How to monitor an interface for utilization

So this is a big thing. As you might know from reading my blog on my FYP progress: https://jonathansteward.co.uk/index.php/blog-post/fyp-progress-27th-feb/ that I’m using SNMP instead of NetFlow There isn’t a good reason for this its just I’d prefer to keep things simple and poll an SNMP value, rather than set up a NetFlow server and deal with […]

Traceroute and MTR not working in Virtual machines (Waiting for reply / no reply) and NAT explanation

So today I hit a bit of a weird situation while playing with an embedded version of Ubuntu running on windows… Usually, when I get started with a VM I trigger a quick ping just to double-check its got connectivity but this time I tried MTR (I was curious if the embedded version would nicely […]

Free Junos Juniper Labs

Yes, you read the title correct, free online virtualized Junos labs are available at the time of writing. More information can be found here https://jlabs.juniper.net/vlabs/portal/index.page Some caveats come with this though! You will need a Juniper account This requires a “professional” email address and standard hotmail/Gmail accounts won’t be accepted as far as I know Mine […]