As is the case in many parts of the computing world, computers often use different methods for coming up with an answer than we humans would use. Today, I’ll take a closer look at the OSPF puzzle I ...

I got into a bit of an argument today with another engineer about this. The default bandwidth metric in OSPF is 100, so it treats any link 100 mb/s or higher as the same cost of 1. The implementation ...

So maybe you’re running around, getting last minute presents, trying to work a ton today so you can rest easy over the long weekend… and you need a break. Coffee at the local Panera, whilst listening ...

I haven't been able to find a definitive reason to go with one versus the other for a LAN connection. From my understanding it seems to lean in the favor of LACP since a link failure doesn't cause ...

When I set about trying to determine the five most common routing issues I see, I didn''t realize what a challenge it would be to narrow them down. I considered writing about the five most annoying ...