United States-based WISP distributors
The following is an extensive list of distributors who sell products related to the Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) space. This not a total list, but an extensive list. If you are not on this list or want to add …
Justin’s List of xISP vendors and resources
I have been working on this list for a while. The following are vendors, manufacturers, and various companies I have dealt with in my career as an ISP owner and consultant. This is not a complete list by any means. …
New Pricing Effective February 1, 2021
New Pricing for consulting rates effective February 1st 2021 Non Contract work (when available)Standard rate $159 per hourAfter-hours work $179 an hour Standard Contract Work 5 Hour block $70010 Hour block $129015 Hour block $1785After hours and weekend billed at …
Late-night router work
Mikrotik CCR1072 for an ISP network running BGP.
Denial of Service and the xISP Part 1
Most service providers have been the victim of a Denial of Service (DoS) attack at one point or another. Sometimes you may not realize you are under an attack. A few months ago, I posted a simple screenshot at https://blog.j2sw.com/networking/anatomy-of-a-ddos/ of what …
Elitism in the I.T field
Have you ever ran across this guy? If not, maybe it’s you. Elitism is in every field. I.T/Networking/Programming fields highlight the elitism more than other areas for several reasons. We will dive into some of these reasons and maybe shed …
Quick and Dirty Baicells eNODEB Mikrotik Rules
If you have a Baicells eNodeB you wish to restrict access to these Mikrotik rules will help. There are some assumptions made. The following rules are meant to be a base for incorporating into your network. /ip firewall filteradd action=drop …
Using Splunk to monitor literally everything on Mikrotik
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Interesting Amazon item: iodd Mini USB 3.0 256-bit Secure encrypted SSD Drive
AES256-XTS/Write protect Blocker/WinToGo/AutoSleep/Safely Removal/Firmware Updater Provide bootable Virtual USB Drive function can be used with Rufus or similar other tools Recognized as Bootable HDD for Windows 8,LInux,Mac OS. Selecting VHD files let you can multi-boot. Optimized for handheld / Light …
PHP 7.3 and 7.4 Woes and solution
So this weekend I have been doing some LibreNMS installs and have been having to change the default CentOS PHP version. If it is Centos7 PHP 7.3 is recommend and if it’s Centos 8 then PHP 7.4 is recommended. I …
ISP Supplies: MicroPop Full Kit
Our friends over at ispsupplies.com and a Mimosa Micro-Pop full kit. https://www.ispsupplies.com/Mimosa-Micro-Pop-Full-Kit