Equipment
New Year’s resolutions for network engineers
Why not start out the new year with some changes? Here is my list of things I see which could help. You can easily do the following twelve things in the next twelve months.
Continue reading...Tech Tip: New features Apple Mail for macOS Ventura
For those of you running Apple Mall under the new macOS Ventura (13) below are some of the new features. Undo send. After you send an email, you have a few seconds to unsend it to make corrections or other changes. See Recall email with Undo Send. Schedule with Send Later. You now have the option to schedule a time to send an email. See Write and send emails. Remind me. If you don’t have time to respond to an email right away,...
Continue reading...The ever-evolving service provider
Some of you may have noticed a subtle difference in the title. In many of my previous posts and articles, wISP was written as WISP. Note the capitalization of W. This represents a shift from Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) becoming a more hybrid approach to service delivery. What does this mean? Are Wireless providers going away? Read on, dear reader. Mainly due to government definitions of what broadband is, speeds being delivered by service providers are being increased. In 2015 the FCC...
Continue reading...ISP news and notables
The Commerce Department can’t allocate $42.5 billion in grants until the FCC publishes better coverage data.https://www.engadget.com/bipartisan-infrastructure-law-broadband-funding-delayed-180710457.html Walmart and Streaming Serviceshttps://techcrunch.com/2022/08/09/walmart-streaming-nyt-report/ Mikrotik August 2022 Newsletterhttps://mt.lv/News107 Unifi Version 7.0https://blog.ui.com/2022/03/01/unifi-network-version-7-0-introduces-revamped-settings-to-simplify-system-configuration/
Continue reading...Switch VLAN configuration de-mystified
There seems to be a great deal of confusion when it comes to VLAN configuration across different platforms. In this article, I am going to clarify some often misunderstood terms and bad configurations I see. Let’s start with some terms Tagged Frame – A tagged frame includes a VLAN ID in the header. Untagged Frame – A frame that does not include and VLAN ID in the header. If you are unfamiliar with ethernet frame here is a good definition https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/know-how/ethernet-frame/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_frame...
Continue reading...Data Center redundancy explained
Fiber Store has an article explaining what things like N+1 and other terms used to describe Data Center redundancy mean. https://community.fs.com/blog/understanding-data-center-redundancy.html
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Cambium QOE DPI
As an ISP you probably have an inkling of where your customers are pulling data from. With the new Cambium QOE software, you can know for sure. What do you notice about this? -Netflix-Roku-Youtube-Amazon Video-HuluAll streaming services. Your customers are consuming more and more video content.
Continue reading...DNS in ISP networks and why you should care
If you are not familiar with how DNS works, please go and read this article and watch the accompanying video. In this article we will talk about the different types of DNS servers an ISP will encounter and the design considerations of implementing them into your network. Let’s jump into the three types. Cache servers local DNS (LDNS) servers authoritative DNS (ADNS) servers, of which the Root and Top Level Domain (gTLD) servers are special cases Let’s go into detail on what each...
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