AI Tells Stories
Gossip column of the networking world. The nosy friend that keeps tabs on who is coming and going.
Welcome to the human network.
2008
FTP-DATA + TELNET
What is 43?
FTP-DATA (20) + TELNET (23)While it may seem wasteful, it's standard to allocate this size subnet for each point to point link.
What is a /64?
Cat6, 10G-BASET
What is 55m or ~180ft?
Stackable 20-bit field used to help move packets in most service provider networks
What is an MPLS Label?
Phone Numbers for host, but on steroids! It's like calling the pizza shop in a parallel universe!
What is an IPv6 address?
Simple sets you free.
What is 3com?
2000
HTTP - CHARGEN
What is 61?
HTTP (80) - CHARGEN (19)
This event in 2008 was the first world event to support IPv6.
What is the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics?
Multi-mode, OM2, 10GBASE-SR
What is 82m or ~269ft?
24-bit field used for tunneling traffic
What is a VXLAN VNI?
Little Robot minions take take care of everything, and never ask for vacation time, and don't spill their coffee in the data center.
What is network automation?
The past, present, and future of network computing.
TACACS + GOPHER
What is 119?
TACACS (49) + GOPHER (70)
The first IPv6 RFC was passed in 1995, IPv6 wasn't ratified as a internet standard until this year.
When is 2017?
Multi-mode, OM2, 100GBASE-SR4
What is "that's never going to work"?
48-bit address typically written with a colon between each byte
What is a MAC address?
A wizard with a rainbow-colored wand! It's like having a disco party for data!
What is DWDM?
The network is the computer.
Who is Sun?
1995
BGP - IMAP + TCPMUX
What is 37?
BGP (179) - IMAP (143) + TCPMUX (1)There are 4 of these between pairs of colons in an IPv6 address, or two octets.
What is a nibble?
Single Mode Fiber, Serial, 100GBASE-DR
What is 500m or 1804ft?
A 10-byte address with a 4-byte network address and a 6-byte node address
What is an IPX address?
It's like giving your data a VIP pass through the internet club! No long queues or FIB checks
MPLS
Infrastructure. It starts with you.
Who is HP?
2001
TFPS / DISCARD
FTPS (990) / DISCARD (9)
In a /48, there are this many /56s.
What is 256?
Single Mode Fiber, 100GBASE-ZR
What is 82km or ~51mi?
4-byte address with a 2-byte network number, a 1-byte node number, and a byte for the socket
What is an AppleTalk address?