Raspberry Pi as a router using iptables
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 which I solely use to block ads using Pi-hole. I recently came across a
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Ansible with Cisco - Variables
Prerequisite
This blog post assumes you have a basic understanding of Cisco devices and Ansible. If you are not familiar
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Using Ansible with Vagrant
If you are not familiar with Vagrant, I highly recommend reading my previous
Vagrant Introduction post here.
Vagrant for NetDevOpsThere
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Vagrant for NetDevOps
There were many situations in the past where I had to quickly set up a Syslog server or a Radius
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Configure F5 TACACS+ authentication against Cisco ISE
Overview
You can use TACACS+ to authenticate and authorize users into the F5 BIG-IP system which eliminates the need to
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APC Radius authentication with Cisco ISE
In this blog, I will show you how to use Cisco ISE to authenticate users into APC Network-enabled devices such
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Cisco ISE config-backup failure
Symptom
Do I like Cisco ISE, yes? Do I like fixing never-ending ISE bugs, absolutely not?
When you try to
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Using Python to resolve multiple hostnames to IP addresses
As a Network Engineer, I work with IP addresses all day long. But most of the time I am handed
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Terraform Data Sources
"Have you ever tried to find a specific book in a library without the help of the librarian or
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Cisco FMC HTTPS Certificate with OpenSSL
Problem
You want to install HTTPS certificate for the Cisco FirePower Management Centre (FMC)
Solution
I already have an Internal
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Network Configuration Backup with Ansible and Git
The typical way you would perform Network Configuration Backup is by using NCM software such as Solarwinds NCM, Rancid, Oxidized
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Setup AWS Network Firewall
What is it?
AWS Network Firewall is a managed firewall service for our VPC. We can use Network Firewall to
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Ansible with Cisco - Part 2 ios_config module
Cisco IOS configurations use a simple block indent file syntax for segmenting
configuration into sections. Ansible ios_config module provides
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Ansible with Cisco - Part 1 Installation and basic set-up
Hello readers! I have updated this blog post with new and relevant information. I encourage you to check out the
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Configuring PIM AnyCast RP with MSDP on Juniper
What problem does AnyCast RP solves?
Having a single active rendezvous point (RP) is a single point of failure.
Anycast
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Juniper Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
In the previous articles, we have discussed about PIM Dense Mode and PIM Sparse
Mode. Both protocols use IGMPv2 and
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Juniper Multicast PIM Sparse Mode
PIM Sparse mode uses an 'explicit join' approach whereas PIM Dense mode uses
'implicit join' approach.
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Juniper Multicast PIM Dense Mode
Multicast Overview
IP has three fundamental types of addresses: unicast, broadcast, and multicast.
A unicast address is used to send
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