Below is a of a master doc of all my BGP notes, previously I was keeping this hidden away in a google doc but I thought why not share it with the world. If you see any issues let me know! As I always say, I’m no expert but I try my best! These are […]
Category: Networking posts
OSPF Master notes for study and interview prep
Below is a bit of a master doc personally of all my OSPF notes, previously I was keeping this hidden away in a google doc but I thought why not share it with the world. If you see any issues let me know!These notes are prefect for some general study or some quick interview prep! […]
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 […]
Juniper interface not showing in ospf
So Today I was trying to run ospf and have a lan connected interface in the ospf topology so the route for the lan could be included within the network.For some reason, it wasn’t working GRRR but all the configuration was there. It turns out if you have an ip address with a mask of /32 assigned […]
VMX with EVE-NG
Hi all, Today i’ve been trying to setup a bit of a basic lab for jncip-sp exam prep and I was having a few issues getting things running First of all I used the VMX trial some details here – https://www.juniper.net/us/en/dm/free-vmx-trial/ There are plenty of dubious Youtube videos on how to install a 14.1 Version of […]
VMX startup commands
Just a dump of certain commands to remember to configure for starting up a VMX Some Chassis/system base settings Start by setting the license, you can get a demo for free from https://www.juniper.net/us/en/dm/free-vmx-trial/ Then we add the license using request system license add terminal once this is completed we are good to configure: set system […]
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 […]