Your Mom is a Default VLAN...

In case you are looking for them, here are the OID's for CPU and sessions within ScreenOS. I'd like to get a better list of OID's.  I mean, I imported the MIB's into the SMNP tool I was using, but I can't find any good resource OID's. CPU Utilization 1.3.6.1.4.1.3224.16.1.3.0 Session Counters 1.3.6.1.4.1.3224.16.3.2.0

I received this email as a member of a Juniper group within Google, and I was a bit blown away by the fact that someone, first of all, would be willing to pay someone else to get them certified. But then I realized after some thought, while consulting with some of the knuckleheads that I have had to work with that have > 5 certifications all from different vendors, and couldn't possibly due the work they were hired for. Honestly. I've seen it and been dumbfounded by the amount of coin they were pulling in and then they would have me do the work. Awesome. Is this the end of how certifications are valued? I of course have NEVER thought highly of certifications. My biggest reason is because so many test questions are so loaded and NEVER straight forward and are so subjective that you have to guess what {Enter Vendor Name Here} wants instead of interesting factual information.  <!@%^%$#>  I hate tests but not enough to be a  <!@%^%$#>   <!@%^%$#> ...

These numbers are all based on 64 byte packets. The HP 2800-24G and the 1800-24G can do 35.7 Mpps with 48 Gbps switching fabric. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L can do 6.5 Mpps with 32 Gbps switching fabric. The Juniper EX 3200-24T can do 65 Mpps with 88 Gbps switching fabric. The Foundry EdgeIron 24G can do 35.7 Mpps with 48 Gbps switching fabric. Buy Cisco, and you're the big loser....

You know things are bad when HP starts hiking prices on memory. Click on the image and look at the first PC2 5300 memory option. Shit!

The goal was to put to bed the final question that everyone asks and no one ever has a solid answer for, can you get 1.5Mbps up and 1.5Mbps down on a data T1. We have had multiple customers ask us this question recently, so I fired up two routers today to get solid results with empirical evidence to show everyone that has asked. Here's what I had; a Crisco 1720, a Juniper J2300, one laptop (WinXP) and one desktop (WinXP). Both machines are running WSFTP Server and I used the FTP client via CLI in Windows. Both T1 interfaces are configured with the IP's shown in the diagram, and encapsulation set to PPP. Using PRTG we sampled the T1 interfaces for traffic utilization via SNMP. Sampling rate was set to every 10 seconds with averaging set to 1 minute. The defaults are 60 seconds and 5 minutes respectively. The graphs below shows traffic utilization while a FTP transfer of a 593+ MB ISO to the laptop from the desktop was underway. This is to simply show traffic being transferred in...

This is our end result. An out of service (though still operational) 120 lb Cisco Catalyst 5509 chassis. This replaces a 4 legged open metal base as the original base of the table. The felt pads that are seen on the corners are supporting and protecting the glass on top of the chassis. In the middle of the table, under the glass, a glass chess board. The blades are seperated and the slot covers removed to provide space between each blade which become sliding shelves. Ultimately, this table cost us a whole $3.50. I didn't buy the glass, chess set, or the switch. Not a bad deal I'd say.