Show overview
N Is For Networking has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 70 episodes. That works out to roughly 65 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 48 min and 1h 3m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 24 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 38 episodes published. Published by Packet Pushers.
From the publisher
N Is For Networking deconstructs the concepts, jargon and acronyms of the data networking industry. Join grumpy old network engineer Ethan Banks with networking newcomer Holly Metlitzky for these episodes that will help you place context around networking terminology.
Latest Episodes
View all 70 episodesN4N069: An Engineer’s Perspective on Agentic AI (Sponsored)
N4N068: Meter’s Networking Grants Program (Sponsored)
N4N067: Level Up Your Home Network for Gaming
N4N066: Access Lists
N4N065: Well Actually 4: Multicast, MPLS, and More
N4N064: A Gentle Introduction to Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
N4N063: Link Layer Discovery Protocol
N4N062: Your First Wi-FI Network, Part 3
N4N061: Your First Wi-Fi Network Part 2
N4N060: Your First Wi-Fi Network Part 1
N4N059: Twisted Pair Cabling
N4N058: Future-Proofing Your Career for the AI Era (Sponsored)
N4N057: The Art of Troubleshooting
N4N056: A Wireless NAC Walkthrough
N4N055: A Wired NAC Walkthrough
N4N054: Network Access Control (NAC) Basics
N4N053: Well Actually 03 – Multicast, Routing Protocols, RFC 1918
Ep 52N4N052: Multicast Part 2
Lenny Giuliano, Sr. Distinguished Systems Engineer at HPE Juniper Networks, joins Holly and Ethan for another round of multicast. Part two helps fill in details not covered in episode 50. They cover how multicast traffic also affects Ethernet frame addressing, and the key differences between IPv4 and IPv6 multicast. They also explain new hybrid multicast... Read more »
Ep 51N4N051: MPLS Fundamentals
Today’s topic is Multiprotocol Label Switching or MPLS, a foundational technology that powers service provider networks and enterprise WANs all over the world. To help us break it down, we’ve invited James Bensley, a Network Tech Lead who’s spent fifteen years with MPLS. James explains what spurred the creation of MPLS and how it works... Read more »
Ep 50N4N050: Multicast Fundamentals
Today’s learning adventure is an overview of multicast. Ethan and Holly have invited a guest to share his multicast expertise: Lenny Giuliano, Sr. Distinguished Systems Engineer at HPE Juniper Networks. Lenny guides them through multicast principles and shares examples of where and how it’s used in live networks. He also explains how the OSPF routing... Read more »