What an outage looks like
Almost a 12-hour fiber cut outage.
Packets DownRange
Internet Service provider topics, Network operations, and other topics. Some topics include Mikrotik, Cisco, Arista and other configurations.
Almost a 12-hour fiber cut outage.
This article will focus on MikroTik – we will show you how you can do a network wide mass upgrade of RouterOS using Unimus
If you are like me and are a CentOS fan you will find these instructions quick and easy for installing your own self-hosted speedtest.
Recently a client testing their 5G solution came to me asking for a solution to testing speed from their CBRS/5G/802.11ax clients
This was originally posted at: https://www.mtin.net/blog/why-every-isp-should-be-deploying-hap-lite-to-customers/ So Mikrotik has a very cheap hAP Lite coming out. This is a 4 port, 2.4 b/g/n router/access point which retails for $21.95. Baltic networks have pre-orders for $18.95. Why should you deploy this little gem and how? We have found over the years routers account for more … Read more
So the folks over at Mozilla thought it would be cool to do DNS over HTTPS. This is a dumb idea. If you happen to be running Mozzilla Firefox you should disable this for your own sake. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/configuring-networks-disable-dns-over-https If you want the functionality of DNS over HTTPS (DoH) then use a VPN and make your … Read more
I am happy to announce a special new tier for my Patreon subscribers. I have now installed a network of speedtest servers in 15 locations in the United States and one overseas as part of stage 1. Patreon subscribers who subscribe to this extra tier of service will be presented with a members-only username and … Read more
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