MCP: Part 2

There’s been an exciting development since my last post on MCP – HPE Mist has now released publicly hosted MCP servers in public beta! Check out the how-to guide and the target URL here: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/mist/mist-aiops/topics/concept/juniper-mist-mcp-claude.html The walkthrough that engineering has posted shows how to integrate this with Claude but you are not limited to just […]

MCP in Mist

Exchanging context has always been a critical pillar of networking. Exchanging routes, synchronizing tables, building trees, there are many different networking protocols and frameworks that have been defined and refined over the years intended to make sure that data is flowing freely. What if we had a way to exchange intelligence between systems similar to […]

DIY AGENTIC AI

Like many of you who have been in tech for a while, I keep a pretty hefty private wiki with all the lessons I’ve learned and the platforms I’ve worked with over the years. My database contains thousands of pages – not all of them useful, mind you – and it spans topics ranging from […]

PCAPs and PANDAS

In a previous post I reviewed how you can use EDA techniques to programmatically pull data from the Mist dashboard for large-scale analysis. But what if you don’t have access to the Mist dashboard – or if you need to work with a raw PCAP that has been provided? Packets don’t lie but a picture […]

Learning ML

Or, in other words, learning how to learn how machines are learning. I’ve spent the last two years going on a self-guided learning journey to better understand AI/ML and how it can be creatively applied to the networking field. There are some great resources out there …. but there are also a LOT of resources […]

Considering your Clients

Your wireless network is only as good as the clients that use it. Learn how to design with your clients in mind…

Weathering a Deauth Storm with Wireshark

Learn how to identify deauth containment methods using Wireshark filters and basic wireless tools.