
Getting on the network automation bandwagon

Getting on the network automation bandwagon

Driving draft-heitz-idr-large-community-04 to IETF IDR Working Group Adoption

Trying to fit a 4-byte ASN + action code in a RFC 1997 BGP Community

Managing the on-call rotation with too few people

When you overhear “I’m considering deploying Noction in my network, any config advice?”

Interdepartmental blame-shifting after the consultant leaves

When you start following the nightly build train

Volunteering to oversee this week’s TAC cases

When you have to announce that the change didn’t go as planned

Following the IETF draft-grow-blackholing discussion on IRC

When the Remote Triggered Blackhole service doesn’t work when you really need it

When, after 2 days of debugging, the TAC engineer asks “What version are you running?”

When you uncover a 13-year old “temporary” hack in the source code

The meaning of “Reserved” vs “Unallocated” in the IANA AS Registry

When you realise you are connected to the most expensive IXP in Europe

Loading a production license on demo equipment

Network debugging

Installing IOS XR 5.1.x on a Cisco RSP880 and forcing a reload

When your manager instructs you to evaluate Brocade XMR as your next edge device

The JunOS KRT queue after a large BGP peer flaps

Deploying a new IOS XR version in the network

When the vendor proposes to suppress the log messages rather than fix the errors.

When all the 100GE line cards in the chassis spontaneously reboot

When the depeering was a mistake

When previously reported & resolved bugs resurface

Relying on IGP metrics for your global traffic engineering