Network Field Day 4

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Network Field Day 4[/fancy_header3] Network Field Day 4 is upon us again! I was honored by the Network Field Day delegates and asked to participate as a delegate in Network Field Day 4 in Silicon Valley starting at 1:30PM PST. Not only do the Field Day event staff record the events but they also… Continue reading Network Field Day 4

OpenStack Folsom Quantum Devstack Installation Tutorial

[fancy_header3 variation=”steelblue”]OpenStack Folsom Quantum Devstack Installation Tutorial and Screencast[/fancy_header3] [colored_box variation=”steelblue”] Installing OpenStack Grizzly with DevStack : Here is an updated Grizzly DevStack tutorial since Folsom is coming to an end. [/colored_box] This is a quick guide that includes a diagram of a working reference architecture for installation of the OpenStack Folsom release using which… Continue reading OpenStack Folsom Quantum Devstack Installation Tutorial

XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux[/fancy_header3] [image_frame style=”framed_shadow” align=”right” alt=”XRDP for Linux Remote Access” height=”160″ width=”160″]http://networkstatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/xrdp-logo.jpg[/image_frame] XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux – Quick tutorial for an installation on Linux (Ubuntu specifically but easily ported) for an easy remote desktop (RDP) setup for Linux. Setting up remote GUI… Continue reading XRDP Installation: An Easy Remote Desktop Setup for Linux

Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet[/fancy_header3] There is a new FloodLight OpenFlow SDN controller GUI out from a Marist College and IBM research group/internship. I am guessing it is the same IBM researcher that developed the FloodLight web UI. This applet allows one to instantiate a flow from the GUI along with a couple of… Continue reading Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

SDN Floodlight Controller GUI Topology Video and Install

SDN Floodlight Controller GUI Topology Video and Install: There is a new topology component to the OpenFlow Controller FloodLight. The page is located in the GUI Web UI under the “Topology” menu and the balls on the screen represent hosts. I haven’t checked the listserv to see where they are going with it but it’s… Continue reading SDN Floodlight Controller GUI Topology Video and Install

How Headers Encapsulate in the OSI stack

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]How Headers Encapsulate in the OSI stack[/fancy_header3] How Headers Encapsulate in the OSI stack: Part 2 of some refreshers. We send application data or payload by encapsulating or framing each layer within the previous layer. We looked at each one individually and now here is how they look when each layer is wrapped inside the… Continue reading How Headers Encapsulate in the OSI stack