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Nov 13, 2026 · 56:03
Today, Drew and Ethan cover the brand new Certified Kubernetes Network Engineer program with Nico Vibert. Nico helped create this certification, and is writing a study guide for…
Nov 12, 2026 · 50:34
Mastering core network protocols through the Wireshark Certified Analyst (WCA) certification provides practical troubleshooting skills that can elevate IT and security careers.…
Nov 12, 2026 · 47:55
Richard Hicks joins Ed and Tom to discuss the general availability of WinCLAT and its role in supporting IPv4 applications on IPv6-only networks. They break down how WinCLAT…
Nov 10, 2026 · 43:12
William is joined by Nathan Howard to discuss the Guardrail Paradox and the challenges of deploying frontier AI agents on live enterprise networks. Together they discuss building…
Nov 10, 2026 · 55:55
Today we dive deep into the architecture of AI agents for network operations, specifically focusing on how to make them trustworthy, safe, and effective in production. Joining us…
Nov 10, 2026 · 46:03
Telcos have been offering satellite services as “add-ons” to their terrestrial mobile services, under the paradigm that telcos control the customers and satellites merely provide…
Nov 10, 2026 · 1:16:28
It’s a packed security news roundup. We start with a multi-billion dollar crypto heist, plus a hardware supply chain attack against crypto wallets, and then discuss the PHP fire…
Nov 9, 2026 · 18:12
Take a Network Break! This week’s episode is a 50-yard dash through the week’s tech news. The Red Alert covers a critical XSS vulnerability in Apache Juneau. In the news, Google…
Nov 6, 2026 · 52:47
Amazon AWS is not new to the high-bandwidth, elephant flow-oriented data center traffic pattern requirements of AI. In this sponsored episode from AWS, Distinguished Engineer and…
Nov 6, 2026 · 1:08:45
We’ve seen the capability that automation tooling has enabled for hyperscaler environments and beyond, but not enough emphasis is being put on improving the quality of life for…
Nov 5, 2026 · 59:50
If you’re working on your CCNA you’re learning a lot of CLI, configuration tasks, and so on. But if AI can handle that for you, how much CLI do you really need to know? On…
Nov 5, 2026 · 1:02:55
Network and security engineer Girard Kavelines joins Alexis and Kevin to discuss his journey in tech, the realities of balancing a demanding career with raising seven children,…
Nov 4, 2026 · 43:11
Kyler and Ned are joined by Mo Moustafa, creator of Ollybot, to explore the complexities of running open-source models through OpenRouter. Together they delve into model tuning,…
Nov 4, 2026 · 1:01:38
Network automation projects often stall or face disruption when management can’t see tangible business outcomes. In this sponsored episode, Alex Henthorn-Iwane and Kyle Scarmardo…
Nov 3, 2026 · 25:16
Keith Parsons talks with Stephen Cooper about Probe Request, a free community driven mentoring platform designed to connect Wi-Fi and networking professionals. Stephen explains…
Nov 3, 2026 · 34:08
On today’s Packet Protector we get a good look at HPE Networking’s SRX firewall, including recently updated product families for branch locations. We’ll get an overview of speeds…
Nov 2, 2026 · 36:05
Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert sounds for active exploits against an Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator vulnerability. In the news, Fortinet launches new cloud-based capabilities…
Nov 2, 2026 · 30:58
Networking vendor Meter has recently launched their brand new Networking Grants program, putting money on the table to help you in your learning journey. In this sponsored…
Nov 2, 2026 · 1:02:11
Packet Pushers has been acquired by Meter. On this special Heavy Networking episode, guest host Scott Robohn talks with Ethan Banks and Anil Varanasi, CEO of Meter, about the…
Oct 30, 2026 · 1:08:31
John Capobianco returns to Heavy Networking to discuss his latest open source project, NetClaw. NetClaw is an automation assistant for network engineers that leverages MCP and…
Oct 29, 2026 · 28:52
Ed, Nick, and Tom are joined by Jim Alumbaugh, Technical Program Manager for Windows Networking Protocols, to discuss the newly released IPv6 Windows CLAT support for Wi-Fi and…
Oct 28, 2026 · 49:10
In this sponsored episode, Michael Levan and Nathan Pearce of Solo.io join Kyler and Ned to explore how to run AI agents securely at enterprise scale. Together they break down…
Oct 28, 2026 · 43:48
William Collins and Eyvonne Sharp discuss how smaller models change AI application economics, when hybrid routing and caching pay off, and why multi-call agents can still produce…
Oct 28, 2026 · 1:01:39
Eric Chou is joined by Mauricio Rojas, Principal DevOps Consulting Engineer at Nokia, to unpack how the stack of Kubernetes, GitOps, and open-source tooling can fundamentally…
Oct 27, 2026 · 25:14
On today’s episode we talk about what security teams can learn about OT security from the Death Star. Guest John Burns recaps his CYBR.SEC.CON talk “The Empire Had a SOC — And…
