Views: 361As I have begun to master AI – not to eliminate the human race (duh) – but to help me solve networking issues, correct errors, improve understanding, etc., and experiencing the tremendous improvement of AI in general (anyone that says “AI is usually inaccurate” is not up to date and you can disregard anything
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Views: 968For decades, network automation meant converting a human-designed, generally manual, memorized or scripted procedure into a repeatable process. An engineer decided what should happen, defined the required steps, tested the process, and authorized the “automation” to execute those steps. The automation might provision a VLAN, update a routing policy, restart a failed service, backup
Views: 865Practical ChatGPT Skills for Troubleshooting, Wi-Fi, Packet Analysis, Safety, Documentation, and Customer Communication 2-Day Instructor-Led Hands-On CourseClick Here to go to our Service Provider Courses. Course Description Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming another tool available to broadband technicians—but knowing how to use AI effectively, safely, and responsibly is a skill in itself. CSI-OL-009 is
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Views: 2,742I have been teaching Wireshark classes since the early 2000’s, and using it since it was called Ethereal. My usage has primarily focused around troubleshooting network issues that have a packet capture associated with them. My fellow troubleshooters will tell you that this is not always the case. But, if we are lucky to
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Views: 2,050What I have created here is a somewhat technical SWOT Analysis for Network Engineers and Technicians for one of today’s top networking subjects of interest: the high speed needs being delivered by Ethernet technology for AI and for Data Centers. Introduction: Why High-Speed Ethernet Matters in AI Infrastructure High-Speed Ethernet has become a foundational
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Views: 7,903I am a ChatGPT subscriber to the basic (not PRO) service. I saw the following post on LinkedIn and was fascinated: Think about the implications. You don’t need to know how to use Wireshark other than to do a capture. You certainly don’t need to know how to troubleshoot packet captures as ChatGPT can
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Views: 3,079In Networking we have always used a Layered Model to represent and apply network functions and protocols and their relationships to one another. Whether you like 7 layers or 4 layers is all wasted argument to me. I am a packet guy, and in the packets the protocols are layered. Any manipulation of this
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Views: 4,827As a follow on to my article on whether AI can be used in Networking, this post dives in deeper to a question of will humans still be involved? And if so, how do we upskill that human expertise? To successfully integrate AI into network automation while ensuring human expertise is maintained, organizations and
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Views: 2,758Cisco had a free self paced, online learning course – until March 24th, 2025! I don’t know if it is still available – I think they are charging now. The course is called: AI Solutions on Cisco Infrastructure Essentials | DCAIE. Learn about the essentials of deploying, migrating, and operating AI solutions on Cisco data center
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Views: 2,577Before I provide the example, let’s be straight up about AI. Relying on AI for everything is problematic because it diminishes human critical thinking, introduces biases, and creates dependency on automation that may not always be reliable. While AI excels at processing vast amounts of data and automating tasks, it lacks intuition, ethical reasoning,
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Views: 2,510As a hands-on technical author and instructor, I have been wondering if AI could possibly replace me. OK, perhaps not replace me, but instead enhance the training I have been providing for decades. I have discussed this with a number of others both on the instructional side and on the student side. From these
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Views: 2,378A recent discussion with several colleagues led to a discussion on how AI can be leveraged in the world of internetworking. With all the hype around AI, some pretty crazy things are being claimed by vendors, but looking under the surface requires specific solutions and, frankly, things become very vendor specific very quickly. I
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Views: 4,877The following are some AI tools that you may find very useful in your life and even small business. For example, Microsoft is in the process of launching a Microsoft 365 AI based assistant called Copilot for the office suite of programs (you can read more about this here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-a-whole-new-way-to-work/) There are a lot of
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