Blog Posts in October 2024
netlab 1.9.1: Packet Capture, Routing Improvements
netlab release 1.9.1 brings packet capture capabilities and numerous routing features:
- IS-IS route redistribution and IS-IS VRF instances
- RIPv2/Ripng route redistribution and VRF instances
- Configurable RIPv2/RIPng protocol timers
We also added support for Cisco IOSv layer-2 image. You’ll find more details in the release notes.
BGP Labs: Improvements (September 2024)
I spent a few days in a beautiful place with suboptimal Internet connectivity. The only thing I could do whenever I got bored (without waiting for the Internet gnomes to hand-carry the packets across the mountain passes) was to fix the BGP labs on a Ubuntu VM running on my MacBook Air (hint: it all works).
Big things first. I added validation to these labs:
Repost: Layer-3-Only EVPN Behind the Scenes
After publishing the EVPN L3VPN lab-building instructions, I published a deep dive into EVPN and data-plane data structures. You might have missed it, as it was published in mid-August.