Oct 27, 2026 · 39:23
Since the dot-com bubble burst around the turn of the century, the US economy has seen periods of huge layoffs in IT. AI may be driving another such event, whether in slow motion…
Oct 26, 2026 · 35:51
Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert sounds for HPE wireless OS vulnerabilities and for serious vulnerabilities in PHP and node.js. Security alerts carry us into the news as…
Oct 23, 2026 · 1:07:03
Scott Robohn welcomes Bruce Davie and Larry Peterson from Systems Approach to discuss the new edition of Computer Networks: A Systems Approach and their blog post on…
Oct 23, 2026 · 1:00:22
Many network engineers don’t trust AI, in part because the tech is non-deterministic and can behave in unanticipated ways. Simultaneously, the networking industry is baking AI…
Oct 22, 2026 · 1:07:02
Thanks to a listener request, today’s episode talks about how to optimize your home network for gaming. Ethan and Holly discuss key factors such as latency, connection type, and…
Oct 22, 2026 · 55:03
Alexis and Kevin are joined by network technician and content creator Dale Wheeler to explore his career from forklift driver into IT. Together they discuss the pros and cons of…
Oct 21, 2026 · 44:40
Ned Bellavance gets to be the guest on today’s show to discuss foundational AI knowledge, inference training, and running local models with Kyler Middleton. Together, they break…
Oct 21, 2026 · 53:23
AI adoption is replaying many of cloud’s early mistakes, but agentic systems introduce a broader spending population, nondeterministic costs, and systems that can act on their…
Oct 21, 2026 · 48:19
Network engineers are constantly looking at how AI is reshaping operations, moving beyond simple scripts to the future of self-driving networks. Joining Eric to dive deep into…
Oct 20, 2026 · 21:47
Keith Parsons and Nick Turner discuss the latest WLAN Pi OS updates including the integration of model context protocol (MCP) for AI agent interaction. They also discuss Wi-Fi 7…
Oct 20, 2026 · 34:58
In this double-header episode, JJ and Drew talk with two cybersecurity experts. First up, Jayson E Street talks about how to make security awareness training effective and…
Oct 20, 2026 · 42:43
Many a IT professional is having the AI football tossed to them, “We need to implement in house AI, go do it”. If this is you, what questions should you be asking of yourself and…
Oct 19, 2026 · 14:25
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, we learn about Meter Grants. This is a new program from networking vendor Meter that offers up to $2,000 in grants for early-career network…
Oct 19, 2026 · 38:11
Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert sounds for Nutanix Prism Gateway. Our news discussion covers a new pluggable optical form factor being pushed by Cisco and Nvidia, ORCA…
Oct 16, 2026 · 26:50
In this sponsored episode Scott is joined by Stefano Gridelli, cofounder and CEO of NetBeez, to discuss continuous network experience assurance and moving beyond reactive…
Oct 16, 2026 · 1:00:11
In this sponsored episode, Alex La Fazia and Daniel Kaczmarczyk of Meter explain how they built an internal tool to automate network topology creation, drastically reducing…
Oct 15, 2026 · 35:27
IPv6-mostly is a foothold to get from your dual-stack network to a much more predominantly IPv6-run network, but the reality is that IPv6-mostly has a whole set of dependencies…
Oct 15, 2026 · 1:07:10
Ethan and Holly are back to walk us through Access Lists. Access Lists regularly appear in networking device configurations and aren’t just for security. Ethan and Holly break…
Oct 14, 2026 · 1:14:15
John Capobianco returns to the show to discuss the latest developments in Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agentic infrastructure. John and host William Collins weigh in on the…
Oct 14, 2026 · 59:02
Eric Chou speaks with Leo Fleskes on the pressing infrastructure challenges surrounding AI resource consumption, including data centers’ massive water and power demands. Together…
Oct 13, 2026 · 19:17
Today on Tech Bytes we explore frontier virtual patching with sponsor Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks recently announced frontier virtual patching as part of PAN-OS 12.2.…
Oct 13, 2026 · 55:23
Our October news roundup is a boiling cauldron of consternation. The FBI and the Pentagon suffered breaches, serious exploits are targeting network gear, and researchers discover…
Oct 13, 2026 · 35:22
Sometimes IT is forced to spend money to do nothing. It might be the cost of evaluating the products and services you don’t end up deploying. Or it’s the cost of scrambling to…
Oct 13, 2026 · 48:34
Take a Network Break! We startup with follow-up on global tech news coverage and pronunciations, then pivot to Red Alerts about Dell Container Storage and SonicWall. This week’s…
Oct 9, 2026 · 1:10:19
Christian Adell and David Flores join host Scott Robohn to discuss the intersection of observability, automation, and networking in AI data centers. With AI data centers linking…
