paid Personal Engineer's Dilemma: Constant Learning and Forgetting As a Network Engineer, I've noticed we're in a constantly evolving field. Traditional networking is already Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 22, 2024 2 min read
members BGP BGP Path Attributes Overview (IX) BGP path attributes are crucial elements that influence the decision-making process of BGP routers. When you have a BGP-speaking router, Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 20, 2024 13 min read
Docker How to Install LibreNMS as a Docker Container In this blog post, let's look at how to install LibreNMS as a Docker container on MacOS. Don& Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 15, 2024 6 min read
Homelab How to Run UniFi Controller in Docker? Recently, I bought a UniFi USW-Lite-8-PoE switch and wanted to host my own controller. UniFi does offer a cloud-hosted controller, Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 15, 2024 3 min read
NetDevOps Why Did No One Tell Me About This VSCode Remote - SSH Feature? I just discovered the VSCode Remote - SSH feature, and it's a game-changer (at least for me). This Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 13, 2024 4 min read
BGP BGP Route Filtering with AS_Path Filter & Route Maps (VIII) So far, we've explored filtering BGP routes using ACLs and Prefix Lists, focusing on the prefixes themselves and Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 12, 2024 8 min read
BGP BGP Route Filtering with ACLs & Prefix Lists (VII) When working with BGP, you'll frequently need to control which routes or prefixes you share with a peer Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 11, 2024 12 min read
Ansible How to Use Ansible Loops - With Examples In this blog post, we will cover how to use 'Ansible loops'. We'll start with what Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 10, 2024 6 min read
BGP BGP Route Aggregation (VI) In our last discussion, we looked into the concept of BGP auto-summary and how once enabled, it leads to the Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 4, 2024 10 min read
BGP BGP Auto-Summary (V) BGP automatically summarizes routes to classful network boundaries when this command is enabled. Route summarization is used to reduce the Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 2, 2024 6 min read
BGP BGP Next Hop 0.0.0.0, Origin Codes and RIB Failure (IV) In this post, we're going to explore some specific BGP concepts that are crucial for understanding how BGP Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 1, 2024 8 min read
members BGP BGP Prefix Advertisement (III) Welcome back to the third part of our BGP course. In this part, we will look at how to advertise Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 1, 2024 20 min read
members BGP BGP Configuration Example (II) This is the second part of the BGP series. If you just landed on this post, feel free to check Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 1, 2024 17 min read
members BGP BGP Introduction (I) The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol used to exchange routing information between autonomous systems (AS). An autonomous Suresh Vinasiththamby Apr 1, 2024 13 min read
Python-Intro Python - Further Reading (X) Here are some of the blog posts I've written to further enhance your knowledge and build on top Suresh Vinasiththamby Mar 21, 2024 3 min read
Python-Intro Python - Netmiko (IX) Finally, we've arrived at an exciting part of our journey, working directly with Network Devices. In this section, Suresh Vinasiththamby Mar 21, 2024 7 min read
Python-Intro Python - Importing Modules and PIP (VIII) In Python, a module is a file containing Python code that defines functions, classes, and variables. These modules can be Suresh Vinasiththamby Mar 21, 2024 5 min read
Python-Intro Python - Functions (VII) In Python, functions are a way to organize and reuse your code. They let you define a block of code Suresh Vinasiththamby Mar 21, 2024 7 min read