[NEW POST] A Network Engineer’s Guide to Understanding the Model Context Protocol for AI Integration
In this post I break down:
- What MCP is
- How the architecture works
- How MCP could be a foundational part of AI in NetOps
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In this post I break down:
- What MCP is
- How the architecture works
- How MCP could be a foundational part of AI in NetOps
networkphil.com/2025/11/11/a...
A Network Engineer’s Guide to Understanding the Model Context Protocol for AI Integration
If you work in technology long enough, every new framework starts to sound like “yet another API layer.” The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is different. It’s not a product, and it’s not tied to any …
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November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
[NEW POST] A Network Engineer’s Guide to Understanding the Model Context Protocol for AI Integration
In this post I break down:
- What MCP is
- How the architecture works
- How MCP could be a foundational part of AI in NetOps
networkphil.com/2025/11/11/a...
In this post I break down:
- What MCP is
- How the architecture works
- How MCP could be a foundational part of AI in NetOps
networkphil.com/2025/11/11/a...
The latest update for #Kentik includes "From #Observability to Network Intelligence: How Kentik Built the Foundation for #Networks That Think" and "Redefining NetOps: Agent Systems and Practical AI from the ONUG AI in Networking Summit".
#monitoring https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
#monitoring https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
Kentik
Kentik makes sense of network, cloud, host, and container flow, internet routing, performance tests, and network metrics.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The latest update for #Kentik includes "From #Observability to Network Intelligence: How Kentik Built the Foundation for #Networks That Think" and "Redefining NetOps: Agent Systems and Practical AI from the ONUG AI in Networking Summit".
#monitoring https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
#monitoring https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
The latest update for #Kentik includes "Redefining NetOps: Agent Systems and Practical AI from the ONUG AI in Networking Summit" and "How to Escape Legacy #Monitoring (and Thrive in the Era of #AI #Networks)".
#Observability https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
#Observability https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
Kentik
Kentik makes sense of network, cloud, host, and container flow, internet routing, performance tests, and network metrics.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The latest update for #Kentik includes "Redefining NetOps: Agent Systems and Practical AI from the ONUG AI in Networking Summit" and "How to Escape Legacy #Monitoring (and Thrive in the Era of #AI #Networks)".
#Observability https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
#Observability https://opsmtrs.com/3scGFjy
Back in the day some netops being dickheads were trying to zap each other with -48V, hit a rack. Sent a <break> to every Sun server in the rack. Furious effort to reconsole in and type "go" into all of them, as they all dropped to the forth prompt.
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Back in the day some netops being dickheads were trying to zap each other with -48V, hit a rack. Sent a <break> to every Sun server in the rack. Furious effort to reconsole in and type "go" into all of them, as they all dropped to the forth prompt.
All the NetOps in #MegaMan #BattleNetwork except for Lan #Hikari suffer from the #DunningKruger #effect
#Netto #RockmanEXE #Capcom #Nintendo #GBA
#TeamBN
#Netto #RockmanEXE #Capcom #Nintendo #GBA
#TeamBN
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
All the NetOps in #MegaMan #BattleNetwork except for Lan #Hikari suffer from the #DunningKruger #effect
#Netto #RockmanEXE #Capcom #Nintendo #GBA
#TeamBN
#Netto #RockmanEXE #Capcom #Nintendo #GBA
#TeamBN
Nftables often offers a more unified and flexible syntax, simplifying complex rule sets compared to iptables' multiple tools (filter, nat, mangle). Understanding this distinction is key for modern network config. #NetOps 4/6
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Nftables often offers a more unified and flexible syntax, simplifying complex rule sets compared to iptables' multiple tools (filter, nat, mangle). Understanding this distinction is key for modern network config. #NetOps 4/6
I don't know what that guy is talking about. We work tickets as well, especially when things are slow.
Yeah it's mostly escalated tickets, but netops rarely have to escalate tickets.
Yeah it's mostly escalated tickets, but netops rarely have to escalate tickets.
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I don't know what that guy is talking about. We work tickets as well, especially when things are slow.
Yeah it's mostly escalated tickets, but netops rarely have to escalate tickets.
Yeah it's mostly escalated tickets, but netops rarely have to escalate tickets.
Today's read: CodeMettle Selected for Army UNO Phase II, Driving Secure & Resilient NetOps Solutions📣
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CodeMettle Selected for Army UNO Phase II, Driving Secure & Resilient NetOps Solutions
CodeMettle Selected for Army UNO Phase II, Driving Secure & Resilient NetOps Solutions
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October 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Today's read: CodeMettle Selected for Army UNO Phase II, Driving Secure & Resilient NetOps Solutions📣
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I must page netops-oncall.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I must page netops-oncall.
