The importance of Network Monitoring Systems (NMS)
One of our open tickets on MidWest-IX is a member reporting slow speeds on their exchange port. After having them send us some data and a few e-mails back and forth we began looking at their switch port on the …
in-Floor cabling
Great example of in-floor cabling
From the archives – Evolution of a network guy part 2
Being hired as a tech support tech at tctc.com would forever change my life. It was like being shown who was behind the curtain. All of a sudden this world of T1 lines, modem banks, and DNS servers was before …
Understanding Cisco Optics
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Grounding on a Cell Site
Beefy grounding on a Cellular site
Cisco and Verizon demonstrate multi-haul
As Internet traffic grows and becomes more dynamic, optical transport networks for sub-sea, terrestrial long haul and metro need more capacity.
How VRFs work
virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) is a technology that allows multiple instances of a routing table to co-exist within the same router
Looking Glass Links
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Ethernet MTU and overhead
how much overhead do I need to account for on my transport network? I have put together a quick list to help when you are calculating your overhead
Metro Ethernet Terms and usage
As some of you reading this dive into metro ethernet you should know some terminology • User-Network Interface (UNI): The UNI is a physical Ethernet port on the service provider side of the network along with a predefined set of parameters …