Peter Welcher

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentation [...]

This is one of several blogs about the vendor presentations during Network Field Day 19, which took place November 7-9, 2018. This blog contains a summary of the vendor presentations [...]

Knowing and following standard network design principles is a Good Thing. Below, we’ll go briefly into the rationale for that statement. One reason is that clarity is needed to be [...]

Network Field Day 19 is coming soon, November 7-9, 2018. I’m planning to be there as a delegate. The anticipation builds… I’m looking forward to the chance to catch up [...]

This blog updates a recent blog, taking note of recently-added and/or new-to-me SD-WAN and other functionality in the Meraki products. In particular, the Meraki firewalls support: Use of dual Internet [...]

NetCraftsmen has seen a big uptick in interest in Viptela SD-WAN lately. So, I thought a blog going over some Viptela basics might be of interest. I’m going to try [...]

This blog contains some thoughts about automation. Coding and automation have become trendy. Whenever that happens, I feel the need to understand the pros and cons. So, what are some [...]

Since Cisco produces a lot of nifty new features, the title might suggest this is going to be a LONG blog. Far from it! As I write, it’s Summer, and [...]

Here we are, it’s Summer, it must be time for another rant (ahem, “carefully reasoned polemic”) about Network Management (NM). What should NM tools do for us? How might they [...]

This blog describes some of the snags in modern coding / automation, and what might be done about them. Automation is great. I happen to love coding and have been [...]