Exploring Multicast and PIM: Unlocking Efficient Data Distribution in Networks
Multicast offers a solution for simultaneously distributing data to multiple recipients. One of the key protocols enabling multicast routing is Protocol protocol-independent multicast (PIM). In this blog post, we’ll delve into the world of multicast, understand its significance, and unravel …
Mastering Cable Management in Data Centers: The Unsung Hero of Seamless Operations
Importance of Cable Management: Best Practices in Cable Management: Challenges and Solutions: Effective cable management isn’t merely about aesthetics; it’s a crucial element in ensuring data center operations’ reliability, efficiency, and longevity. As the digital landscape evolves, organized cabling becomes …
The Little Packet that could. A journey of a network packet through the Internet.
In the vast and interconnected landscape of the digital world, data packets are the unsung heroes that power our online experiences. These small, seemingly unremarkable data units are like the “Little Engine That Could,” tirelessly chugging along to ensure our …
Quality Of Service (QOS) for Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
What is QoS? Quality of Service (QoS) is a set of techniques and mechanisms that ISPs use to manage and prioritize network traffic. It allows ISPs to allocate network resources in a way that ensures certain types of data or …
If you are an ISP, run your own DNS resolvers
Glenn Kelley has a great article on spinning up your own DNS resolvers. This is a critical piece of infrastructure if you are in internet Service Provider (ISP). https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/making-dns-server-your-network-uses-root-hints-glenn-kelley As Glenn writes. Here’s why ISPs should consider running their own: …
Internet Service Providers, latency, customers, and how it all fits together
I have noticed a trend regarding customers and latency in the Internet Service Provider (ISP) world. Those in the industry know all about customers and speed tests. Love or hate them, the speed test is a way of life for …
Rookie network mistake this morning, and musings
Over the past few years, I have been trying to train myself out of First Responder mode and into the ability to take a step back and evaluate the situation when it comes to network outages. Being in the ISP …
New Year’s resolutions for network engineers
Why not start out the new year with some changes? Here is my list of things I see which could help. You can easily do the following twelve things in the next twelve months.
DDoS attacks in high bandwidth bursts
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ddos-attacks-hitting-victims-in-high-bandwidth-bursts Security firm Imperva culled the intelligence from nearly 5,600 network-level attacks encountered by its clients to find that attackers continued to increase the intensity of attacks as they also shortened attack duration. More than half of the attacks lasted eight minutes …