What is a router VRF and why it matters

400 Gigabit randomness

What is the Form Factor for 400G optics? • The first is OSFP  OSFP stands for “Octal Small Form-factor Pluggable”. The electrical interface of an OSFP connector consists of 8 electrical lanes, running at 50Gb/s each, for a total of …

AS Stats using sFlow/NetFlow

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VXLAN terminology and what it means

What are some of the various terminology used in VXLAN? VNI/VNID: Virtual Network Identifier or VXLAN Network Identifier Layer2 VNI carried in VXLAN bridged packets. VNI is configured per VLAN. Layer3 VNI carried in VXLAN routed packets across VTEPs. One L3 …

China proposes replacement to TCP/IP

China’s “New IP” proposal to replace TCP/IP has a built in “shut up command” for censorship   The Chinese government and the Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei under its control are proposing a “New IP” addressing system for the …

How to create a viewshed in Cambium Linkplanner 5.3.0

Viewsheds are a feature present in the Online Map (using V5.3.0 or later), which indicate all the locations in the area surrounding a chosen place that are considered to be Line-of-Sight for a given tower height and subscriber height. https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/LINKPlanner/How-to-Create-a-Viewshed/m-p/116297

LTE components

What is what in the following diagram when it comes to LTE components eNodeB -Evolved Node B This is the main component that allows users to connect to the network. MME – Mobility Management Entity. The MME is responsible for …

Zero touch wisp install

Customer Ethernet plugs in inside with the poe injector. No outlets needed outside. This is just stuff I had laying around. A HEX poe would be the new model of mikrotik to make this work. Will power cambium CPE okay.