Interesting Amazon item: iodd Mini USB 3.0 256-bit Secure encrypted SSD Drive

AES256-XTS/Write protect Blocker/WinToGo/AutoSleep/Safely Removal/Firmware Updater Provide bootable Virtual USB Drive function can be used with Rufus or similar other tools Recognized as Bootable HDD for Windows 8,LInux,Mac OS. Selecting VHD files let you can multi-boot. Optimized for handheld / Light and small size fits in your hand Simple and powerful features / built-in help / … Read more

PHP 7.3 and 7.4 Woes and solution

So this weekend I have been doing some LibreNMS installs and have been having to change the default CentOS PHP version. If it is Centos7 PHP 7.3 is recommend and if it’s Centos 8 then PHP 7.4 is recommended. I have some pretty good tutorials on installing Librenms that I follow. They all mention the … Read more

Shuffle poles for smart cities utilizing Siklu

Siklu, a global leader in Fixed 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) solutions for Gigabit Wireless Access (GWA), Smart City and security networks, today announced an initiative with Schréder, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of outdoor lighting systems, to create the first-ever “Wireless Smart Pole” – thanks to a new module available with the Schreder Smart Pole: … Read more

Proper BGP DENY-ALL filter for mikrotik

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Speed validation for compliance on ISP networks

Does your ISP network need a way to validate customer speeds? RDOF compliance? State compliance for broadband speeds and latency? as many of you know there are problems with using public speedtest servers to validate customer speeds. J2networks, in conjunction with Aloremnetworks, has an on-premise solution that is easy to manage, small footprint, and scalable. … Read more

Netbox Mikrotik Ansible Config generator

Interconnection

So, due to Covid, weather and everything else I am quite behind on blog updates and such. this is one that kinda fell through the cracks. I meant to get this out much sooner than now. My buddy Schylar Utley has a pretty cool projects for optimizing CPE deployments and such. Check them out at … Read more

Amazon Sidewalk is announced

Amazon has announced a new feature called Sidewalk. When enabled, Sidewalk uses a small portion of your Internet bandwidth to provide these services to you and your neighbors. This setting will apply to all of your supported Echo and Ring devices that are linked to your Amazon account.  In essence, what this does is it … Read more

Mikrotik Connection tracking and CPU usage

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