Srivats P (Ostinato)
@pstavirs.bsky.social
Programmer, Runner, Creator of Ostinato network traffic generator
I’m looking for a junior dev (or intern) to work with me on Ostinato - my network traffic generator / packet crafter product.
C++, Qt, Python, networking - lots of hands-on learning.
Please share if you know someone who might be a good fit🙏
C++, Qt, Python, networking - lots of hands-on learning.
Please share if you know someone who might be a good fit🙏
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I’m looking for a junior dev (or intern) to work with me on Ostinato - my network traffic generator / packet crafter product.
C++, Qt, Python, networking - lots of hands-on learning.
Please share if you know someone who might be a good fit🙏
C++, Qt, Python, networking - lots of hands-on learning.
Please share if you know someone who might be a good fit🙏
Some recent job postings requiring Ostinato skills!
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Some recent job postings requiring Ostinato skills!
Want to generate some synthetic SRv6 traffic?
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Want to generate some synthetic SRv6 traffic?
After years of steady evolution, Ostinato 2.0 is finally here.
A big milestone for the project - modernized, faster, and built for what’s next.
A big milestone for the project - modernized, faster, and built for what’s next.
October 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
After years of steady evolution, Ostinato 2.0 is finally here.
A big milestone for the project - modernized, faster, and built for what’s next.
A big milestone for the project - modernized, faster, and built for what’s next.
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Rain day rec: snuggle up indoors with hot chai and read Brown Boy by @ps-nissim.bsky.social from @blaft.bsky.social for short snacky creepy horror thrills from the mountains of Sikkim 🗻🏔️⛰️
September 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Rain day rec: snuggle up indoors with hot chai and read Brown Boy by @ps-nissim.bsky.social from @blaft.bsky.social for short snacky creepy horror thrills from the mountains of Sikkim 🗻🏔️⛰️
Using Ostinato for labbing and struggling with VNC?
You don't need to! Use a native GUI client on your laptop and connect to the Ostinato node in your lab to configure and control it!
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You don't need to! Use a native GUI client on your laptop and connect to the Ostinato node in your lab to configure and control it!
(1/2)
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Using Ostinato for labbing and struggling with VNC?
You don't need to! Use a native GUI client on your laptop and connect to the Ostinato node in your lab to configure and control it!
(1/2)
You don't need to! Use a native GUI client on your laptop and connect to the Ostinato node in your lab to configure and control it!
(1/2)
Engineers have always been ingenious and know how best to workaround limitations!
Have limited test traffic ports? Use a switch to fan out!
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Have limited test traffic ports? Use a switch to fan out!
(1/2)
August 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Engineers have always been ingenious and know how best to workaround limitations!
Have limited test traffic ports? Use a switch to fan out!
(1/2)
Have limited test traffic ports? Use a switch to fan out!
(1/2)
The good, bad and ugly of Ostinato - what honest customer feedback looks like!
August 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The good, bad and ugly of Ostinato - what honest customer feedback looks like!
Frustrated by Ostinato session files not persisting once you destroy and re-deploy your containerlab?
Don't be! Use a mount.
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Don't be! Use a mount.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Frustrated by Ostinato session files not persisting once you destroy and re-deploy your containerlab?
Don't be! Use a mount.
(1/2)
Don't be! Use a mount.
(1/2)
I'm at that stage where as I write new code - I see more bugs and edge cases in existing code! I make one commit and add 5 more things to check to my list.
Send HELP!
Send HELP!
July 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm at that stage where as I write new code - I see more bugs and edge cases in existing code! I make one commit and add 5 more things to check to my list.
Send HELP!
Send HELP!
Real users. Real results. Real reviews.
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Real users. Real results. Real reviews.
Is it a enum? Is it a bool? No, it's Trool! 🤣
July 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Is it a enum? Is it a bool? No, it's Trool! 🤣
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#Bookcover #Designers ! Especially those with experience in #Horror! Hit me up please, I need a cover done.
Yes, it's a paid gig, and if it works out, I will want more of them as time goes by.
Please repost for reach?
Yes, it's a paid gig, and if it works out, I will want more of them as time goes by.
Please repost for reach?
July 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#Bookcover #Designers ! Especially those with experience in #Horror! Hit me up please, I need a cover done.
