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HW080: WLAN Pros’ Wi-Fi Troubleshooting Course May 26, 2026

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The tool does not troubleshoot your network, you troubleshoot your network and the tool just shows you what’s there. If you don’t have a method, it doesn’t matter how many tools you have, you’ll just stare at more data. Today Keith is joined by Ferney Munoz to discuss a new course: the WLAN Pros Wi-Fi... Read more »

NB576: IBM Gets Big Bucks to Build Quantum Chip Fab; AT&T Sues to Hang Up on Copper Phone Lines May 26, 2026

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Take a Network Break! We sound the alarm about a critical vulnerability in an on-prem Azure stack. On the news side, AI NetOps startup Selector adds public cloud observability to its portfolio, Versa Networks adds zero trust capabilities to its AI assistant, and IBM gets a billion-dollar investment to build a foundry to fabricate quantum... Read more »

TNO063: Automating Human-Centric NetOps is Finally Achievable May 22, 2026

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Scott sits down with Avi Freedman, CEO and co-founder of Kentik, to discuss if AI has advanced enough to automate human-centric NetOps. Together they caution against vendor hype regarding closed-loop network automation despite the progress AI has made. Avi also shares his personal experiences in the industry and the hard won lessons he learned along... Read more »

HN828: How Selector Unifies Cloud and On-Prem Network Observability (Sponsored) May 22, 2026

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Selector is extending its AI-driven network observability capabilities into public clouds. On today’s sponsored episode, we dig into how Selector gathers and analyzes public cloud network telemetry, how it integrates cloud and on-prem network data to provide end-to-end visibility, how it integrates with third-party Application Performance Monitoring (APM) systems to correlate network and application performance,... Read more »

LIU015: Eyvonne Sharp: From Farm Roots to the Cloud May 21, 2026

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Today’s guest is Eyvonne Sharp, a Google Cloud technical leader, Network Collective co-founder, co-host of The Cloud Gambit podcast, and former network architect at a Fortune 100. Eyvonne shares stories from her impressive career, offers advice to her younger self, and how to appreciate those “magic” moments in your career when a project fires on... Read more »

NAN123: How ION Meets the Out-of-this-World Challenges of Deep-Space Networking May 20, 2026

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Eric Chou and guest host Drew Conry-Murray sit down with deep space networking specialist Scott Spicer. Following the Artemis 2 mission, they discuss the challenges of long-delay space communications and the essential technologies making it possible such as the Interplanetary Overlay Network (ION), Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN), and Contact Graph Routing (CGR). AdSpot Sponsor: Meter Meter... Read more »

TCG076: Packet Pushers Assemble! Bridging the Telemetry Divide May 20, 2026

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Today our Packet Pushers team assembles to discuss whether the grass is greener on the NetOps or DevOps side of the telemetry fence. William of The Cloud Gambit, Scott of Total Network Operations, and Ned and Kyler of Day Two DevOps discuss the difficulties and differences of getting telemetry and state from devices across different... Read more »

PP110: News Roundup–Linux Fragged, Edge’s Password Manager Dragged, Android Intrusions Tagged, and More May 19, 2026

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JJ and Drew unpack an overstuffed suitcase of infosec stories in today’s News Roundup. Microsoft’s Edge password manager stores credentials in plaintext and Microsoft says “Yup”, the Linux kernel takes a one-two punch from Dirty Frag and Fragnesia, and a new industry coalition takes critical infrastructure protection private. A Taiwanese radio enthusiast allegedly brings high-speed... Read more »

HS132: Heart of Glasswing May 19, 2026

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How can enterprise IT folks prepare for the age of Mythos? Anthropic says its Claude Mythos model is so much better at finding software vulnerabilities that it has delayed public release. Instead Anthropic launched Project Glasswing to give IT infrastructure and software makers early access, so they can have some lead time to address vulnerabilities... Read more »

HW079: Driving AI Efficacy in Wi-Fi (Sponsored) May 19, 2026

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Every wireless vendor has an AI story. What actually matters now? Efficacy. Recorded live at Mobility Field Day, Keith sits down with HPE’s Bob Friday right off the show floor to discuss how HPE’s announcements are driving toward an autonomous network and what features are the key to truly making a difference in day-to-day life... Read more »