UNSEEN LAND: INTO THE MIST Demo が、明日1:00配信と発表されました。
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October 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
UNSEEN LAND: INTO THE MIST Demo が、明日1:00配信と発表されました。
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From EHR uptime to telemedicine security — Plixer One helps Healthcare NetOps & SecOps teams see everything, investigate faster, and prove compliance with confidence.
Here's, How to Overcome Complexity in a Healthcare Network www.plixer.com/blog/how-to-...
Here's, How to Overcome Complexity in a Healthcare Network www.plixer.com/blog/how-to-...
How to Overcome Complexity in a Healthcare Network – Plixer
Healthcare networks are notoriously complex. Get the visibility your NetOps and SecOps teams need for security and compliance.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From EHR uptime to telemedicine security — Plixer One helps Healthcare NetOps & SecOps teams see everything, investigate faster, and prove compliance with confidence.
Here's, How to Overcome Complexity in a Healthcare Network www.plixer.com/blog/how-to-...
Here's, How to Overcome Complexity in a Healthcare Network www.plixer.com/blog/how-to-...
Ever get pulled into a cloud troubleshooting call for a cloud you don't know? Forward Enterprise quickly cuts through the noise to get you the insights you need. #CloudOps #NetOps #NDT #ForwardNetworks #Troubleshooting youtu.be/6EDVLGf1cDs?...
Troubleshooting Complex Multi-Cloud Connectivity Issues with Forward Enterprise
YouTube video by Forward Networks
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September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ever get pulled into a cloud troubleshooting call for a cloud you don't know? Forward Enterprise quickly cuts through the noise to get you the insights you need. #CloudOps #NetOps #NDT #ForwardNetworks #Troubleshooting youtu.be/6EDVLGf1cDs?...
London Network Automation Meetup: October 9th, 2025
After a long hiatus, it's back! Talks include:
- RAG for Networks
- Using MCP Servers for NetOps
- Practical Data Tips with Pandas, JSONata, and Pydantic
- Design Driven Infrastructure Automation
Details here: networkautomation.group
After a long hiatus, it's back! Talks include:
- RAG for Networks
- Using MCP Servers for NetOps
- Practical Data Tips with Pandas, JSONata, and Pydantic
- Design Driven Infrastructure Automation
Details here: networkautomation.group
London Network Automation Meetup
The London Network Automation Meetup (LNAM) is a volunteer-run meetup focused
on hosting periodic meetups in London focused around network automation.
networkautomation.group
September 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
London Network Automation Meetup: October 9th, 2025
After a long hiatus, it's back! Talks include:
- RAG for Networks
- Using MCP Servers for NetOps
- Practical Data Tips with Pandas, JSONata, and Pydantic
- Design Driven Infrastructure Automation
Details here: networkautomation.group
After a long hiatus, it's back! Talks include:
- RAG for Networks
- Using MCP Servers for NetOps
- Practical Data Tips with Pandas, JSONata, and Pydantic
- Design Driven Infrastructure Automation
Details here: networkautomation.group
UNSEEN LAND: INTO THE MIST #Windows が、2025年Q4配信と発表されました。
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Steam：UNSEEN LAND: INTO THE MIST
For centuries, Veridia thrived. Now, an otherworldly invader tears rifts, unleashing maddened beasts. In the chaos, you awaken—once a humble farmer and hunter. Take up the sword, wield your power, and save Veridia.
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September 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
UNSEEN LAND: INTO THE MIST #Windows が、2025年Q4配信と発表されました。
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💡 New Telemetry Now! Tired of spreadsheets for network cost analysis?
Lauren Basile unveils Kentik's new Traffic Costs feature: automated, per-slice cost estimates at your fingertips.
Rethink your spend & boost margins 🤔
www.kentik.com/telemetrynow...
#NetOps #FinOps #Networking
Lauren Basile unveils Kentik's new Traffic Costs feature: automated, per-slice cost estimates at your fingertips.
Rethink your spend & boost margins 🤔
www.kentik.com/telemetrynow...
#NetOps #FinOps #Networking
Turning Network Telemetry into Financial Insight
Lauren Basile joins us to show how traffic-aware cost intelligence turns spreadsheet guesswork into one-click, per-slice cost estimates across customers, ASNs, and CDNs. Learn about the SNMP plus cont...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
💡 New Telemetry Now! Tired of spreadsheets for network cost analysis?
