June 2026
Cisco Multicloud Fabric: The Network-as-a-Service Push
Cisco Multicloud Fabric aims to simplify site-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud networking with a Cisco-operated fabric, zero-trust routing, firewall chaining, and ThousandEyes visibility.
Prowlarr Troubleshooting: Diagnose Failed Indexers and App Sync
Diagnose Prowlarr indexer tests, sync drift, URL-base errors, category mismatches, and health alerts without exposing credentials or overwriting working Sonarr and Radarr settings.
AgenticOps for Network Engineers: Useful Automation or Marketing Term?
AgenticOps is useful only when it is grounded in telemetry, topology, approvals, simulation, and rollback. Here is how network engineers should evaluate it.
Media Server Storage Design: NAS, CIFS/NFS Mounts, Permissions, and Local Cache
Design reliable storage for Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr using NAS mounts, CIFS or NFS, Linux permissions, local cache, and rebuildable paths.
UniFi Site Magic SD-WAN: Setup, Routing, Security, and Operational Limits
Choose a UniFi Site Magic topology with clear routing, NAT, isolation, ownership, capacity, validation, and failure boundaries before connecting production networks.
Catalyst Campus Fabric: eBGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and the Path to Macro and Microsegmentation
Distinguish BGP EVPN campus fabrics from SD-Access, then assess VRF routing separation, supported TrustSec policy, shared failure domains, and validation requirements for a bounded pilot.
Cisco Cloud Control Explained: What It Means for Network Operations
Evaluate Cisco Cloud Control through a read-only pilot, checking connected-product prerequisites, regional eligibility, approval authority, telemetry quality, and rollback before allowing staged or automated changes.
Plex Homelab Architecture: Storage, GPU Transcoding, and Library Design
Plan a Plex and Arr homelab around storage, GPU transcoding, library structure, automation boundaries, backups, monitoring, and lawful personal media use.
Cisco Secure Access: Where SSE, ZTNA, SD-WAN, and AI Security Meet
A practical look at Cisco Secure Access, SSE, ZTNA, Meraki SD-WAN integration, AI application control, and how to design a migration away from legacy VPN assumptions.
My Ubiquiti UniFi Home Network: Business-Grade Networking at Home
Explore a UniFi home topology with separate gateway, controller, switches, and wired access points, plus VLAN policy, dual WAN, configuration backups, and staged updates.