Core Principles Garbage In, Garbage Out (GIGO) AI output quality depends entirely on the quality of the input. DO DO NOT Provide clear, accurate, and complete prompts Include relevant technical context and constraints Verify configuration [...]
Whether you are a professional or working on your tech certifications, labbing is no longer a luxury, but a must. While studying and preparing for certifications, labbing the concepts will not only help you [...]
When designing network solution, often we are tasked to produce a Bill of Material, or BOM. Selecting the right transceiver type can be as complex as the actual router or switch model. There are [...]
When I use Ansible, it is not just to pull info by running show commands, as we did in the previous post. One of the most useful features I rely on, is to generate [...]
When you hear or read about network automation, Python and Ansible will undoubtedly be mentioned more than once. In this tech blog, we will look at a concrete use of Ansible and how we [...]
IPv4 Addressing IPv4 addresses are 32 bits and presented in 4 octets separated by a dot. Addresses must be unique, else traffic destined to one host address could end up at another host. IPv4 address is made up [...]
When you have just started or about to start a new job in networking or tech in general, you have a very small windows during which you are hopefully not already overloaded with tasks and activities. During this honeymoon [...]
Cisco IOS-XR Telnet and SSH configuration Every network node must be remotely managed. This can be either out of band, meaning you are coming to the node via a network dedicated to management traffic only. Or inband, [...]
In this demo, we configure OSPF single area between an XR node and IOS node. It is assumed that you are familiar with the IOS config syntax, therefore only XR part will be shown. [...]
For most of us, working with Cisco means Cisco IOS. A syntax and CLI we are familiar with, a way of configuring we have learnt from the majority of books and materials. But when you start looking at Cisco [...]