Lauren Basile unveils Kentik's new Traffic Costs feature: automated, per-slice cost estimates at your fingertips.
Rethink your spend & boost margins 🤔
www.kentik.com/telemetrynow...
#NetOps #FinOps #Networking
Lauren Basile unveils Kentik's new Traffic Costs feature: automated, per-slice cost estimates at your fingertips.
Rethink your spend & boost margins 🤔
www.kentik.com/telemetrynow...
#NetOps #FinOps #Networking
The latest update for #Broadcom includes "The Public Internet Is Not Your WAN" and "Weaving #AppNeta Experience Insights into DX #NetOps: A Step-by-Step Guide".
#monitoring #APM #CX https://opsmtrs.com/305NdkF
#monitoring #APM #CX https://opsmtrs.com/305NdkF
Broadcom
Only Broadcom provides real-time application and infrastructure monitoring tools to help you deliver amazing user experiences the first time, every time. But we also offer proven expertise and knowledge gained from helping thousands of companies succeed. Count on us for the guidance and insight you need to transform your company.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The latest update for #Broadcom includes "The Public Internet Is Not Your WAN" and "Weaving #AppNeta Experience Insights into DX #NetOps: A Step-by-Step Guide".
#monitoring #APM #CX https://opsmtrs.com/305NdkF
#monitoring #APM #CX https://opsmtrs.com/305NdkF
🕳️ When you want to send traffic into a black hole, just like your vacation requests:
ip route add blackhole 203.0.113.0/24
All packets vanish without a trace… just like your promised bonus. 💀
#LinuxTips #Networking #SysAdminLife #CyberSecurity #LinuxHumor #DevOps #NetOps #TuxPower #LinuxNetworking
ip route add blackhole 203.0.113.0/24
All packets vanish without a trace… just like your promised bonus. 💀
#LinuxTips #Networking #SysAdminLife #CyberSecurity #LinuxHumor #DevOps #NetOps #TuxPower #LinuxNetworking
September 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🕳️ When you want to send traffic into a black hole, just like your vacation requests:
ip route add blackhole 203.0.113.0/24
All packets vanish without a trace… just like your promised bonus. 💀
#LinuxTips #Networking #SysAdminLife #CyberSecurity #LinuxHumor #DevOps #NetOps #TuxPower #LinuxNetworking
ip route add blackhole 203.0.113.0/24
All packets vanish without a trace… just like your promised bonus. 💀
#LinuxTips #Networking #SysAdminLife #CyberSecurity #LinuxHumor #DevOps #NetOps #TuxPower #LinuxNetworking
🐌 ”The network is slow" starts a frustrating hunt for causes—WiFi, ISP, device, or the app—wasting time as #NetOps tries to prove the network's innocence.
See every step—from click to response—in real time. Tools like ZDX help pinpoint issues instantly & resolve faster.
📖 → https://bit.ly/4n802Uy
See every step—from click to response—in real time. Tools like ZDX help pinpoint issues instantly & resolve faster.
📖 → https://bit.ly/4n802Uy
September 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🐌 ”The network is slow" starts a frustrating hunt for causes—WiFi, ISP, device, or the app—wasting time as #NetOps tries to prove the network's innocence.
See every step—from click to response—in real time. Tools like ZDX help pinpoint issues instantly & resolve faster.
📖 → https://bit.ly/4n802Uy
See every step—from click to response—in real time. Tools like ZDX help pinpoint issues instantly & resolve faster.
📖 → https://bit.ly/4n802Uy
Kentik CPO, Mav Turner, talks about everything from network security to the future of #AI and Kentik's new Traffic Costs solution in an interview with The Software With.
Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9VG...
#NetOps #NetworkSecurity #AIOps
Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9VG...
#NetOps #NetworkSecurity #AIOps
Real-Time Network Cost Intelligence with Mav Turner
YouTube video by The Software With
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September 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Kentik CPO, Mav Turner, talks about everything from network security to the future of #AI and Kentik's new Traffic Costs solution in an interview with The Software With.
Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9VG...
#NetOps #NetworkSecurity #AIOps
Watch the interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9VG...
#NetOps #NetworkSecurity #AIOps
How much is your traffic really costing you? 💸
We're solving a decades-old problem. Introducing Traffic Costs, a new way to instantly connect traffic flows to network spend.
Learn more: www.kentik.com/blog/introdu...
#NetOps #NetworkIntelligence
We're solving a decades-old problem. Introducing Traffic Costs, a new way to instantly connect traffic flows to network spend.
Learn more: www.kentik.com/blog/introdu...
