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Internet Hygiene, Free Tools To Clean Your WISP Traffic Date & Time Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Speakers John Brown – Team CymruDennis Burgess – Link TechnologiesJustin Wilson – Fiber Data Exchange / Midwest-IX / Texas-IX Description Team Cymru provides several no-cost community services. Some are considered best practices for ISPs/WISPs. … Read more
Some photos from the Cambium event in Las Vegas at WispaPalooza 2023. New products announced
As we come upon WISPAPALOOZA 2023, I thought it would be fun to share some photos from years of past. Enjoy this photo album.
What is QoS? Quality of Service (QoS) is a set of techniques and mechanisms that ISPs use to manage and prioritize network traffic. It allows ISPs to allocate network resources in a way that ensures certain types of data or applications receive preferential treatment over others. QoS is essential for delivering a consistently high-quality internet … Read more
In this 28th Issue of Packets Down RangeNextlink acquires Indiana-based Echo wirelessCisco Acquires Sam KnowsT-mobile gobbling up spectrumand more… If you find this newsletter helpful, please subscribe. If you are feeling generous, consider becoming a Patreon. I have a $3 monthly tier that helps support this blog and newsletter. For the price of one bad … Read more
Guest Post From Glenn Kelley at Connectivity Engineer “Why ISPs Should Totally Rely on Google and CloudFlare for DNS (Wink, Wink)” Alright, folks, gather round as we explore the hilariously absurd notion that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should shirk their responsibility and just use free DNS servers like Google’s or CloudFlare’s. This is the same … Read more
Glenn Kelley has a great article on spinning up your own DNS resolvers. This is a critical piece of infrastructure if you are in internet Service Provider (ISP). https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/making-dns-server-your-network-uses-root-hints-glenn-kelley As Glenn writes. Here’s why ISPs should consider running their own: This is especially important in high-latency networks such as in the 3rd world or some … Read more
For years, we have heard of the depletion of IPv4 address space on the Internet. At the same time, more and more networks are coming online. Out of these new networks, we have an ever-increasing number wanting to participate in BGP routing. This can be for several reasons. The first is for what BGP was … Read more
1.1j Release Notes
If you are like me, you never have enough outlets when traveling. Computers, phones, travel monitors, and other devices must be plugged in at one point. Drop one of these in your backpack, and you will always have a convenient way to plug in multiple electronics. With USB ports, you aren’t having to lug around … Read more
This site broke the 10,000 unique mark in the past seven days? This is a huge milestone for me! I want to thank everyone who reads my corner of the world. If you find this site at all useful please consider becoming a Patreon for just $1 a month. This helps me stay motivated and … Read more
The override plug is one way to reset many of the Cmabium 450 series. This is simply an RJ-11 telephone plug. Wired in the following manner. This was initially posted by cambium at https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/ap-450-cant-access-via-web-access/40680/2