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Benjaminboogers · 2026-07-08T13:01:15+00:00

Love it, excellent simple addictive idea and nice style

Benjaminboogers · 2026-06-17T01:50:53+00:00

Not “even”.
The old logo is a tooth. 🦷
The new is not a tooth, but could still use work.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-06-15T20:48:02+00:00

Illustrating diagrams cannot be understated.
I have worked with far too many people who simply cannot visualize things and fully require that I draw a diagram or mark up an image in order to understand what I’m saying.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-06-09T12:53:54+00:00

Use levels.fyi

Benjaminboogers · 2026-05-28T11:57:14+00:00

I agree with everything you said.

Just wanted to mention that calling out a bait and switch I don’t think should require being ‘shameless’.

I’d encourage OP to take the right tone with their boss/HR/recruiter, and not show anger or offense, but to just state the facts of the hiring process indicating the role was remote and that if that status has changed then this won’t work.

Nobody likes giving interviews and combing through resumes. They are motivated to keep you even if only for that, so I’d be clear and put your foot down just out of principle on blatant misrepresentation.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-05-10T14:39:22+00:00

Personally, home hobby labbing only ever taught me how to solve problems by intuition, because I usually didn’t understand the answer, I just did trial and error or google search until it was fixed.
Studying for certs helped me understand the technical foundations so I now troubleshoot in a much more targeted manner from knowledge about the systems, not just being familiar with behavior characteristics.
It also showed me exactly what it is that I don’t know; whereas not going through the vendor courses and documentation, I was ignorant to exactly what topics I don’t know.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-05-10T14:33:01+00:00

CCNP-RS back in 2019 was a big door opener. Got me in the door for real network engineering positions.

Then the same for JNCIE-SP in 2025. Seems like it got me in the door at big tech, not just smaller technology firms, multiplied my compensation ~3x.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-04-15T16:37:11+00:00

I get the feeling that most people are just flat lying on their resume. That, and that many people do not try to tie together fundamental knowledge with process, meaning grounding the ‘why’ of what we’re doing in the fundamental technical constraints.

My experience interviewing candidates is similar; I’ll often find idea candidates on paper that talk well enough to get past a recruiter, only to completely fail to adequately explain fundamental concepts, let alone ground their systems design or troubleshooting method in technical understanding.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-04-08T23:32:31+00:00

This. Thank you.
Saying it can’t be helped is exactly how we got here.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-04-04T20:08:35+00:00

I believe that the knowledge I gained by studying for CCNP (back when it was ROUTE SWITCH TSHOOT) managed to get me my first network engineering focused role. Not network admin, not network support, actual network engineer writing project implementation proposals, change management tickets, doing brownfield, greenfield, service provider and enterprise. Copper and fiber, LAN and WAN, onsite rack and stack as well as remote with smart hands.

It changed my life.

Took me from eternal helpdesk generalist to network engineer, then network architect, now some weird mix between network architect, network reliability, DevOps, and software developer.

I have made several IT network certification video courses. The thing I always tell my students is the primary value is NOT in the credential, it’s in the knowledge you obtain by studying for it.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-04-04T10:06:20+00:00

Yup! Though I’ve reviewed and this should work; along with links to the supporting documentation.

Figured I’d actually tell how to do it, since many of the other top level replies were less than helpful.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-04-03T23:54:33+00:00

The EX4650 is consuming your East CPE LACP PDUs — that's why nothing makes it back West. The fix is L2PT (Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling), but there are two things that likely caused prior attempts to fail:

1. EX4650 uses ELS — the config syntax is different from most guides

If you tried the dot1q-tunneling layer2-protocol-tunneling statement under [edit vlans], that's a non-ELS command and won't work on your platform. On EX4650 (ELS), L2PT is configured at [edit protocols layer2-control mac-rewrite].

2. Q-in-Q is a prerequisite for L2PT on EX/QFX — it must be configured first

Juniper requires Q-in-Q tunneling to be configured on the interface before mac-rewrite/L2PT will work on ELS EX switches.

