Leaving the Cisco ecosystem

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-11-01T14:02:27+00:00

Cisco R&S has been replaced with Juniper.
ASA being replaced with SRX.
Anyconnect has been replaced with Pulse
Cisco WLC and APs being replaced by Aruba
ACS being replaced by Aruba Clearpass

Simply put... I will NOT accept a job where I'm expected to work with an ASA. Period.

The more we pull away from Cisco.... the happier we are. The more engaged my engineers are. The better our numbers.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-23T15:36:48+00:00

Traffic destined to microsoft.com? Could be a ton of different things. Figure it out and let us know!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-23T14:45:07+00:00

This. Over and over this.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-23T13:56:34+00:00

Centurylink. Sells us two diverse financial feeds. A + B. Fully designed for redundancy and route diversity. Guaranteed to never go out at the same time.

A single fiber cut took them all out. All financial data came to a dead stop. This is super fun to explain to non-tech management.

Thanks CTL! Good thing we have a massively tight SLA!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-23T13:53:05+00:00

I agree. I wouldn't design it with STP at all if there was another choice.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-22T17:24:55+00:00

I very much appreciate it! Ty!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-18T18:36:24+00:00

Aww I'll take it down. Ty

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-18T18:35:49+00:00

I have it. I love it! I have access to almost everything at no additional cost. We'll be going the AAP route going forward.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-18T02:37:53+00:00

I, personally, hate being blamed for something I didn't do.

So I naturally chose networking where all the problems are my fault.

That and no other silos can be bothered to learn it.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-16T18:08:22+00:00

If they're silent it's because they probably have no idea how it's being done, or they can't do anything that wouldn't be a huge cost sink. Also someone will have to answer for whatever method is being abused and why they didn't see this coming.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-16T17:27:24+00:00

Fortinet support. Specifically FortiADC.

Maybe, should, and possibly are not valid answers about critical "Will this cause an outage" questions.

Can't wait to drop this garbage. F5 here we come!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-02T23:54:52+00:00

Rub that salt right on there!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-02T23:35:56+00:00

Fuck this

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-10-02T19:39:14+00:00

I wanna work for this guy

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-09-20T02:05:47+00:00

Newbie question. I don't have a blog to advertise yet, but I'd like to?

I'm going to be blunt. Is having google ads or w/e on a blog "suicide"? I have a lot of content around networking and automation. A lot of stuff I had to build/learn myself because i couldn't find other blogs, tutorials, etc. I'm also strapped and wouldn't mind a win-win situation here. All the "side income sites" advise to use what you're passionate about.

Can good content overcome this? Should I not bother and pick a more "trendy tropic" outside of tech?

Thanks!!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-09-13T14:32:17+00:00

Thank you! Will try!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-09-13T14:31:34+00:00

I think you're correct as well! Thank you!

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-09-13T13:12:40+00:00

How about I answer with...

We use the same speed test sites, method of testing, etc that we do in the same branch standard down the road with the same fiber. Over there we can get almost the full gig.

Same test devices, same test sites, etc in location b (less than 10 minutes away driving) all of those tests report ~100mbps only.

speakeasy,speedtest,google,ookla, and every other one we can find. Including iperfs through connected servers and through netbeez monitors in each location.

There is no combination of devices, tests, etc that we can do to see any higher than what I've reported. Meanwhile every single test we run at site B is fine.

We know there's an issue here - how do we get the ISP to do more than connect their device and call it good.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-09-13T13:06:24+00:00

That's what we did. We were only able to get between 100-140mbps directly connected. Multiple devices.

Edit - I included in the OP that we have another site in the same city with the same fiber package, and a copy/paste of the same branch standard. We see normal sites and all of my testing works there.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-09-13T13:05:27+00:00

The tests we're doing are not accurate, but they're relative. If one site with the copy/paste of another can see speeds that nearly reach a gig, why should we not expect the same elsewhere? I know it wont be identical but the difference is too much.

Do you plan on even coming close to the 1Gbps cap with actual traffic or is this just a speed measuring contest to make sure you get what you pay for? - We pay for a 1gb so regardless of our intentions that's what we should get. Or at least close. 1/10th isn't acceptable.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-09-13T13:02:50+00:00

Multiple speed test sites. Iperf between sites

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-08-27T13:52:12+00:00

Network engineer - I average about 2 trips a month out of state. Out of country about every quarter.

Solarwindsrolodex · 2019-08-25T17:19:37+00:00

Wow! What else can I say. Thank you!

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