How VRFs work
virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) is a technology that allows multiple instances of a routing table to co-exist within the same router
Looking Glass Links
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Ethernet MTU and overhead
how much overhead do I need to account for on my transport network? I have put together a quick list to help when you are calculating your overhead
Metro Ethernet Terms and usage
As some of you reading this dive into metro ethernet you should know some terminology • User-Network Interface (UNI): The UNI is a physical Ethernet port on the service provider side of the network along with a predefined set of parameters …
BGP Local Pref and how it can influence traffic
what does “bgp local-pref” do for me? The short answer is it allows you to prefer which direction a traffic will flow to a given destination
Cisco 2960X I/O usage
While double checking some stats on a network I came across this in Librenms in regards to a Cisco 2960X
Tech Tip: Determining MTU via MacOSX Ping oh yeah and Windows
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Some Basic Cisco router terminology
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Hurricane Electric route table over 800,000 routes
Had a Hurricane peer without any filtering or the like reach over 800,000 routes toda
VLANs on Mikrotik RouterOS from Rick Frey
Our friend Rick Frey has a great tutorial on VLANs on Mikrotik RouterOS and configuration