N4N028: The Wide World of WANs

Update: 2025-05-29

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We wanted to do an episode on SD-WAN, but realized we needed to set the stage for how wide-area networking developed. That’s why today’s episode is a history lesson of the Wide Area Network (WAN). We talk about how WANs emerged, public and private WANs, how WANs connect to LANs and data centers, the care... Read more »

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N4N032: OSPF Basics

2025-06-2656:47

N4N031: When Is It Time For a Routing Protocol?

2025-06-1954:39

N4N030: Network Shapes and Sizes

2025-06-1201:03:06

N4N029: Four Goals of Network Design

2025-06-0501:04:17

N4N028: The Wide World of WANs

2025-05-2901:01:13

N4N027: Tunneling Quirks & Features

2025-05-2248:42

N4N026: What Is a Tunnel?

2025-05-1553:43

N4N025: DHCP – Someone Get Me an Address!

2025-05-0856:43

N4N024: DNS Security, Record Types, and Reverse DNS

2025-05-0149:19

N4N023: DNS – Turning Names Into Numbers

2025-04-2448:01

N4N022: SNMP Fundamentals

2025-04-1757:40

N4N021: Is It the Network? Network Monitoring Basics

2025-04-1056:03

N4N020: To Cert Or Not To Cert?

2025-04-0357:48

N4N019: Howdy, Neighbor! And Other Routing Stuff

2025-03-2742:36

N4N018: RIB vs. FIB & Administrative Distance or Route Preference

2025-03-2052:21

N4N017: Routing Fundamentals

2025-03-1349:48

N4N016: Routers Are Not Switches…Are They?

2025-03-0651:30

N4N015: Spanning Tree Part 3 – Versions, States and Guards

2025-02-2741:58

N4N014: Spanning Tree Part 2 – Root Bridge, Edge Port, Forwarding and Blocking

2025-02-2034:58

N4N013: Spanning Tree Part 1 – An Introduction and Broadcast Storms

2025-02-1352:33

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N4N028: The Wide World of WANs

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N4N028: The Wide World of WANs