*correction to the original post* Being a mac user, I forget not everyone has thunderbolt ports. Many of the folks I talk to are deploying more and more 10Gig switches and links. ISP and network techs are used to plug in a laptop for a quick test. How do you do that with 10Gig fiber? Here is your answer! This device is one way to help diagnose issues and connectivity on those 10Gig links. Just need thunderbolt on your laptop. You can insert...
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A tool to find out if BGP is lying to you
APNIC has a bog article on detecting “bgp lies”. https://blog.apnic.net/2021/05/24/a-tool-to-detect-bgp-lies/Do you ever wonder whether you can really trust other networks, such as your provider(s) and peers? More precisely, wouldn’t you like to be able to tell if the traffic you send always flows through the paths received in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)? Could it be that, for some prefixes, the forwarding path might differ?
Continue reading...Dual monitors.sure. five monitors..can you keep track
With all of the people working from home with the Covid-19 restrictions, I see the topic of multiple monitors come up quite often on Facebook discussions. If you are not a fan of having more than one monitor you need to listen to the following video. This is an excellent video on time management. If you want to skip to the dual monitor stuff it starts at 27:15 The question is how many monitors are too much? How much information can your brain...
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Over the years a good network admin collects websites which are useful in their job. I have put together a partial list
Continue reading...tool of the Week: Primus folding cable caddy
This Cable Caddy measures 20″ by 16″ and is the ideal installers’ tool of choice for bulk cable distribution.
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If you are like me you get to a tower site and don’t have enough Carabiners, or something You make a mental note to order more, but after a long day you forget
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