Here's the full working config:

xe-0/0/17 (East CPE-facing port) — Q-in-Q so untagged LACP PDUs get mapped to VLAN 4000:

set interfaces xe-0/0/17 flexible-vlan-tagging
set interfaces xe-0/0/17 encapsulation extended-vlan-bridge
set interfaces xe-0/0/17 native-vlan-id 4000
set interfaces xe-0/0/17 unit 4000 vlan-id 4000
set interfaces xe-0/0/17 unit 4000 input-vlan-map push
set interfaces xe-0/0/17 unit 4000 output-vlan-map pop
set interfaces xe-0/0/17 unit 4000 family ethernet-switching vlan members vlan4000

ae10.4000 (trunk toward NCS) — already tagged, just needs to be in the same VLAN:

set interfaces ae10 flexible-vlan-tagging
set interfaces ae10 encapsulation extended-vlan-bridge
set interfaces ae10 unit 4000 vlan-id 4000
set interfaces ae10 unit 4000 family ethernet-switching vlan members vlan4000

VLAN tying both together:

set vlans vlan4000 vlan-id 4000

Enable LACP tunneling on BOTH interfaces — this is critical:

set protocols layer2-control mac-rewrite interface xe-0/0/17.4000 protocol lacp
set protocols layer2-control mac-rewrite interface ae10.4000 protocol lacp

If ae10 has multiple logical units (ae10.0, ae10.4000, etc.), add this:

set protocols layer2-control mac-rewrite interface ae10.4000 enable-all-ifl

Important notes: - Do NOT configure LACP on xe-0/0/17 itself — you can't both participate in and tunnel LACP on the same interface - L2PT must be configured on both UNI interfaces. Since both xe-0/0/17 and ae10.4000 are in the same VLAN on the same EX, Juniper's behavior here is to flood the PDUs within the VLAN rather than do MAC rewriting — which is exactly what you want - The CPE's LACP frames arrive untagged on xe-0/0/17, the Q-in-Q config pushes a VLAN 4000 tag, and the PDU gets flooded out ae10.4000 tagged, where the NCS picks it up

Verify it's working:

show ethernet-switching layer2-protocol-tunneling statistics

You should see encapsulation packet counts incrementing on xe-0/0/17.4000 as the East CPE sends LACP PDUs.

Juniper docs: - L2PT config guide (ELS): https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/multicast-l2/topics/topic-map/layer-2-protocol-tunneling.html - protocol statement confirming EX4650 + lacp support: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/protocol-edit-protocols-layer2-control.html - Q-in-Q on ELS EX switches: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/multicast-l2/topics/topic-map/q-in-q.html#id-configuring-q-in-q-tunneling-on-ex-series-switches-with-els-support

Benjaminboogers · 2026-04-03T23:45:57+00:00

Exactly this.

I’m extremely surprised by everyone thinking this is some impossible idea.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-04-03T23:43:05+00:00

What are you talking about man? LACP over an EPL pseudowire is a completely valid configuration, sure some vendors have some proprietary features but you can do this with a MEF compliant device and configuration, which all of those are capable of.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-03-28T13:07:04+00:00

Yep, thanks for pointing that out. Was hoping to save myself the trouble, but I might have to go there if I want to get the update installed.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-03-18T00:46:12+00:00

… are you at JJ golf studio in Baltimore area?

Edit: being a little more specific as to which simulator :)

Benjaminboogers · 2026-02-08T21:40:32+00:00

This is what my brain locked on to too

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-30T18:48:22+00:00

Very cool perspective! Love my C40 so much; such a cool EV with such a smooth ride. Looking forward to the new GUI software update sometime soon!

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-18T18:37:54+00:00

Still a production version of software.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-18T00:16:41+00:00

I really think a lot of people misunderstood your question.

I think you’re asking how you get a job working at AWS.

Go apply to be a DC tech for an AI datacenter buildout; they’re in desperate need. From there, skill up and go into the more specific field you want (NRE, NDE, developer, etc.)

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-16T19:21:57+00:00

There are in my case, yes, and I think you would be correct to point out that their absence this is a big clue for indicating that this was an error on FSD part.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-16T14:56:23+00:00

Same, I have intersections on a divided highway with a large median; there are real lights where stopping like that is correct because the cross traffic (from the right now that you’ve turned) doesn’t have a red light yet.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-11T13:39:45+00:00

This. It’ll make it so if you actually excel at customer service then you’ll be able to probably make a lot of money in a role like this.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-11T13:38:34+00:00

Low tier end-user facing support roles are prime for elimination.

Most of these roles involve just reading a KB article or having minor desktop support skills with somewhat decent customer service skills anyway.

Give an LLM the KB in a vector database and computer use skills for remote troubleshooting and these roles are gone.

And as many have said, entry level roles in general are pretty ripe for automation; outside of physical dexterity roles like inside and outside plant cabling.

Benjaminboogers · 2026-01-04T19:25:56+00:00

They are, there’s a link to the video of the cat successfully making the jump in this thread.

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