#NetOps #NetworkIntelligence
Introducing Kentik Traffic Costs: Real-Time Network Cost Intelligence
Introducing Kentik Traffic Costs, an industry-first automated workflow delivering instant cost estimates for network traffic slices. Learn how this exciting new feature gives network, financial, and s...
www.kentik.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
How much is your traffic really costing you? 💸
We're solving a decades-old problem. Introducing Traffic Costs, a new way to instantly connect traffic flows to network spend.
Learn more: www.kentik.com/blog/introdu...
#NetOps #NetworkIntelligence
We're solving a decades-old problem. Introducing Traffic Costs, a new way to instantly connect traffic flows to network spend.
Learn more: www.kentik.com/blog/introdu...
#NetOps #NetworkIntelligence
We're at #AUSNOG2025! Come say hi to the Kentik team and see how we’re helping engineers get ahead of network issues.
Catch @DougMadory's talk, "The Scourge of Excessive AS-SETs." You don't want to miss it!
#NetOps #Networking #NetworkIntelligence
Catch @DougMadory's talk, "The Scourge of Excessive AS-SETs." You don't want to miss it!
#NetOps #Networking #NetworkIntelligence
September 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We're at #AUSNOG2025! Come say hi to the Kentik team and see how we’re helping engineers get ahead of network issues.
Catch @DougMadory's talk, "The Scourge of Excessive AS-SETs." You don't want to miss it!
#NetOps #Networking #NetworkIntelligence
Catch @DougMadory's talk, "The Scourge of Excessive AS-SETs." You don't want to miss it!
#NetOps #Networking #NetworkIntelligence
Diseñado para ISPs y Data Centers.
Consultoría en redes críticas: optimización, NetOps y reducción de costos.
Consultoría en redes críticas: optimización, NetOps y reducción de costos.
August 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Diseñado para ISPs y Data Centers.
Consultoría en redes críticas: optimización, NetOps y reducción de costos.
Consultoría en redes críticas: optimización, NetOps y reducción de costos.
Today's read: BlueCat Networks Launches Partner Program to Boost Intelligent NetOps & Channel Growth📣
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BlueCat Networks Launches Partner Program to Boost Intelligent NetOps & Channel Growth
BlueCat Networks Launches Partner Program to Boost Intelligent NetOps and Channel Growth
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August 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Today's read: BlueCat Networks Launches Partner Program to Boost Intelligent NetOps & Channel Growth📣
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Move from reactive firefighting to automated IT operations with Kentik & ServiceNow! 🔥
Join us for a live webinar & demo on August 26 to see how agentic #AI helps network teams:
📈 Speed up issue detection 💪 Boost efficiency 🏃 Move faster
www.kentik.com/go/webinar/r...
#AIOps #NetOps #ITOps
Join us for a live webinar & demo on August 26 to see how agentic #AI helps network teams:
📈 Speed up issue detection 💪 Boost efficiency 🏃 Move faster
www.kentik.com/go/webinar/r...
#AIOps #NetOps #ITOps
From Reactive to Proactive: The Rise of Agentic Networks | Kentik and ServiceNow Webinar
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August 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Move from reactive firefighting to automated IT operations with Kentik & ServiceNow! 🔥
Join us for a live webinar & demo on August 26 to see how agentic #AI helps network teams:
📈 Speed up issue detection 💪 Boost efficiency 🏃 Move faster
www.kentik.com/go/webinar/r...
#AIOps #NetOps #ITOps
Join us for a live webinar & demo on August 26 to see how agentic #AI helps network teams:
📈 Speed up issue detection 💪 Boost efficiency 🏃 Move faster
www.kentik.com/go/webinar/r...
#AIOps #NetOps #ITOps
SANOG has just wrapped up – check out the Foundation’s explainer on NOGs, and discover why collaboration beats competition at the technical layer of the Internet.
apnic.foundation/blog/explain...
#Internet #netops #collaboration #networkoperations #connectivity #upskilling #knowledgetransfer
apnic.foundation/blog/explain...
#Internet #netops #collaboration #networkoperations #connectivity #upskilling #knowledgetransfer
August 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
SANOG has just wrapped up – check out the Foundation’s explainer on NOGs, and discover why collaboration beats competition at the technical layer of the Internet.
apnic.foundation/blog/explain...
#Internet #netops #collaboration #networkoperations #connectivity #upskilling #knowledgetransfer
apnic.foundation/blog/explain...
#Internet #netops #collaboration #networkoperations #connectivity #upskilling #knowledgetransfer