The new Cisco 9600

https://blog.noblinkyblinky.com/2019/04/29/introducing-the-catalyst-9600/ The Catalyst 9600 enters the market as the last piece of the CAT9K series puzzle. It compliments the rest of the line up, the CAT 9200, 9300, 9400, and 9500 series switches. And this is ultimately an upgrade to …

How the Internet travels across oceans

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/10/technology/internet-cables-oceans.html The internet consists of tiny bits of code that move around the world, traveling along wires as thin as a strand of hair strung across the ocean floor. The data zips from New York to Sydney, from Hong Kong …

Are you ready for 768k day?

As the global routing table increases, routers use more and more memory to hold these tables in memory. Most routers use what is called TCAM memory to hold routing tables. TCAM memory is much faster than normal RAM, which makes …