So this past week or two I’ve been playing quite heavily with Citrix XenServer and found it has a few little quirks that weren’t fully documented anywhere.
Category: Networking
RANCID 3.1
Just found a very annoying bug in RANCID 3.1, which also exists in RANCID 3.0 All the documentation for the proper configuration of your router.db file says it must be in the format hostname:manufactuer:status However when trying to do a rancid-run…
Tagged with: RANCID
Configuring a Juniper SRX110 Router
Recently I was configuring a pair of Junipers SRX110s in a cluster configuration and found something that doesnt seem to be documented anywhere else, so I thought I’d share this little gotcha that had me running circles for a little while. This…
Tagged with: Juniper
F5 Buys Linerate Systems
Recently F5 announced their purchase of Linerate Systems link. So why is this news? Well it’s the latest in a series of purchases by all the major players. VMWare bought Nicira link, Cisco didn’t acquire anyone (yet) but they’re making…
Configuring a Cisco 887 and Telstra 3G WAN
Recently I had to configure a Cisco 887 (specifically an 887VAG) for connecting via Telstra’s 3G WAN service. Whilst there are several guides including Cisco’s own excellent documentation nothing was exactly what I was looking for so I thought I’d share…
