How to get one when you don’t have one and what happens when its gone! There is so much propaganda out there today (and I am not even referring to politics), it feels good to go back to fundamentals. Few things are more foundational to networking than Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). It is inconceivable to READ MORE
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No Rest for SuzieQ
To be clear, it is true that SuzieQ never rests but it is also true that SuzieQ always RESTS, that is, the SuzieQ REST API is available to answer your network questions and help automate your network workflows. In my previous post about SuzieQ we focused on getting started and asking questions about our network READ MORE
Network Automation is not an Effortless Spacewalk
NASA Images Photo by Astronaut Tom Stafford Recent events have shown us that successfully landing on the moon is anything but routine and no easy feat. Somehow it seems we are surprised. Thats puzzling. I recently read The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America’s Race in Space by Eugene Cernan and READ MORE
Kill the CLI
As the conversation about Network Automation flows around us, this topic seems to be getting some traction (and quite a reaction!). Have you disabled the CLI? Should we disable the CLI? How long before the CLI is disabled? I don’t believe those are the question we should be asking but it made me examine why READ MORE
Whoop Dee Doo for my SuzieQ!
or How I Gained Fabric Like Visibility on a Campus Network Without Any Upgrades Last Updated: 2025-07-26 Latest on PyPi: suzieq 0.24.0 The network automation landscape moves fast and there is always something you come across which sparks your interest, but sometimes all you can do is it make note of it and hope you READ MORE
How Network Engineers Can Manage Credentials and Keys More Securely in Python
For me, 2020 is going to be the year of taking my automation skills to the next level, and a Pandemic is not going to get in the way of that goal (much)! At the top of the list is handling credentials and API keys in a more secure fashion so lets look at how READ MORE
Getting Started with pyATS (and Genie)
What is Python Automated Test System (pyATS)? None of the answers I found to this question really made much sense to me initially. A Python3 based Test Automation and Validation Framework developed by Cisco (but open and extensible to any vendor) is probably the best short answer but still too vague. Add in Genie because, READ MORE
Using Python and Pandas to look at Pandemic Data
The script and supporting files in this repository are intended to show how the Python Pandas module can be used to analyze data, specifically COVID-19 data. I am going to recommend 3 data sets to “investigate”: WHO (Download from 06 April 2020) CSSEGISandData on GitHub New York Times US Data GitHub Repository Background WHO Data READ MORE
FuzzyWuzzy was a Python Module
An example of using the fuzzywuzzy Python module to match data sets with similar but not exact data – fuzzy matches! I was recently given a list of locations that I had to analyze. For the analysis, I needed data that was not in the original list (lets call that the source list). Luckily I READ MORE
How much network automation stuff should I learn as a network engineer? & Passing the DevNet Associates Exam
It is important to note that the question is not “should I learn any?” but rather “how much should I learn?”. The new Cisco DevNet Certifications help us answer that question. Let me share my journey to that conclusion. In early February I decided to take the DevNet Associates Exam. I scheduled it for the READ MORE