive into details on the core network gear, what they monitor during games (capacity, link quality, uptime, service monitoring, and more) and how they troubleshoot.

In his day job, Tim is a peering engineer at the Internet Association of Australia.

Sponsor: ExtraHop

Today’s episode is brought to you in part by ExtraHop. ExtraHop is the enterprise cyber analytics company delivering performance and security from the inside out. Visit extrahop.com/packetpushers for an interactive demo to find out more.

Show Links:

Rflan.org

Tim Raphael on Twitter

Timraphael.com

On today's IPv6 Buzz we examine the influence of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in today's technology landscape, particularly around the Internet Protocol (IP). Our guest is Fred Baker, emeritus chair of the IETF.

On today's Heavy Networking we discuss advanced ZTP features in Cisco's IOS-XR in this sponsored episode. Our guest is Akshat Sharma, a Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco.

On today’s Heavy Networking we discuss some of the advanced features related to zero touch provisioning (ZTP) on IOS-XR in this Cisco-sponsored episode.

Why advanced? Because we hit ZTP fundamentals in episode 378.

In this episode we’ll review a few ZTP basics to refresh your memory, and then talk through tooling to help with golden image creation and model-driven ZTP automation.

We also dive into the unique challenge of using ZTP to stand up access networks with lots of devices, and review ZTP security mechanisms.

Our guest is Akshat Sharma, a Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco and a returning Packet Pushers guest.

Show Links:

Working with Zero Touch Provisioning IOS XR Device Lifecycle – @xrdocs (Cisco)

Show 378: Cisco Zero Touch Provisioning (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers

Golden ISO build tool – GitHub

IOS-XR ZTP python library and samples – GitHub

IOS-XR ZTP Learning through Packet captures – @xrdocs (Cisco)

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Day Two Cloud, a new podcast on the Packet Pushers network.

For new listeners–a.k.a everyone since this is the first episode–here’s a little background on what we’re going to cover on the podcast.

There have been countless articles, marketing slicks, and breathless descriptions of what is possible with the cloud. For the better part of a decade you’ve been told the cloud is rainbows and puppies and that every day is your birthday.

So you’ve bought into the promises. You’ve mapped out a vision on a whiteboard. You’ve forecasted the benefits for IT and the business. Now the real work begins.

How well does reality match the design? What happens the first time something crashes? How do you handle shifting demands, changing requirements, and security concerns all running on bleeding-edge technology?

Day Two Cloud is all about what happens when the cloud gets real.

Today’s Show

My guest for the first episode is Tim Warner, a Microsoft cloud and data center MVP and a PluralSight author. We dive into a case study of a client of Tim’s who’s migrating a business application on Azure.

We discuss how the client decided to move into public cloud, the technical requirements necessary to migrate and scale the application, how to address client access and application availability, and lessons learned around deployment, automation, and cost control.

About The Host

I’m Ned Bellavance. I’m the director of cloud solutions for an IT consulting company. You can check out my blog at Ned In The Cloud for more of my bio and to see what I’ve been up to in tech. I also co-host the Buffer Overflow podcast.

Today's Network Break analyzes a new AWS backup service, Rubrik's latest infusion of VC cash, whether the tech sector has reached its natural growth limit and what that means for how tech companies are valued, a Juniper/IBM deal, and more.

Today's Network Break analyzes a new AWS backup service, Rubrik's latest infusion of VC cash, whether the tech sector has reached its natural growth limit and what that means for how tech companies are valued, a Juniper/IBM deal, and more.

Welcome to Tech Bytes, a short, sharp sponsored conversation on new ideas and ongoing issues in IT. Our sponsor today is Comstor, and we’re going to talk about Cisco’s Smart Net Total Care.

Our guests are Richard Everard, who works for Cisco as Director of UKI Service Sales; and Tom Saunders, who works for Comstor as Cisco Services & Software Sales Lead EMEA.

We discuss what goes into Smart Net Total Care and the different options available. We also examine the Collector software that can help organizations get a handle on Cisco software licenses, updates, and bug fixes.

Show Links:

Comstor

Cisco Smart Net Total Care – Cisco Systems

Support for Smart Net Total Care (SNTC) Supported Collectors – Cisco Systems

 

Welcome to Tech Bytes, a short, sharp sponsored conversation on new ideas and ongoing issues in IT. Our sponsor today is Comstor, and we’re going to talk about Cisco’s Smart Net Total Care.

Our guests are Richard Everard, who works for Cisco as Director of UKI Service Sales; and Tom Saunders, who works for Comstor as Cisco Services & Software Sales Lead EMEA.

We discuss what goes into Smart Net Total Care and the different options available. We also examine the Collector software that can help organizations get a handle on Cisco software licenses, updates, and bug fixes.

Show Links:

Comstor

Cisco Smart Net Total Care – Cisco Systems

Support for Smart Net Total Care (SNTC) Supported Collectors – Cisco Systems