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Are you intimidated by getting an ASN to participate in BGP? Need help with routing registries?
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Cisco ORF (Outbound route filtering)
Outbound Route Filtering (ORF) is a Cisco proprietary feature that prevents the unnecessary exchanging of routes that are subject to inbound filtering.
For Patreon Subscribers: Access to Mikrotik Speedtest servers
I am happy to announce a special new tier for my Patreon subscribers. I have now installed a network of speedtest servers in 15 locations in the United States and one overseas as part of stage 1. Patreon subscribers who subscribe to this extra tier of service will be presented with a members-only username and … Read more
“Glue addresses” in networking
The glue address is the address that binds, aka glues, your network to another network
Noction: BGP in Large Networks
Using BGP in large scale networks and how to get the most out of it. Paper by Noction
How I learned to love BGP communities and so can you
For the purpose of part one of this article we will talk about communities and how they can be utilized for traffic coming into your network
BGP Confederations
BGP confederation is a method to use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to subdivide a single autonomous system (AS) into multiple internal sub-AS’s
The problem with peering from a logistics standpoint
Many ISPs run into this problem as part of their growing pains. This scenario usually starts happening with their third or 4th peer.
Vyos 1.2.1 released
Vyos 1.2.1 has been released. Check it out here. https://blog.vyos.io/vyos-1.2.1-release
Mikrotik releases some new certifications
Mikrotik has released some new certifications. https://mikrotik.com/training/about MTCNA – MikroTik Certified Network Associate (view outline) MTCRE – MikroTik Certified Routing Engineer (view outline) MTCWE – MikroTik Certified Wireless Engineer (view outline) MTCTCE – MikroTik Certified Traffic Control Engineer (view outline) MTCUME – MikroTik Certified User Management Engineer (view outline) MTCIPv6E – MikroTik Certified IPv6 Engineer (view outline) MTCINE – MikroTik Certified Inter-networking … Read more
Are you ready for 768k day?
As the global routing table increases, routers use more and more memory to hold these tables in memory. Most routers use what is called TCAM memory to hold routing tables. TCAM memory is much faster than normal RAM, which makes it ideal for accessing large routing tables on a router. However, TCAM is generally viewed … Read more