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Choose no life. Choose no career. Choose no family. Choose fucking big routers. Choose switches big as trucks, modem racks, bridges, repeaters, and coffee makers, all networked. Choose no sleep, lots...
View ArticleWhy Gigamon Scares The Crap Out of Me
I had the opportunity to visit with some of the Gigamon folks at their Milpitas, California, office last week as part of the Net Field Day 2 event and, frankly, what they showed us scared the shit out...
View ArticleIOU License Generator on Github
NOTE: For clarification, I did not write the IOU License Generator discussed in this article. It was written by someone else; I simply wrote this article about it. If you’re in need of a license key...
View Articleiou2net and IOUlive86 now available on Github
From the Cisco IOU FAQ page: Cisco IOS on UNIX (IOU) is a fully working version of IOS that runs as a user mode UNIX (Solaris) process. IOU is built as a native Solaris image and run just like any...
View Articlelife# reload
If you’ve been reading Evil Routers for a while, you already know that, back in May, I quit my job. The idea was that, after I took care of some things here, I’d eventually move to the west coast....
View ArticleHP Eliminates Premium Licenses; Existing Customers Shafted
A few weeks ago, Sreeram Krishnamachari, Global Product Line Manager at HP Networking, authored a post on the HP Networking blog entitled “Say goodbye to firmware licenses in wired network switch...
View ArticleHow to Upgrade the License on a Cisco ASA
The different licensing “levels” available on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances allow an organization to buy only what they need while retaining the option to upgrade in the future, if necessary....
View ArticleHow To Upgrade Cisco ASA Software And ASDM
After writing about how to upgrade a Cisco ASA license, I received a few messages asking about upgrading the Cisco ASA software. Fortunately, just like upgrading IOS on a Cisco router, it’s an easy,...
View ArticleCisco ASA: “read-only file system”
Recently, while upgrading a Cisco ASA that belongs to a customer and hasn’t been touched in a long time, the following took place: ciscoasa# copy tftp flash Address or name of remote host []?...
View ArticleCisco Nexus 3548 Switch: 190 nanosecond latency
Hot on the heels of the new Arista Networks 7150S series top-of-rack switches that offer latencies as low as 350 nanoseconds, Cisco came out with an announcement of their own, shattering the land speed...
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