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AI agents configure Cisco router, signaling future of network engineering

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Two AI agents, powered by Qwen 2.5 32B, successfully configured a blank Cisco router in a home lab environment. One agent interpreted the user's intent to set up the router, while the second agent verified the configuration. This demonstration suggests potential future applications in network engineering, though production environments may not yet be ready for such automation. AI

IMPACT Suggests potential for AI agents to automate complex technical tasks like network engineering, though widespread adoption in production environments may be some time away.

RANK_REASON Demonstration of AI agents performing a specific task (router configuration) that could be considered a tool or application of AI.

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AI agents configure Cisco router, signaling future of network engineering

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · networknerd1337 ·

    Network engineering is physical. So how does a bot take it over? It doesn't, but in my home lab two local agents on Qwen 2.5 32B took a blank Cisco router: one

    Network engineering is physical. So how does a bot take it over? It doesn't, but in my home lab two local agents on Qwen 2.5 32B took a blank Cisco router: one configured it from my intent, one checked the work, then they handed me a port map. Production, and OT especially, isn't…

    LINKS ryanthomashuff.com/ai-agents-network-engi…

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