Underlay

Is engineering talent disappearing from the enterprise? Our panel thinks so, and has a conversation about the implications for both businesses and individuals. This episode was recorded at Cisco Live 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

There’s plenty of debate in the networking community about the merits of extending layer 2 networks, when you should do it, how you should do it, what pitfalls you should avoid, and what benefits you should expect. Join us as our panel discuss the finer points of what you should consider when you are considering extending layer 2 in your network.

—–
Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

What is the value of conferences and social media for network engineering types? Come hear out panel talk about how these tools have enhanced and changed their careers. This episode was recorded at Cisco Live in Las Vegas, NV.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In this episode of Network Collective, the panel takes some time to acknowledge some of the lessons they have learned along the way, and share what from them they wish they had known when they were starting out. Topics range from mentorship, study, technical specialization, job selection, and more. Guest for this episode are Daniel Dib, Denise Donohue, Lindsay Hill, and Mathew Norwood.

In episode 5 the Network Collective panel dives deep into the inner-workings of EIGRP and how to tune the protocol to work best for you. This isn’t your run of the mill EIGRP training session though, so buckle up and dig in to learn a lot about a protocol which appears pretty straight forward on the surface.

On another note… If you like the technical and community aspects of Network Collective, we wanted to tell you about a podcast that our friends over at Gestalt IT have just started up that you’ll probably enjoy as well.  The name of their podcast is the On-Premise IT Roundtable and in addition to networking they will be covering topics like system architecture, storage, big data, virtualization, hyper-converged, and a slew of other topics.  You should check them out.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In episode 4 the panel discusses the ever increasing pervasiveness of encrypted traffic on our networks and how that encrypted traffic impacts the services that we run today.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In this episode of Network Collective we dive in to the challenges of working as a technologist in a small or medium sized business (SMB).  We look at things like staffing, budgets, and small business mindsets that make working in this space very different than working in mid-market or enterprise organizations.  Matt Haedo, John Duprey, and Kevin Blackburn join the Network Collective hosts in talking about this common, but often under the radar topic.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In this Off The Cuff episode of Network Collective, we talk about all aspects of Cisco’s announcement of their intent to acquire Viptela’s SD-WAN product.  Who wins in this deal?  What happens to Cisco’s existing SD-WAN product line?  What happens to the rest of the SD-WAN market?  Keith Townsend and Tom Hollingsworth join the Network Collective hosts in breaking down what this means for all involved.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In episode 2 our panel discusses some key differences between routing protocols and the details that should be considered before choosing to implement one over another.  Is there any difference between IGP routing protocols at this point?  When does it make sense to run BGP in an enterprise network?  Is IS-IS an old and decaying protocol, or something you should viably consider?  Russ White, Kevin Myers, and the co-hosts of Network Collective tackle these questions and more.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

In episode 1, we take an introspective look back at some of our biggest mistakes when operating live production networks.  The panel discusses outages that range from a total outage on a global MPLS network, to taking out a core switch due to an over-active case of OCD.  Valuable, hard-earned, lessons are shared by this group of experienced network engineers and possibly a funny story or two.

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/