Oct 9, 2026 · 58:47
Bart Dorlandt discusses the practical applications and architecture of the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) for service providers. Bart has developed a BMP application to help his…
Oct 8, 2026 · 1:06:12
Lightyear CEO and co-founder Dennis Thankachan shares his transition from investment banking to entrepreneurship and the lessons learned from his early startup failure. He also…
Oct 7, 2026 · 47:21
Ned and Kyler explore the challenges and best practices of running AI agents securely at scale with guest Michael Levan. Together they discuss operational realities of agentic…
Oct 6, 2026 · 40:58
Sponsor HPE Networking comes to Packet Protector to talk about zero trust inline segmentation. This is a feature available in Juniper switches that can segment LAN traffic using…
Oct 6, 2026 · 32:29
Keith Parsons talks with Mary Bull from Internet2 to discuss the history and widespread deployment of eduroam, a global Wi-Fi roaming service supporting research and education…
Oct 6, 2026 · 45:04
What is an AI Factory, and why would an enterprise want to invest in one? Johna and John are joined by guests Thierry Pienaar of HPE and Kaushik Shirhatti of NVIDIA to discuss…
Oct 5, 2026 · 19:51
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, you’re invited to The Velocity Room. The Velocity Room is a community for IT professionals with a focus on AI infrastructure and security. On…
Oct 5, 2026 · 43:02
Take a Network Break! We discuss listener follow-up on orbital data centers, and hit the Red Alert for a string of Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities. Visa releases its homegrown…
Oct 2, 2026 · 1:07:24
Today’s show puts the “heavy” in Heavy Networking with a discussion about Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC). MRC is about getting an even distribution of RDMA traffic across…
Oct 2, 2026 · 43:34
What will network operations look like in 2030, and how can teams embrace agentic AI without losing operational control? In this sponsored episode, Rekha Shenoy and Irfahn Khimji…
Oct 1, 2026 · 45:35
Thank you for sending in even more follow ups! On today’s show, Holly and Ethan respond to listener comments and corrections on Multicast, MPLS, NAC, Twisted Pair Cabling, and…
Oct 1, 2026 · 30:23
Ed and Nick explore why developers and SREs often become the bottleneck when transitioning to IPv6-only environments. They share practical strategies for bridging the…
Sep 30, 2026 · 1:02:27
Garrett Masters talks with Eric Chou about the concept of the AI-Augmented Engineer. Together they discuss how IT professionals can use Python and NetMiko to automate tasks and…
Sep 30, 2026 · 55:26
William Collins and guest Drew Meli explore the realities of buying enterprise SaaS and infrastructure. They cover the common engineering misconceptions about enterprise sales,…
Sep 29, 2026 · 37:03
In-house data centers are a hot topic again! Companies of all sorts are repatriating cloud workloads. Many want to ramp up in-house AI development, training, and production…
Sep 29, 2026 · 26:52
AI models have proven very effective at finding software vulnerabilities. This has dramatically increased the number of people (and agents) who can find bugs. But the number of…
Sep 28, 2026 · 19:47
The early exuberance of AI adoption has run up against hard-nosed business requirements around managing costs, protecting sensitive data, and matching the right model with the…
Sep 28, 2026 · 44:27
Take a Network Break! We sound a red alert for active exploits against Check Point’s Secure Gateway. On the news front, a Cisco survey says 51% of organizations run agentic AI in…
Sep 25, 2026 · 50:36
“My goal in life is to say it’s not the network!” says Ben Shapiro, senior network engineer at Eugene (OR) School District 4J, the 6th largest school district in Oregon. He joins…
Sep 25, 2026 · 58:54
Drew and Ethan talk with Kevin Nanns about his journey from network engineer to network architect. Kevin shares his experience grappling with the shift in responsibilities,…
Sep 24, 2026 · 1:09:26
Renowned Cisco Press author Wendell Odom shares how he began writing the definitive guide for the CCNA exam. Alexis, Kevin, and Wendell discuss the balance between practical,…
Sep 23, 2026 · 45:43
Ned and Kyler talk with Jim Jones about data protection, backups, and security in the age of hybrid cloud and AI. They explore the operational challenges of integrating automated…
Sep 22, 2026 · 23:52
Keith sits down with Kjetil Hansen to explore spectrum analysis and vibe coding for wireless networking tools. They also discuss building custom tools, using AI for 3D network…
Sep 22, 2026 · 36:24
Everyone is talking about autonomous AI for network operations. But in critical infrastructure, is removing the human really the right goal? In this sponsored episode, Johna and…
Sep 22, 2026 · 51:23
Today’s Packet Protector is a sponsored show that sits very nicely at the networking/security intersection. Our sponsor is NetCore, which makes the Unimus network configuration…
Sep 21, 2026 · 13:23
