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N Is For Networking

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N Is For Networking deconstructs the concepts, jargon and acronyms of the data networking industry. Join grumpy old network engineer Ethan Banks with networking newcomer Holly Metlitzky for these episodes that will help you place context around networking terminology.

Episodes (53)

N4N054: Network Access Control (NAC) Basics

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N4N053: Well Actually 03 – Multicast, Routing Protocols, RFC 1918

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N4N052: Multicast Part 2

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Apr 2, 20261:25:19failed

N4N051: MPLS Fundamentals

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N4N050: Multicast Fundamentals

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Mar 5, 20261:21:11pending

N4N049: Understanding Firewalls

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Feb 19, 20261:10:05pending

N4N048: QoS Fundamentals

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Feb 5, 20261:23:53pending

N4N047: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

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Jan 22, 20261:08:00pending

N4N046: In-Band vs. Out-of-Band Management

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Jan 8, 20261:04:05pending

N4N045: Audience Follow Up & 2026 Preview

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Dec 18, 202559:01pending

N4N044: Redundancy Vs. High Availability Part 2 – HA Networking Isn’t Free

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Dec 4, 202556:29pending

N4N043: Redundancy vs. High Availability Part 1

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Nov 20, 20251:00:28pending

N4N042: Meet MACsec

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Nov 6, 202552:19pending

N4N041: Switched Virtual Interface (SVI) and Integrated Routing and Bridging (IR...

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Oct 23, 202549:58pending

N4N040: Mock Interview for a Network Administration Job

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Oct 9, 20251:03:15pending

N4N039: Configuring an IPsec Tunnel

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Sep 25, 20251:01:20pending

N4N038: Well Actually 02 – OSPF Multi-Area and LSA Types

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Sep 15, 202549:57pending

N4N037: IPsec Basics

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Aug 28, 202558:11pending

N4N036: OSPF Area Types

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N4N035: Well Actually . . . Listener Comments and Corrections

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Jul 31, 202546:35pending

N4N034: OSPF Network Types

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Jul 24, 202543:10pending

N4N033: OSPF Neighbor Formation and Timers

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Jul 17, 202556:52pending

N4N032: OSPF Basics

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Jun 26, 202556:47pending

N4N031: When Is It Time For a Routing Protocol?

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Jun 19, 202554:39pending

N4N030: Network Shapes and Sizes

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Jun 12, 20251:03:06pending

N4N029: Four Goals of Network Design

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Jun 5, 20251:04:17pending

N4N028: The Wide World of WANs

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May 29, 20251:01:13pending

N4N027: Tunneling Quirks & Features

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May 22, 202548:42pending

N4N026: What Is a Tunnel?

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May 15, 202553:43pending

N4N025: DHCP – Someone Get Me an Address!

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May 8, 202556:43pending

N4N024: DNS Security, Record Types, and Reverse DNS

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May 1, 202549:19pending

N4N023: DNS – Turning Names Into Numbers

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Apr 24, 202548:01pending

N4N022: SNMP Fundamentals

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Apr 17, 202557:40pending

N4N021: Is It the Network? Network Monitoring Basics

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Apr 10, 202556:03pending

N4N020: To Cert Or Not To Cert?

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Apr 3, 202557:48pending

N4N019: Howdy, Neighbor! And Other Routing Stuff

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Mar 27, 202542:36pending

N4N018: RIB vs. FIB & Administrative Distance or Route Preference

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Mar 20, 202552:21pending

N4N017: Routing Fundamentals

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Mar 13, 202549:48pending

N4N016: Routers Are Not Switches…Are They?

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Mar 6, 202551:30pending

N4N015: Spanning Tree Part 3 – Versions, States and Guards

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Feb 27, 202541:58pending

N4N014: Spanning Tree Part 2 – Root Bridge, Edge Port, Forwarding and Blocking

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Feb 20, 202534:58pending

N4N013: Spanning Tree Part 1 – An Introduction and Broadcast Storms

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Feb 13, 202552:33pending

N4N012: Russ White On Why We Need Network Models

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Feb 6, 202549:21pending

N4N011: What’s the Difference Between LAG, MLAG, MC-LAG, and Stacking?

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Jan 30, 202556:22pending

N4N010: Why Was the Colon Chosen as a Delimiter in IPv6?

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Jan 23, 202549:37pending

N4N009: High-Speed Ethernet Lanes Explained

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Jan 16, 202537:30pending

N4N008: What Is a Default Gateway?

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Jan 9, 202534:15pending

N4N007: Performance vs. Cost

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Dec 13, 202425:46pending

N4N006: Packet Analysis Basics

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Dec 12, 202434:12pending

N4N005: The Sort-of-Useful OSI Model

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Dec 5, 202431:59pending