Packets Down Range #37:Netrality, South Front Networks,LibreQos Buffer Test
Hello fellow tech warriors, tinkerers, and trailblazers — welcome back to Packers Down Range, your go-to dispatch from the edge of the digital frontier. Whether you’re knee-deep in fiber splicing, tracking BGP flaps, or just catching up between tower climbs, this issue is packed with insight, tools, and a bit of opinionated wisdom to help keep your networks running and your coffee strong.
This month, we’re diving into LibreQoS Bufferbloat test, South Front Networks and Netrality expansions as well as other topics.
So grab your multi-tool, fire up your terminal, and let’s head down range. Patreon Subscribers can view additional news here. It’s only $3 a month. It’s like buying me a Red Bull once a month.
Interconnection & Data Center News
•BGP Tourism is a term popping up everywhere after soem recent BGP events on the Internet.
•Netrality expands in Indianapolis.
•CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5-gigawatt data center dubbed Hyperion, as well as a gigawatt-scale project called Prometheus.
•South Front Networks expands to Des Moines. It’s official! SFN is coming to Des Moines! We will have our initial pops located at the Aureon 616 10th Street datacenter and IP Pathways in Urbandale. Protected 10GE circuits, 100G/400G wave, 100GHz dim channels available!
•Vantage Data Centers expands Nevada offerings.
ISP News
•Indiana Broadband Office opens BEAD.
•Tarana has training in Irving, Texas, in August in conjunction with CTIConnect.
•Surf Internet expands its Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan footprints.
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Tech Topics
• LibreQoS Buffer Bloat test. If you are not familiar with these folks check them out.
•Record Breaking 7.3Tbps DDoS attack.In mid-May 2025, Cloudflare successfully mitigated the largest DDoS attack in history, reaching a staggering 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps) and 4.8 billion packets per second (Bpps).
• Russ White has a new course on Network Fundamentals
•Intel is shutting down Clear Linux.
•Common Fiber Optic connector types you should know. Compliments of Mohamad Jorsaraei
•Ever wondered what the Global Routing Table looked like now that we have surpassed a million routes? https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/09/a-day-in-the-life-of-bgp/
| Metric | IPv4 | IPv6 |
| Address prefixes | 1,001,332 | 221,004 |
| AS count | 76,917 | 34,766 |
| Origin ASes | 65,959 | 29,076 |
| Transit ASes | 557 | 342 |
| Mixed ASes | 10,401 | 5,348 |
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