ARIN resources and the Service Provider
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can be intimidated by all of the facets of working with the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN). I have put together a guide that outlines common things you, as a service provider, need to do. …
Hurricane Electric now requires IRR and filters invalid RPKI
If you are a Hurricane Electric customer you may be receiving e-mails like the following: What does this mean for you as a service provider? If you use Hurricane Electric as transit or peer with them on an exchange you …
New Speed Test server for Patreons
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Some WordPress tips
If you are wanting to force non SSL to SSL. Add the following to your site’s .htaccess file Set proper file permissions Script from https://www.ryadel.com/en/set-file-system-permissions-wordpress-web-site-centos-7-chmod/ # # This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations # from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions # …
CCR1016 BGP route pull down
This morning I had a Mikrotik CCR1016 where I had to change the router ID, which caused all the sessions to reset. The following is a screenshot of the time it took to re-learn all of the peers. Obviously, the …
OpenVPN, rooter project, and Mikrotik
Tutorial on Using The Rooter project to establish an OpenVPN connection to a Mikrotik router.
Briefing June 26th 2020 – API,5g,interconnection
https://www.businessinsider.com/exclusive-massive-spying-on-users-of-googles-chrome-shows-new-security-weakness-2020-6A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s market-leading Chrome web browser, researchers at Awake Security told Reuters, highlighting the tech industry’s failure to protect browsers as they are used more for email, …
Justin’s I.T. maintenance tip #7
When you are scheduling late maintenance schedule it anytime after 12:01AM so there is no confusion on the day. It’s easier to clarify 12:01AM on Friday the 10th than midnight on Friday. Folks tend to get confused when you say …
Takeaways for the customer from Tech Support
I have been in the ISP industry for close to thirty years now. One thing that has changed very little is the customer side of technical support. What I mean by this is, no matter if it is dial-up or …