Python Data types are an essential part of the Python programming language. Python has built-in data types that we can use to store different kinds of information. The default most common data types are: We will explore integers and floats in more detail in the next post!
Why Should I Care About Learning a Programming Language? What benefit will it give me? This was a question I used to ask myself because I could open a text file, write my configuration out, and find and replace elements of the file. This is what I was doing for a long, long time. Fast
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I’m back, and It is good to be back! What seemed like only a few weeks turned out to be about a 4’ish year or so absence. I missed blogging, and boy, has a lot happened in that short 4-year absence! To say I missed doing this blog thing is an understatement. Since my days
When I say OSPF route filtering, I know what some of you think: “Mike, did you bang your head on something? LSDBs have to be consistent across the entire area for OSPF to calculate SPF properly, so how can you filter routes?” There are three ways to filter routes in OSPF, they are: Each of
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I was interacting with someone on Cisco Learning Network a few weeks ago. This person was dead set on not retaking ICND 2. He was so close to passing the two times he took it. I didn’t want him to regret not trying at least one more time. While I understand there may have been
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Greetings, fellow blog readers! So far, 2016 is shaping to be a fantastic and hectic year. I just wanted to let my readers know I was selected as a Cisco Designated VIP for 2016! This is an extreme honor, and I am humbled that the moderators on Cisco’s Learning Network chose me for this.
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Cloud computing comprises several models with entirely different meanings for different people. To cut out all the “he said this, she said that” that can happen. NIST, or the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has defined deployment models, service models, and essential characteristics of Cloud Computing. This is my take on their definitions are
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We are at the close of another year here at routedinterface.com. Let us take a moment to reflect on the blog and personal achievements from 2015; Starting with personal, the biggest thing that happened was I relocated my family to sunny Atlanta, GA. I left my previous company for a Network Architect role with a
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A few days ago, I passed DCUFD and earned my Cisco Certified Network Professional in Data Center! The test had some issues with it, but I think it was a fair certification to gauge if someone has been around Cisco’s Data Center product line. As with all tests, there are a few gotchas, but I
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Fellow Cisco people, I am back! After a long hiatus, I have decided to stop paying my hosting provider tons of money to keep a blog with a few posts. I never stopped to think that SNMP was a topic people would have an issue with. SNMP versions 1 and 2c are easy to configure;
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