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Ben Dale

@labelswitcher

NetEng by Day, and let's face it, most nights. Skate(b/h)oarder, old man on the mini-ramp. Retro-gaming. 8-bits was more than enough.

 Brisbane, Australia
Joined April 2011
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Some thoughts on programmatically generating device configurations: saidvandeklundert.net/2022-0…
Building a network configuration

Building a network configuration

Even though there are a lot of resources on rendering and building network configurations, I was missing content that describes the pattern that I have been using for some time now. This post...

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I’m sad bc there are soooo many programs out there designed to get girls & women interested in coding/programming… but really nothing for Network Engineering. & NetEng is at LEAST as cool as coding. How do we fix this? 🤔
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Borrowed from @orzelc on Facebook
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The Super Mario Bros cover is such a venerable and respected internet meme and I can only hope to have done it justice 🙏
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David Roy@door73029 Jul 2020
It is finally published juniper.net/documentation/en… Hope you'll like it. #junos #mx #juniper #reverseengineering cc. @JuniperNetworks
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It's 6-8 months away from publication, but I've decided to write another professional (and 100% free) whitepaper detailing the largest, most advanced MPLS design I've ever done. Includes core, edge, IGP, BGP, QoS, and management aspects. RT if interested to help spread the word!
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#banksy
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Got a great idea for a new Junos feature that positively impacts your user experience? Please describe: - Problem statement - Use cases - Approach - Benefits DMs are open.
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"We listened and made licensing easier."
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Yasmin Lara@YLara17 Apr 2020
I finished! Thanks to Moasi who sat next to me until I was done! momcanfixanything.com/mplsrs… - subject to edits ;-) #jkitty #jncip-sp #jncie-sp @JNETCommunity @JuniperCertify
MPLS=>RSVP=>CSPF

MPLS=>RSVP=>CSPF

I was asked about the difference between RSVP and CSPF, and I thought: “hmm, that would probably be like comparing a car’s engine with the car’s GPS”. You definitively need the engine to go anywher…

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With everything going on right now, it took me longer than I'd hoped to finish this one off. Ansible for Networking, this time with Juniper's JunOS yetiops.net/posts/ansible-fo… #ansible #junos #juniper

Ansible for Networking - Part 4: Juniper JunOS

The fourth part of my ongoing series of posts on Ansible for Networking will cover Juniper’s JunOS. You can view the other posts in the series below: - Part 1 - Start of the series Part 2 - The Lab...

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Wake up. Stay home. Save lives. Go to bed. Repeat. 🔁 #StayHomeNZ
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I had to! #StaySafeStayHome #COVID19ON #COVID19
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Check out the new @JuniperNetworks Day One book “Deploying Optimized Multicast in EVPN/VXLAN” with examples, configurations, and troubleshooting insights in Day One Library at juniper.net/dayone
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Not all heroes wear cape [ Source : youtu.be/EpnKrlbgASk ]
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Jeff@fryguy_pa30 Dec 2019
#JNPRAmbassador @saidvandeklunde shares how he organizes his scripts and reuses his code by extending Junos PyEZ with his own subclass saidvandeklundert.net/2019-1… #JuniperAmbassador
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Mist isn’t just fillling a gap in Junipers port folio. It’s leveraging its AI functionality for all product lines #NXTWORK
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Can’t be more happy! Thanks @ramirahim @JuniperNetworks for recognising me with “Esteemed Author” Ambassador award. Its truly an honour to be a part of this genius group and contribute to the networking community. Achievement unlocked!🥳 – at Paradise, NV
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All the videos from @nanog last week are already online, including mine on Timeseries Database & Grafana for Network Engineer youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… #telegraf #prometheus #grafana #gnmi
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