Ubiquiti releases EdgeMAX EdgeSwitch software 1.8.2

From their announcement A new software release for EdgeSwitch (all current models) is available here: EdgeSwitch 1G switch models: ES-48-750W, ES-48-500W, ES-24-500W, ES-24-250W, ES-48-Lite, ES-24-Lite, ES-16-150W, ES-12F,ES-8-150W, EP-S16. Normal version: https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/EdgeSwitch/v1.8.2/ES-eswh.v1.8.2.5192445.stk (SHA1: b1f66416276ef7de9abd5d2c50fa79b75d1bfe49) (GPL archive) LITE version: https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/EdgeSwitch/v1.8.2/ES-eswh.v1.8.2-lite.5192445.stk (SHA1: 47c11f3ce06d77e450a480877e06d2e72a6c6192) Mib files: https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/EdgeSwitch/v1.8.2/ES-eswh.v1.8.2.5192445-mibs.tar.gz (SHA1: 85b3acb15923b94f25bc965a98f72d24a4dac1f1) EdgeSwitch 10G switch model: ES-16-XG Normal version: https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/EdgeSwitch/v1.8.2/ES-esgh.v1.8.2.5192445.stk (SHA1: 4aa6412e4736e9a1314700af3c7d05c61500d20b) (GPL archive) LITE version: https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/EdgeSwitch/v1.8.2/ES-esgh.v1.8.2-lite.5192445.stk (SHA1: 0e627ec330e3ec38feca97a2564be701f40ae246) Mib files: https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/EdgeSwitch/v1.8.2/ES-esgh.v1.8.2.5192445-mibs.tar.gz (SHA1: cb726e10689de0004d08ccc6d26beeec5a9f3f60) … Read more

Remote Peering

Martin J. Levy from Cloudflare did a presentation about remote peering possibly being a bad thing. In this presentation, he brings up several valid points. https://www.globalpeeringforum.org/pastEvents/gpf14/presentations/Wed_2_MartinLevy_remote_peering_is_bad_for.pdf Some thoughts of my own. Yes, remote peering is happening.  One thing touched upon is the layer3 vs layer2 traffic.  We at MidWest-IX only allow remote peering at a … Read more

J2 briefing: Zayo acquisition, more wifi6, NTIA changes

Hello, welcome to Monday May 13th 2019, my name is Justin and this is the ISP news you need to know. Zayo to be Acquired https://investors.zayo.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2019/Zayo-Announces-Definitive-Agreement-to-be-Acquired-by-Digital-Colony-and-EQT/default.aspx Zayo to be acquired by Digital Colony Partners and EQT Infrastructure fund for $14.3 Billion in cash.  This continues the trend of telecom companies being bought by equity funds.  … Read more