Formating Mac addresses using python

UPDATE

A better way to do this is using the netaddr library.  as shown in this post Better way of formatting mac addresses in python

 

I have a large set of shell script that I had written in shell, which I have been converting to python based scripts.  I found using python I could better extend my scripts and reuse code.  I also appreciate that python is a full object oriented programming language, with a very powerful set of standard libraries and many optional third party libraries.
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Setting up Cisco Smart Install

Matthew Mengel wrote an interesting article on the Packet Pushers Blog about using Cisco Smart Install.  This is an interesting system that can automate deployment to new switches in a campus environment.

 

Using Dynamic IP with HE Tunnel and DynDns

At my home I am using both a Huricane Electric IPv6 Tunnel and DynDNS with my dynamic PPPoE DSL.  While static addresses are available, the additional price isn’t worthwhile for my current uses.  I found that Hunicane Electric now has a dynamic interfaces that works similar to DynDNS.  I was able to get the following configs to set up DynDNS and a dynamic HE Tunnel.

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