400 Gigabit randomness
What is the Form Factor for 400G optics? • The first is OSFP OSFP stands for “Octal Small Form-factor Pluggable”. The electrical interface of an OSFP connector consists of 8 electrical lanes, running at 50Gb/s each, for a total of …
AS Stats using sFlow/NetFlow
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VXLAN terminology and what it means
What are some of the various terminology used in VXLAN? VNI/VNID: Virtual Network Identifier or VXLAN Network Identifier Layer2 VNI carried in VXLAN bridged packets. VNI is configured per VLAN. Layer3 VNI carried in VXLAN routed packets across VTEPs. One L3 …
China proposes replacement to TCP/IP
China’s “New IP” proposal to replace TCP/IP has a built in “shut up command” for censorship The Chinese government and the Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei under its control are proposing a “New IP” addressing system for the …
How to create a viewshed in Cambium Linkplanner 5.3.0
Viewsheds are a feature present in the Online Map (using V5.3.0 or later), which indicate all the locations in the area surrounding a chosen place that are considered to be Line-of-Sight for a given tower height and subscriber height. https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/LINKPlanner/How-to-Create-a-Viewshed/m-p/116297
LTE components
What is what in the following diagram when it comes to LTE components eNodeB -Evolved Node B This is the main component that allows users to connect to the network. MME – Mobility Management Entity. The MME is responsible for …
Zero touch wisp install
Customer Ethernet plugs in inside with the poe injector. No outlets needed outside. This is just stuff I had laying around. A HEX poe would be the new model of mikrotik to make this work. Will power cambium CPE okay.
Some of my favorite Forums
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Mr DNS Podcast
If you are wanting learn all about DNS and learn lots of geeky DNS stuff you can listen http://www.ask-mrdns.com/
The problem with routing registries
Anyone who has followed me knows I am a fan of Internet Routing Registries (IRR). However, there is a glaring issue with these registries.