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HopMatrix – Is It Up?HopMatrix – Is It Up?

September 8, 2026September 8, 2026| 2 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 8:30 am

Need to prove a list of hosts was up before a change — and back up after? HopMatrix's Monitor mode...

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Now Introducing… HopMatrix!.Now Introducing… HopMatrix!.

September 2, 2026September 2, 2026| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 8:00 am

Every network engineer knows the 2 AM problem: you're on a customer jump box, you can't install anything, and the...

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Twelve Tools, One Outage, Zero Shared Truth: The Real Cost of the Dashboard SpiralTwelve Tools, One Outage, Zero Shared Truth: The Real Cost of the Dashboard Spiral

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 9:00 am

Twelve observability tools, one outage, zero shared truth. Why the single pane of glass keeps failing and what to fight...

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Your Switch Config Backups Are Telling On YouYour Switch Config Backups Are Telling On You

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026| 0 Comments| Ben StoryBen Story| 9:00 am

At Networking Field Day 40, Alex Saroyan from Netris illustrated how their AI clusters automate networks without the need for...

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Ben Story @ntwrk80

Ben Story is a network security engineer for a solution provider. He has been working with networking since 1998, his Freshman year at Truman State University, when he worked for a small dial-up ISP managing their Shiva LanRover modem bank. His random bits and bytes can be found on his blog at https://packitforwarding.com or on Twitter @ntwrk80.

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  1. HopMatrix - Network Discovery - PackIT Forwarding on HopMatrix – Is It Up?September 24, 2026

    […] Earlier in this series, we explored the core discovery module in HopMatrix through ping scanning. Now we’ll dive a…

  2. Now Introducing... HopMatrix!. - PackIT Forwarding on HopMatrix – Is It Up?September 17, 2026

    […] Host Monitoring […]

  3. HopMatrix - Is It Up? - PackIT Forwarding on Now Introducing… HopMatrix!.September 8, 2026

    […] There is more to come, but I encourage you to download HopMatrix today and try it out. Remember, it’s…

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