Where does TRILL and VXLAN fit in to your network strategy?
As networking trends yo-yo between layer-3 and layer-2 centric different protocols have emerged. Protocols such as Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL), Shortest Path Bridging (SPB), and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) have emerged to address the need of scalability …
What is an LOA for a cross-connect?
LOA’s (Letters of Authority/Authorization) are a mystery to many. We help many of our customers with LOA’s on a semi-regular basis. If you are here you are probably wanting to find out what an LOA is and how to properly fill …
OTV and VXLAN
A great article on explaining what OTV is and how it compares to VXLAN http://www.routexp.com/2017/04/vxlan-and-otv-what-is-difference.html?m=1
ISP Visio Stencil List
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PeeringDB Tutorial
The folks over at PeeringDB have a presentation on setting up an account and adding your network. https://docs.peeringdb.com/presentation/20190227-peeringdb-workshop-2-main.pdf
Cisco Licensing
Our buddy Tony Mattke writes about his thoughts over at routerjockey. https://routerjockey.com/2019/03/13/mandatory-cisco-dna-licensing-is-this-the-future/
Understanding the OSI Model
Some links to help you understand and learn the OSI model. https://www.networkinghub.in/2019/03/basic-networking-osi-model-part-1.html
Down detection for Netflix, Hulu, etc.
Are you an ISP and need to check if it’s you or Netflix? Maybe your gamers are calling and can’t log in to Apex legends? Check out https://downdetector.com/
PodCast: Mum 2019 chat with JJ & Eric
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Sat down With JJ Mcgrath and Eric Sooter at the Mikrotik User meeting in Autin for a little “routerside chat” about the WISP industry. #routinglight #routingrf #bendingpackets #podcast