Why Are There So Many Default Routes In Azure?
Have you wondered why an Azure subnet with no route table has so many default routes? What the heck is 25.176.0.0/13? Or What is 198.18.0.0/15? And why are they routing…
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Connecting To A Third-Party Network From Azure Using NAT
An unfortunately common scenario is where you must create a site-to-site network connection with a third-party network from your Azure network using NAT. This post will explain a few solutions.
The Scenario
There are those out there who think that every implementation in The Cloud is 100% under your…
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