Understanding BGP Route Reflection: Simplifying Scalable Network Designs
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a crucial component in the routing world, particularly in large-scale networks where scalability and efficient routing are paramount. In the context of expansive networks, BGP Route Reflection emerges as a fundamental technique to alleviate the …
Greg Sowell talks ProxmoxVE Container Admin via Ansible and Ascender
A recent ask from a fan was “how do you manage containers inside of proxmox”, so here it is! This demos creating, starting, stopping, and deleting containers. The playbook can be found here: https://github.com/gregsowell/ansible…
Alta Labs releases version 1.2m software for their switch line.
What’s new in 1.2m
Packets Down Range #31:Meta, Google, Indiana Digital Equity
It’s the beginning of the year. Do you know what that means? It’s time for conferences. FISPA livejust wrapped up. Metro Connect and others are coming. Also lots of news out of my home state of Indiana this edition. Data …
WISP tower random photos
I was going through some older hard drives and came across some of these photos of Baicells, Cambium and other gear on towers. These were installed for Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs). See below for those who don’t know what …
Mikrotik RouterOS 7.14beta8 is out
https://librenms.icisky.net/dashboard/14 What’s new in 7.14beta8 (2024-Jan-22 21:07): !) rose-storage – moved SMB service in the RouterOS bundle;!) smb – removed legacy SMB service (replaced with newer and faster ROSE SMB service);*) bgp – allow to leak routes between local VRFs;*) …
Packets Down Range #30:Lumen, Databank, and investments in networks
Greetings from the great frozen Tundra of Indiana. It was 21 degrees today, which has been a heatwave. In this issue, we have a lot of data center news. Lunmen shuts down their CDN, Databank expands, and some great tech …
Alta Labs POE switch photos
Alta Labs POE switch photos. Review and thoughts coming soon.
Unveiling the Versatile Applications of VXLAN in Modern Networking
VXLAN, standing for Virtual Extensible LAN, offers many applications that cater to the evolving needs of modern networking paradigms. 1. Data Center Interconnectivity VXLAN plays a pivotal role in connecting geographically dispersed data centers. Encapsulating Layer 2 Ethernet frames within …
What is Buffer Bloat in network switches?
What is Buffer Bloat? Buffer bloat refers to excessive data buffering within network devices such as routers or switches. These devices utilize buffers to hold incoming and outgoing data packets temporarily. However, when these buffers become overfilled due to congestion …