Yes, it's a paid gig, and if it works out, I will want more of them as time goes by.
Please repost for reach?
Yes, it's a paid gig, and if it works out, I will want more of them as time goes by.
Please repost for reach?
We often see multiple Ostinato nodes in customer topologies. For a traffic generator like Ostinato, this is not just unnecessary but inconvenient! See how you can use a single Ostinato node in your labs (a boon in node-limited platforms!) (1/2)
July 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We often see multiple Ostinato nodes in customer topologies. For a traffic generator like Ostinato, this is not just unnecessary but inconvenient! See how you can use a single Ostinato node in your labs (a boon in node-limited platforms!) (1/2)
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Studying for a network cert? Use Ostinato to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation. Here's what a Ostinato customer preparing for CCNP said -
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Studying for a network cert? Use Ostinato to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation. Here's what a Ostinato customer preparing for CCNP said -
VLANs - the bread and butter of network engineers - and some times the stuff of horror stories!
Make sure you test your VLAN configuration - Ostinato can generate single tagged, double tagged (or more), custom TPIDs, varying VLAN ids and more! (1/2)
Make sure you test your VLAN configuration - Ostinato can generate single tagged, double tagged (or more), custom TPIDs, varying VLAN ids and more! (1/2)
July 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
VLANs - the bread and butter of network engineers - and some times the stuff of horror stories!
Make sure you test your VLAN configuration - Ostinato can generate single tagged, double tagged (or more), custom TPIDs, varying VLAN ids and more! (1/2)
Make sure you test your VLAN configuration - Ostinato can generate single tagged, double tagged (or more), custom TPIDs, varying VLAN ids and more! (1/2)
Maybe you've heard about the IMIX traffic profile - even used it maybe. But what about IMIX genome - heard that one? (1/2)
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Maybe you've heard about the IMIX traffic profile - even used it maybe. But what about IMIX genome - heard that one? (1/2)
What's more useful than a git diff?
git cdiff (alias)
Add the alias it to your .gitconfig today!
git cdiff (alias)
Add the alias it to your .gitconfig today!
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What's more useful than a git diff?
git cdiff (alias)
Add the alias it to your .gitconfig today!
git cdiff (alias)
Add the alias it to your .gitconfig today!
10G, 100G, 400G -- that's the flashy part. But control protocols are slower and timeouts can be critical. While testing your network, don't forget to test the slow protocols (1/2)
June 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
10G, 100G, 400G -- that's the flashy part. But control protocols are slower and timeouts can be critical. While testing your network, don't forget to test the slow protocols (1/2)
A long requested feature - Protocol Emulation - will be part of the upcoming Ostinato 2.0 release!
DHCP client/server, IGMP/MLD host emulation and OSPF/BGP are included in the initial release.
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DHCP client/server, IGMP/MLD host emulation and OSPF/BGP are included in the initial release.
(1/2)
June 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A long requested feature - Protocol Emulation - will be part of the upcoming Ostinato 2.0 release!
DHCP client/server, IGMP/MLD host emulation and OSPF/BGP are included in the initial release.
(1/2)
DHCP client/server, IGMP/MLD host emulation and OSPF/BGP are included in the initial release.
(1/2)
No more counting digits or commas to figure out if the Ostinato rate is bps/Kbps/Mbps or Gbps!
June 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
No more counting digits or commas to figure out if the Ostinato rate is bps/Kbps/Mbps or Gbps!
In an earlier job I had the opportunity to work with the Linux networking stack and in 2009 I made a tiny bugfix contribution to iproute2 (the Linux "ip" utility) about display of ip4ip6 tunnels.
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May 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In an earlier job I had the opportunity to work with the Linux networking stack and in 2009 I made a tiny bugfix contribution to iproute2 (the Linux "ip" utility) about display of ip4ip6 tunnels.
(1/2)
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DMVPN (Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network) is a popular Cisco-proprietary tech for building scalable VPN networks. The latest Ostinato blog post shows you how to setup a DMVPN test topology and what to test. (1/2)
May 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
DMVPN (Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network) is a popular Cisco-proprietary tech for building scalable VPN networks. The latest Ostinato blog post shows you how to setup a DMVPN test topology and what to test. (1/2)