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Network Collective

Summary: Network Collective is a bi-weekly video roundtable where data networking engineers talk about industry trends, challenging projects, and what it takes to do network engineering day-to-day. Additional information: http://thenetworkcollective.com

Podcasts:

 History Of Networking – Radia Perlman – Spanning Tree | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:12

Radia Perlman joins Network Collective to talk about the history of the Spanning Tree Protocol. Love it or hate it, it’s been a fundamental part of every Ethernet network for the past 30 years and isn’t likely to fade away any time soon. Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Episode 13 – A Look In The Mirror | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:24

In episode 13, the Network Collective hosts go it alone and take an introspective look at the engineering community, warts and all. We dig into topics relating to ego, hero mentality, overconfidence, short memories, and the negative side of the hype cycle.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 History Of Networking – Tony Li – BGP | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:55

Tony Li has had a distinguished career working as a networking software architect at some of the largest networking vendors in the world. In this episode of Network Collective, Tony joins us to discuss his involvement in the creation and implementation of BGP, the routing protocol that enables the Internet. Links, FYI: The image above is a capture of the original BGP design, sketched on two napkins by Kirk Lougheed of Cisco and Yakov Rekhter of IBM in 1989. RFC 4271 – BGP Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Episode 12 – The VAR Show | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:45

Value Added Resellers play a critical role as trusted adviser in the networking industry.  However, many customers don’t make the most of their VAR relationships.  In Episode 12, our hosts explore the VAR relationship with VAR engineers Zach Miller and Warren Jackson.  We explore the ups and downs VAR life for both resellers and customers.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 History Of Networking – Daniel Walton – BGP Churn And Add-Paths | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:43

Daniel Walton joins Network Collective for a second time to discuss the problem of churn in BGP routing tables, the steps taken to solve this problem, and the addition of add-path to the BGP protocol. Links, FYI: RFC 7911: Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP RFC 3345: (Informational) Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Persistent Route Oscillation Condition Daniel Walton’s Presentation from NANOG 21 on BGP Churn Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Episode 11 – Shaking The Status Quo | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:08

The network engineering community can get a bit stuck on ideas from time to time, and we take a stab at challenging some of these deeply held beliefs in Episode 11 of Network Collective. Join Ethan Banks, Mike Bushong, and the Network Collective crew as we talk about certifications, multi-vendor environments, orchestration, disaggregation, SDN, cloud, and the network industry hype cycle. Yeah, all of that in one 50 minute package. You’re not going to want to miss this one. —– Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 History Of Networking – Juliusz Chroboczek – Babel Routing Protocol | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:52

Babel is a relatively new routing protocol when compared to some of the more well established options, but due to some of its design considerations, it is very well suited for routing on distributed mesh networks. Babel’s creator, Juliusz Chroboczek, joins the Network Collective team in discussing how Babel came about, some of the design decisions when creating it, and what the future looks like for this emerging technology. Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Episode 10 – Grassroots Automation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:22

In episode 10 we look at how to take the first steps towards automating your network. What tools should you use? Should you learn a programming language? And if so, which one? Should you buy or build your automation? Do you need to become a full fledged programmer in addition to being a network engineer? Our excellent panel of guests addresses all of the above and more! —– Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 History Of Networking – Daniel Walton – BGP Optimizations | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:44

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, BGP had some serious scaling issues that threatened it’s effectiveness as a protocol that could be used for the global routing table.  Significant efforts were made to optimize the resource utilization and convergence time.  Our guest in this episode, Daniel Walton, was part of that effort at Cisco and shares his story about the BGP optimizations that were put in place during that time.  The optimizations include Peer groups, READONLY mode, update groups, update packing, and MRAI.  Sometimes these optimizations, increased capability by 100x previous versions of the code. Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Episode 9 – What Your Mamma Never Told You About OSPF | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:45

As a continuation of our deep dives into routing protocols, this episode of Network Collective takes a closer look at OSPF. What does graph theory, CAP theorem, and distributed databases have to do with routing? What exactly is that type 4 LSA for? What is OSPF really good for? These and other questions are discussed by our guests Russ White and Nick Russo. Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 History Of Networking – Fred Baker – QoS & DS Bit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:39

In this, the very first History Of Networking episode of Network Collective, Fred Baker joins us to talk about his involvement with Quality of Service and the Differentiated Services model. Fred Baker has been involved with the IETF since 1989, served as IETF chair between 1996 and 2001, and has done much work to establish standards in the data networking industry. Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Episode 8 – Wireless Misconceptions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:52

For many the world of wireless networking is a world that is dark and full of terrors, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In this episode of Network Collective, the panel reveals many of the most common wireless networking misconceptions so you too can be a wizard in the black art of RF. I promise, no RF math was used in the filming of this episode. —– Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Off The Cuff – Engineering In The Enterprise | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:24

Is engineering talent disappearing from the enterprise? Our panel thinks so, and has a conversation about the implications for both businesses and individuals. This episode was recorded at Cisco Live 2017 in Las Vegas, NV.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Audio Only Podcast Feed:

 Episode 7 – Extending Layer 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:01:01

There’s plenty of debate in the networking community about the merits of extending layer 2 networks, when you should do it, how you should do it, what pitfalls you should avoid, and what benefits you should expect. Join us as our panel discuss the finer points of what you should consider when you are considering extending layer 2 in your network. —– Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

 Off The Cuff – Conferences And Social Media For Engineers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:34

What is the value of conferences and social media for network engineering types? Come hear out panel talk about how these tools have enhanced and changed their careers. This episode was recorded at Cisco Live in Las Vegas, NV.   Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Audio Only Podcast Feed:

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