Posts with a category of "Networking" (12)
Ping's IP Address Completion Feature
A meme came across my feed today that demonstrated a "pro tip" in which to ping your loopback address 127.0.0.1 you would have to only …
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Python Get Subnet Info from an IP Address within the Subnet
When working with IP addresses programmatically it will at times be required to get details of the subnet such as the subnet address, broadcast, or …
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Python ipaddress Module Get Next Network
When working with IP addresses and IP networks using pythons ipaddress module it is not straightforward how to get the next ipv4 subnet if you …
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Cisco View Running Config at Custom Privilege Level
On a Cisco router or switch in order to view the configuration by default you must have privilege level 15 access which allows full access …
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Jumbo Frames
In this post I will be discussing jumbo frames, what they are, their benefits, drawbacks, and when to use them. By the end of this …
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Python Generate Random MAC Address
When sanitizing output for this website I find myself replacing MAC addresses of various types such as colon separated, dot separated, and hyphen separated. I …
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