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 to London, in the time it takes you to read this word.

TFTP Server for Mac

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Self-Hosted speedtest

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Mikrotik releases some new certifications

Mikrotik has released some new certifications. https://mikrotik.com/training/about MTCNA – MikroTik Certified Network Associate (view outline) MTCRE – MikroTik Certified Routing Engineer (view outline) MTCWE – MikroTik Certified Wireless Engineer (view outline) MTCTCE – MikroTik Certified Traffic Control Engineer (view outline) MTCUME – MikroTik Certified User Management Engineer (view outline) MTCIPv6E – MikroTik Certified IPv6 Engineer (view outline) MTCINE – MikroTik Certified Inter-networking … Read more

Router Vulnerability roundup for April 2019

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Small Cells and hybrid networks for WISPs: Part 1

The never-ending goal of any Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) is how to get ever-increasing levels of bandwidth to clients. The always increasing demands, by customers,  on WISPs, and ISPs, in general, are becoming an everyday problem for many operators.  Building a business model on unlicensed spectrum can be a shaky foundation.  Interference and changing … Read more