All Episodes
Displaying 61 - 80 of 121 in total
Episode 60 — Fire Suppression Awareness: what network architects must account for
Fire suppression considerations appear in CloudNetX because safety systems directly influence availability planning, facility design, and recovery procedures even thou...
Episode 61 — Physical Security Controls: surveillance, biometrics, proximity, NFC, door sensors
Physical security appears in CloudNetX scenarios because network reliability and security can be undermined instantly if an attacker or unauthorized person can access ...
Episode 62 — Switching vs Routing: Layer 2 vs Layer 3 decision patterns
CloudNetX scenarios often depend on whether a problem is confined to a local broadcast domain or requires subnet-level separation and policy enforcement, so this episo...
Episode 63 — PoE Design: budgeting power and avoiding late-stage surprises
Power over Ethernet is included in CloudNetX campus design objectives because it links network design to physical power constraints and can create widespread outages i...
Episode 64 — Three-Tier vs Collapsed Core: selecting the right hierarchy
Campus and enterprise designs often require choosing an architectural hierarchy that matches site size, growth expectations, and operational capability, and CloudNetX ...
Episode 65 — MDF/IDF Design: maintainability, cable strategy, and operational reality
MDF and IDF design appears in CloudNetX objectives because physical layout decisions directly affect reliability, scalability, and the speed of recovery when outages o...
Episode 66 — STP Essentials: why loops happen and how designs prevent them
Spanning Tree Protocol appears in CloudNetX objectives because Layer 2 loops are one of the fastest ways to take down a network segment, and exam scenarios often hinge...
Episode 67 — Trunking and Tagging: how VLANs move across the network
Trunking and tagging are essential VLAN concepts tested in CloudNetX because they determine how segmentation is preserved across switches and where misconfiguration cr...
Episode 68 — Bonding: when to bundle links and what can go wrong
Bonding is tested in CloudNetX because it affects both performance and resilience at the server and infrastructure edge, and it can cause outages when assumptions betw...
Episode 69 — Voice/Video Signals: SIP, WebRTC, RTSP, H.323 as scenario hints
Voice and video protocols appear in CloudNetX scenarios as clues about traffic behavior and performance sensitivity, and this episode teaches how to interpret those cl...
Episode 70 — CPE and Media Converters: edge realities that break perfect diagrams
Edge connectivity components appear in CloudNetX objectives because real networks depend on provider handoffs, physical media constraints, and demarcation ownership, a...
Episode 71 — Wireless Architecture: APs vs controllers and division of responsibility
Wireless architecture appears in CloudNetX because campus designs must account for shared-medium behavior, mobility, and policy consistency across many access points. ...
Episode 72 — Antennas and Placement: coverage assumptions and practical constraints
Wireless performance is heavily influenced by physical placement decisions, and CloudNetX scenarios often test whether you understand the practical constraints that dr...
Episode 73 — Bands and Channels: 2.4/5/6 GHz tradeoffs and overlap problems
Band and channel decisions are a common source of wireless success or failure, and CloudNetX scenarios use these choices to test whether you can balance range, capacit...
Episode 74 — SSID Strategy: hidden vs advertised and what it affects
SSID strategy appears in CloudNetX scenarios as a signal about segmentation intent, user experience, and security posture, and this episode explains what SSID design a...
Episode 75 — Roaming Behavior: sticky clients, disassociation, and user impact
Roaming behavior is a frequent CloudNetX topic because user mobility exposes weaknesses in wireless design that remain hidden when devices stay stationary. This episod...
Episode 76 — Non-Wi-Fi Options: BLE, NFC, LoRaWAN and where they fit
CloudNetX includes non-Wi-Fi wireless technologies because campuses and enterprises often need connectivity for devices that do not match the bandwidth and power profi...
Episode 77 — Requirements Analysis: business, technical, compliance, and SOW inputs
Requirements analysis appears explicitly in CloudNetX objectives because many scenario answers depend on correctly interpreting stakeholder intent and translating it i...
Episode 78 — Network Diagrams: physical vs logical and high-level vs low-level
Network diagrams appear in CloudNetX scenarios as part of documentation artifacts, and this episode explains how different diagram types support different decisions an...
Episode 79 — Flow Diagrams: narrating traffic paths for security and ops
Flow diagrams are emphasized in CloudNetX because they translate architecture into an understandable packet story that supports security control placement and operatio...