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Cambium QOE DPI
As an ISP you probably have an inkling of where your customers are pulling data from. With the new Cambium QOE software, you can know for sure. What do you notice about this? -Netflix-Roku-Youtube-Amazon Video-HuluAll streaming services. Your customers are consuming more and more video content.
ISP consultants.How to hire and engage Part 1
I have been a consultant for the Internet Service Provider (ISP) space for the better part of my working life. I have dealt with the technical side of the field and some of the business and back end. I have been an owner/operator/stakeholder in several ISPs since 2000. Some of these ventures have been self-funded, … Read more
Cambium QOE traffic screenshots
Recently I have been using the QoE solution from Cambium Networks on some networks. This software allows for the prioritization and shaping of traffic on a service provider’s network. We will go into the workings of this in some later posts. Here are some screenshots.
What services should your ISP be providing?
As Internet Service has evolved so have the service offerings of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Not too long ago the majority of ISPs were providing USENET feeds. If you remember those you have been at this for a long time. For those of you just getting started or wanting to do an evaluation on your … Read more
Yet another case for IPv6 for service providers
So recently I have been posting about the Cambium Networks QOE box I have been testing. After having this run for about a week I figured I would share this tidbit about usage. 55.39% of my traffic is IPV6 traffic. Most of this would be streaming traffic to various folks like NetFlix and Amazon and … Read more
Something new from Cambium
Just a hint of some new topics for the blog coming soon. Can you say #QOE? Those of you who attended the Cambium presentations at #WISPAPALOOZA2021 probably know what this is. More details are on the way. #packetsdownrange
WISPAPALOOZA 2021 – Network Security talk
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WISPAPLOOZA 2021 – Network Monitoring Talk
This content is for Patreon subscribers of the j2 blog. Please consider becoming a Patreon subscriber for as little as $1 a month. This helps to provide higher quality content, more podcasts, and other goodies on this blog.To view this content, you must be a member of Justin Wilson’s Patreon Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying … Read more
Common ISP outage causes
Over the years I have been able to narrow the most common reasons a service provider goes down or has an outage. This is, by no means, an extensive list. Let’s jump in. Layer1 outages Physical layer outages are the easiest and where you should always start. If you have had any kind of formal … Read more
Justin’s List of xISP vendors and resources
I have been working on this list for a while. The following are vendors, manufacturers, and various companies I have dealt with in my career as an ISP owner and consultant. This is not a complete list by any means. These are companies I have dealt with personally and/or are sponsors of this site. Companies … Read more
Preseem now supports IPv6
https://docs.preseem.com/changes Features IPv6 Preseem now supports IPv6 for all use cases. This includes the ability to assign subscribers a prefix of arbitrary length. IPv4 with Prefixes of Arbitrary Length Previously Preseem modelled subnet assignments to customers as a number of /32 assignments. For example a subscriber who was assigned a /30 would result in four … Read more