Peter Welcher

SolarWinds The NetPath tool, a supplement to its Network Performance Monitor (NPM) product.If “improved multi-path aware TCP-based traceroute on steroids” grabs your attention, read on! Some Background SolarWinds produces relatively [...]

#NFD13 attendees (techno-geeks at heart). All demo action and little marketing talk wins techie friends! I recommend viewing the streaming videos just to appreciate the different approach and enthusiasm. What [...]

Forward Networks came out of stealth with a great presentation at Networking Field Day 13. The company was founded by four Stanford PhDs and is funded by some of the [...]

Something a bit different came up in troubleshooting the past week, something I’d like to share briefly in case it bites you. Symptom: High CPU on core Nexus 7K in [...]

In case you didn’t read my previous blog on the topic, I’ll be a delegate at Networking Field Day 13, November 17-18 in Silicon Valley. I’m looking forward to demos [...]

I’ll be a delegate at Networking Field Day 13, November 17-18 in Silicon Valley. I’m looking forward to recharging my technical batteries with discussions and hot debates with my fellow [...]

I’m getting the impression some people think Cisco Nexus 9K automatically means doing ACI. Not so! There are several valid ways to design around an N9K. The ones that come [...]

Disaster recovery is one of those important things that seldom seems to get the attention it deserves. My experience is that most large organizations, and some smaller organizations, have disaster [...]

We’ve been discussing the many things that could be killing your network’s performance – often quietly and without your knowledge. Last time, we covered the value of using the right [...]

What’s eating your network? What is (quietly) killing performance? What performance items should you be watching, but probably are not? I’m a big fan of appropriate network management data, with [...]

Producing a great network design requires balancing many factors: You’ll have to identify the best technologies for the task(s), and also factor in technology maturity, risk, cost, technical skills needed, [...]

I’ve been enjoying working with a fairly large company with some excellent staff, reviewing network and UC management tools, processes, and gaps. All that network management tool immersion has triggered [...]