Tools, Tips and Reviews for Network Engineers
It’s time to vent some frustration everybody!! If you have worked on Cisco devices for any length of time, or even if you have just started work with Cisco routers, you know that the Cisco command line interface can be a frustrating thing. The consistency of the syntax of a given command can vary significantly from platform [...]
Everyday we get emails and comments from readers asking about network engineer jobs. How to become a network engineer? Where should I start? Will certifications help? What kind of salary can I expect? And many more questions just like these. As we answer these questions our hope is and always will be that we can [...]
One of the biggest questions we get almost everyday from our readers is asking how to become a network engineer. With so much concern and interest, if this many people are emailing us directly then there is no doubt many more people out there who have the same questions. Hopefully we can clear up some [...]
With another Christmas right around the corner many network shops are getting ready for the Christmas break. This can mean one of two things for you as a network engineer. Either lots of work with everyone off, or little work and lots of on-call. Either way, as a network engineer our job doesn’t really take [...]
Are Network Engineers Merely High Tech Plumbers?
Why are network engineers so bitter about managing virtualization? Rivka Gewirtz Little Published: 13 Apr 2012 Network engineers are tired of being viewed as plumbers—especially when it comes to managing virtualization. After all, the job of supporting virtualized traffic goes so much deeper than providing an always-available pipe. Systems teams understand the complexity of a [...]