EP 468 | MARCH 4, 2024

Broadcom Checks SASE Box; Spirent Announces AI Traffic Emulator For Ethernet Networks

Johna Till Johnson fills in for Greg. We cover: Red Sea subsea cables, AT&T and Vodafone outages, Elisa Polystar partnerships, Broadcom new SASE offering, and much more | LISTEN NOW

EP 004 | MARCH 5, 2024

Exploiting Vulnerabilities, Not Customers: How to Pick Good Pen Testers

When you’re picking a penetration tester to poke at your security infrastructure, how do you know if you’re picking a good one? Is pen testing even the right service for your needs? Pen tester, SANS course creator, and OWASP board member Kevin Johnson joins the show to share tips for what to look for in a pen tester, red flags to watch out for, and how to integrate pen testing into your security strategy. Plus we briefly discuss his 7’5” Chewbacca costume. | LISTEN NOW

EP 022 | MARCH 5, 2024

So You Want to be a Sales Engineer

Thinking about a career in Sales Engineering (SE)? In this episode, you’ll hear straight from an experienced SE, Stewart Goumans. Stewart talks about what kind of background you need to be an SE, what the day-to-day looks like, and what it’s like to see a customer’s eyes light up when they realize you have a way to make their lives better. Tune in to get interview tips and more.  | LISTEN NOW

EP 067 | MARCH 5, 2024

The Right People to Have on Your Tech Strategy Team

Exactly who should be on your technology strategy team? From inside your organization, who should represent the areas that come into play: Business, development, operations, etc? And what about outsiders–what kind of external consultant do you want for your strategy team? Do you even need one? Johna and Greg cover it all in today’s episode.| LISTEN NOW

EP 236 | MARCH 6, 2024

Introducing New Co-Host Kyler Middleton

Today we welcome a new co-host, Kyler Middleton, to the Day Two Cloud podcast. Kyler grew up in rural Western Nebraska, fixing neighboring farmers’ computers in exchange for brownies and Rice Krispies. Now she’s the newest co-host for Day Two Cloud… perhaps a lateral move, given the lack of baked goods. Kyler will draw on her DevOps expertise and insatiable curiosity in her new role on the show. In this episode, we also say goodbye to Ethan. He’s stepping down from Day Two Cloud, although you can always find him on the Heavy Networking podcast or Podcast Pusher’s YouTube channel. | LISTEN NOW

EP 056 | MARCH 6, 2024

The Story of containerlab with Roman Dodin (Part 1)

Big risk, big reward: That’s the origin story of both containerlab and its maintainer, Roman Dodin. Roman tells Eric the story behind containerlab, a free software platform for building network labs and testing designs, as well as his own story of taking leaps into the unknown. This is the first episode of Network Automation Nerds on the Packet Pushers network. | LISTEN NOW

EP 146 | MARCH 7, 2024

The Basics of IPv6 Addressing

If you’ve been wondering about the double colons and letters you’re seeing in IPv6 addresses, this is the episode for you. Tom and Scott break down IPv6 addressing, starting with the basics of binary and taking you all the way through the etiquette of not using capital letters in Layer 3 addressing (we’re looking at you, Cisco routers). | LISTEN NOW

EP 724 | MARCH 8, 2024

How Packets Move Through a Network Device

Today we metaphorically pop open the hood of switches and routers, taking a look at the mechanics of how they work. We cover the three states: configuration, operational, and forwarding. We talk RIB and FIB, along with CAM, TCAM, and MPLS. We also cover line rate, port-to-port latency, and buffers. Whether it’s been awhile since you’ve thought about the nitty gritty of networking forwarding engines (don’t call them ASICs), or if you’re just getting started, we hope you’ll join us on our packet walk with guest Tony Bourke. | LISTEN NOW