Episodios

  • HN821: Boring Network Design Is Good

    HN821: Boring Network Design Is Good
    Apr 3 2026
    Ethan Banks sits down with Ryan Hamel at the 96th North American Network Operators’ Group (NANOG96). Ryan, a network automation developer for the Zayo Group, talks about why boring network design is actually a good thing. He and Ethan explore why simplicity and standardization are key to long-term success. They also emphasize the importance of... Read more »
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    56 m
  • HN820: Cyber Week 2026 Wrap Up with Palo Alto Networks: Agents, Prisma AIRS and NGTS (Sponsored)

    HN820: Cyber Week 2026 Wrap Up with Palo Alto Networks: Agents, Prisma AIRS and NGTS (Sponsored)
    Mar 27 2026
    Palo Alto Networks released a slew of product news at the 2026 RSA conference around AI security, SASE, and a new certificate lifecycle management offering. On today’s Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, Ethan and Drew dig into these announcements to get details about how they work. They also talk about the risks of... Read more »
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    39 m
  • HN819: Recipes for Automation – A Look Inside Eric Chou’s AI Networking Cookbook

    HN819: Recipes for Automation – A Look Inside Eric Chou’s AI Networking Cookbook
    Mar 20 2026
    Eric Chou, author of the AI Networking Cookbook and host of Network Automation Nerds, joins Ethan and Drew to discuss adding artificial intelligence to your network automation toolbox. The AI Networking Cookbook is aimed at network engineers and provides a systematic approach to learning AI for network automation. Together they break down pros and cons... Read more »
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    1 h y 2 m
  • HN818: Introducing LIM: A Large Infrastructure Model for Multi-Cloud Terraform Migration (Sponsored)

    HN818: Introducing LIM: A Large Infrastructure Model for Multi-Cloud Terraform Migration (Sponsored)
    Mar 13 2026
    One of the early promises of public cloud was that, in theory, you could move workloads from Cloud Provider A to Cloud Provider B for any number of reasons: lower costs, new capabilities, better uptime, and so on. In practice, once a workload goes into a public cloud and you build out all the other... Read more »
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    59 m
  • HN817: Is There a Better Way to Do Software Defined Networking?

    HN817: Is There a Better Way to Do Software Defined Networking?
    Mar 6 2026
    Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a centralized architecture in which a controller, or a hierarchy of controllers, runs software that computes network-engineered paths and pushes that forwarding scheme into the network. It’s also very complex, which can lead to network failures. What if there was a way to keep the benefits of SDN while also... Read more »
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    57 m
  • HN816: Inside the Case: A Hardware Deep Dive with Meter (Sponsored)

    HN816: Inside the Case: A Hardware Deep Dive with Meter (Sponsored)
    Feb 27 2026
    Our topic today is the designing and building of high-performance networking hardware. If you assume the hardware details don’t matter, you’re missing the intentional engineering required to build truly reliable and quiet infrastructure. In this sponsored episode, we discuss Meter’s hardware philosophy with our guest, Joshua Markell, Head of Hardware at Meter. Joshua walks us... Read more »
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    59 m
  • HN815: All About PCE

    HN815: All About PCE
    Feb 20 2026
    Traditional routing protocols like OSPF simply choose the “shortest” path. If the shortest path is full of traffic and there are alternate paths carrying nothing, OSPF can’t help you. Path Computation Element (PCE) along with Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) is a way to construct forwarding paths through the network based on factors that distributed... Read more »
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    1 h y 14 m
  • HN814: Automating Your Network with Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager (Sponsored)

    HN814: Automating Your Network with Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager (Sponsored)
    Feb 13 2026
    Our topic today is building and running network workflows. If your network workflows live in a spreadsheet, a SharePoint document, or in your head, you really need a workflow manager. A workflow manager brings scalability, repeatability, and consistency to your network operations team. In this sponsored episode, we discuss Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager. Our guests... Read more »
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    48 m