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk VPNs. Our sponsor is Firezone, which offers a secure remote access solution built on Wireguard. But instead of just hearing from Firezone,…
Sep 21, 2026 · 46:56
Take a Network Break! We start with listener follow-up on Arista’s vulnerability reporting, and Cisco ISE takes center stage for our Red Alert. Then we dive into EVA Networks, a…
Sep 18, 2026 · 1:13:08
Q-Day signals the public emergence of a cryptographically relevant quantum computer that can break public key encryption. The date of Q-Day is unknown but the tech industry is…
Sep 18, 2026 · 1:06:21
In this crossover episode, Scott invites William Collins and Eric Chou to do the hosting so he and Network Automation Forum (NAF) cofounder Chris Grundemann can discuss how their…
Sep 17, 2026 · 33:44
Traditional IPAM and DDI tools struggle to handle IPv6 at scale because they were originally designed around IPv4. Today Ed and Tom examine the visibility challenges posed by…
Sep 17, 2026 · 1:10:12
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol of the global internet, is finding uses in all sorts of places in 2026 beyond internet routing. It’s a huge topic. Large books…
Sep 16, 2026 · 45:37
In this sponsored episode, Paul Delory of Gartner joins Kyler and Ned to discuss the reconciler pattern for operations and the shift toward continuous operations. Together they…
Sep 16, 2026 · 51:11
Is AI going to kill us all? Frontier systems are producing real security failures, but extinction forecasts are being used to support policies that could consolidate control over…
Sep 16, 2026 · 1:00:09
Eric is joined by Sid Mathur, founder of Fastah Inc., to unpack the real-world implications of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) internet. Sid has built a career obsessing over data…
Sep 15, 2026 · 54:28
Today we talk about trying and failing. More specifically, guest Keith Tokash wrote a pair of blogs on Packet Pushers about taking, but not passing, the CCIE Security written…
Sep 15, 2026 · 26:31
In this sponsored episode, Keith is joined by Matt Starling and Troy Martin of Ekahau to announce their new Software as a Service (SaaS) licensing model. Together they explain…
Sep 15, 2026 · 37:52
In this sponsored episode, Ronny Wolf of BlueCat Networks joins Johna and John to explore the importance of API-first architecture. They also discuss how BlueCat expanded beyond…
Sep 14, 2026 · 36:31
Take a Network Break! Ivanti takes center stage with a red alert on four critical CVEs in its Neuron platform, and MikroTik also gets a mention for an actively exploited flaw in…
Sep 11, 2026 · 51:28
Jason Gintert, Co-Founder of the US Networking User Association, returns to the show to discuss his key elements and events in his professional career. Jason shares valuable…
Sep 11, 2026 · 59:24
In this sponsored episode, Kyle Baxter and Sridhar Katere from HPE join Drew to talk about automating enterprise data center networks. They discuss how HPE integrates its Apstra…
Sep 10, 2026 · 53:23
Chris Grundemann joins Alexis and Kevin to discuss his career evolution from pulling cable to co-founding the Network Automation Forum. Chris shares insights on the challenges of…
Sep 9, 2026 · 42:46
How can network architects successfully manage 95,000 hosts while navigating the complexities of large-scale cloud migrations? Devender Singh, a Principal Cloud Architect, joins…
Sep 8, 2026 · 59:58
If it feels like everything is on fire, today’s News Roundup will not dispel that feeling. We discuss consumer routers that ship with factory-installed backdoors, US law…
Sep 8, 2026 · 28:43
Keith welcomes David Coleman to examine the technical advantages and practical challenges of implementing standard power 6Ghz Wi-Fi in indoor environments. They also discuss…
Sep 8, 2026 · 28:16
Take a Network Break! We begin with follow-up on the Cisco/Teleport deal and Chinese models on US public clouds. Our Red Alert warns of two critical vulnerabilities in HPE’s…
Sep 4, 2026 · 44:03
Last year, 49,000 CVEs were published, more than 130 new vulnerabilities every day. So what actually happens with all of those CVEs in your network infrastructure? In this…
Sep 4, 2026 · 51:21
When engineers look to buy new technology they tend to focus on features and functionality, but there’s more to it than that. Sian Morgan joins Drew and Ethan to discuss the best…
Sep 3, 2026 · 32:27
Is your current network monitoring infrastructure capable of seeing IPv6 traffic or are you flying blind in a dual-stack environment? Today Ed, Nick, and Tom explore the critical…
Sep 3, 2026 · 51:16
Ethan and Holly tackle the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). They explain how this protocol helps network engineers map network topologies and validate wiring. They also…
Sep 2, 2026 · 53:22
Mark Zuckerberg argues that broadly distributed personal AI, or a “superintelligence” in his parlance, can increase prosperity and counter the risks of AI being controlled by a…
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