Episodes

  • Hedge 288: Loneliness

    Hedge 288: Loneliness
    Nov 13 2025
    Sometimes we just like to talk about “life issues” as they relate to network engineering and technology career fields. Loneliness seems to especially plague network engineering and other “small” IT fields, where communities are small, change is rapid, and stress is high. Loneliness expert Lucy Rose joins Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ to discuss loneliness. Check…
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    51 mins
  • Hedge 287: IPv6 in Planned Economies

    Hedge 287: IPv6 in Planned Economies
    Nov 7 2025
    Do planned economies, like China, have an advantage in deploying IPv6? What do the numbers on the DFZ show? George Michaelson joins Russ and Tom to discuss.
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    50 mins
  • Hedge 286: Roundtable

    Hedge 286: Roundtable
    Oct 31 2025
    It's time again for Tom, Eyvonne, and Russ to talk about current articles they've run across in their day-to-day reading. This time we talk about WiFi in the home, how often users think a global problem is really local, and why providers have a hard time supporting individual homes and businesses. The second topic is one no one really cares about ... apathy. What causes apathy? How can we combat it? Join us for this episode of the Hedge ... if you can bring yourself to care!
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    42 mins
  • Hedge 285: Post Quantum Crypto

    Hedge 285: Post Quantum Crypto
    Oct 24 2025
    Is quantum really an immediate and dangerous threat to current cryptography systems, or are we pushing to hastily adopt new technologies we won't necessarily need for a few more years? Should we allow the quantum pie to bake a few more years before slicing a piece and digging in? George Michaelson joins Russ and Tom to discuss.
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    46 mins
  • Hedge 284: Netops and Corporate Culture

    Hedge 284: Netops and Corporate Culture
    Oct 17 2025
    We all know netops, NRE, and devops can increase productivity, increase Mean Time Between Mistakes (MTBM), and decrease MTTR--but how do we deploy and use these tools? We often think of the technical hurdles you face in their deployment, but most of the blockers are actually cultural. Chris Grundemann, Eyvonne, Russ, and Tom discuss the cultural issues with deploying netops on this episode of the Hedge.
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    46 mins
  • Hedge 283: Technical Planning

    Hedge 283: Technical Planning
    Oct 10 2025
    We network engineers often find ourselves without a viable plan--our plans always seem to go awry, to the point that many network engineers just give up on planning. Is "giving up" the right solution? Or can we learn to be better planners? Jonathan Adams and Tim McConnaughy join Russ to discussion planning for network engineers.
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    37 mins
  • Hedge 282: Future of Operations

    Hedge 282: Future of Operations
    Oct 3 2025
    On this episode of the Hedge, Anil Varanasi joins Russ to talk about the complexities of network operations and what Meter is doing in this space. note: even though this is a more product-heavy episode of the Hedge than usual, it is not sponsored
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    32 mins
  • Hedge 281: Blockchain

    Hedge 281: Blockchain
    Sep 19 2025
    What is the relationship between blockchain technologies and network engineering? Is blockchain "just another application," or are there implications for naming, performance, and connectivity? Austin Federa joins Tom and Russ to discuss the intersection of blockchain and networks.
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    40 mins