Articles tagged with network_configuration

1. ncutil - OS X's Missing Network Configuration Utility

   Posted on June 06, 2007 in System Administration

   If you've ever had to administer a Mac OS X system from afar, you know how difficult it can be to manage network settings. The Network Preference Panel under System Preferences is a great tool if you have remote access to the <acronym title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</acronym>, but …

2. Implement a Sensible Naming Policy in Cisco IOS

   Posted on April 10, 2007 in Networking

   Network configuration names are not decoration. They are operational metadata. When something is broken at 2:00 a.m., the difference between ACL-EDGE-IN and access-list is not aesthetic. It is the difference between narrowing the blast radius quickly and spelunking through hundreds or thousands of lines of Cisco IOS configuration …