Peter Jones
Peter is a Distinguished Engineer in Cisco’s Networking Hardware team, chairs the Ethernet Alliance, and is active in IEEE 802.3 lower speed (<100Gb/) projects.
Peter works on system architecture and wired standards across Cisco’s networking portfolio and was deeply involved in development of the Catalyst 9000 switches and the UADP family of ASICs.
Peter started in networking in the mid-1980s before PCs took over, when RS232 was the media of choice and 64Kb/s was super-fast. Peter is passionate about Network Evolution, Adoptable Technology and Mentoring.
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Before the rise of the internet (mid 1980s through the mid 1990’s , the packet and protocol ecosystem was much different than it was today. Many of the protocols have now gone extinct and new ones have risen in their place.
Moving from the world of serial protocols (e.g. HDLC/SDLC) to the Internet stack was a seismic shift, but the need to understand what’s on the wire only became more important.
What the transition was like, and why Wireshark was crucial in enabling it.