Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFaster Than Dijkstra? Exploring a New Shortest-Path Algorithm with Bruce Davie
Episode 825
Dijkstra’s algorithm is the foundation of shortest path calculations for link state routing protocols. But researchers have developed a new algorithm…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
That’s Not a Job for an LLM: The Right Way to Apply AI to Network Operations (Sponsored)
Episode 824
On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking, we get off the AI hype train to talk about how different artificial intelligence techniques usefully impact ne…
3 months ago
Defining A Modern Network Service
Episode 823
On today’s episode Ethan is joined by Mark Prosser, a self-described Network Operator Advocate and Network Automation Dreamer, to embark on a thought…
3 months, 1 week ago
Now I Understand. You Mean an AI-Safe Zero-Trust Network Automation Approach. (Sponsored)
Episode 822
On today’s sponsored episode we talk with David Gee, CEO at Curvium, a systems integrator and VAR. David holds thoughtful opinions about network auto…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Boring Network Design Is Good
Episode 821
Ethan Banks sits down with Ryan Hamel at the 96th North American Network Operators’ Group (NANOG96). Ryan, a network automation developer for the Zay…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Cyber Week 2026 Wrap Up with Palo Alto Networks: Agents, Prisma AIRS and NGTS (Sponsored)
Episode 820
Palo Alto Networks released a slew of product news at the 2026 RSA conference around AI security, SASE, and a new certificate lifecycle management of…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Recipes for Automation - A Look Inside Eric Chou's AI Networking Cookbook
Episode 819
Eric Chou, author of the AI Networking Cookbook and host of Network Automation Nerds, joins Ethan and Drew to discuss adding artificial intelligence …
4 months ago
Introducing LIM: A Large Infrastructure Model for Multi-Cloud Terraform Migration (Sponsored)
Episode 818
One of the early promises of public cloud was that, in theory, you could move workloads from Cloud Provider A to Cloud Provider B for any number of r…
4 months, 1 week ago
Is There a Better Way to Do Software Defined Networking?
Episode 817
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a centralized architecture in which a controller, or a hierarchy of controllers, runs software that computes net…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the Case: A Hardware Deep Dive with Meter (Sponsored)
Episode 816
Our topic today is the designing and building of high-performance networking hardware. If you assume the hardware details don’t matter, you’re missin…
4 months, 4 weeks ago