Worth Reading: Micro BGP Suite — the Swiss Army Knife of routing analysis 25 November 2021 BGP Scanner proved to be a useful tool for many network analysis projects, including lib_bgp_data, to wade through the vast amount of MRT data provided by the multitude of benevolent route-collecting projects. Worth Reading: The Fight Over 12 GHz Spectrum 25 November 2021 There is a heavyweight battle going on at the FCC over how to use 12 GHz spectrum, and while this may seem like a spectrum issue, it’s all about broadband. Worth Reading: DNS at IETF 112 24 November 2021 Here are notes from some selected working group meetings that caught my attention. And, yes, I should say at the outset that the DNS continues to catch a lot of my attention these days, so I’ll divide this report into DNS and the other topics. This is the DNS part. Worth Reading: Migrating from fabricpath to EVPN/VxLAN 24 November 2021 We’ll be looking at deploying an EVPN/VxLAN Data Center fabric and migrating from a cisco fabricpath environment to the new design. Worth Reading: What Every Engineer and Computer Scientist Should Know 23 November 2021 Through research drawing from psychiatry, neuroscience, psychology, and affective computing, I have learned some surprising things. In some cases, they are principles we have embedded into technology that interacts with people. Worth Reading: Software-Defined Cooking Using a Microwave Oven 23 November 2021 We present software-defined cooking (SDC), a low-cost closed-loop microwave oven system that aims to heat food in a software-defined thermal trajectory. Worth Reading: Wi-Fi 7 to Make a Splash at CES 2022 22 November 2021 Wi-Fi 6 — also known as 802.11ax — routers are only starting to trickle into homes today, and the even newer Wi-Fi 6E access points are barely hitting the market. Still, MediaTek is starting to prepare for the launch of Wi-Fi 7. Worth Reading: ISP Design Guide — Separation of network functions 22 November 2021 Large ISPs typically already embrace the philosophy of separating network functions, so the focus of this series will be to help new or growing regional ISPs understand the design intent and the challenges/costs of running networks that don’t separate network functions. Worth Reading: Sustainability Sharpens Focus on Data Center Water Usage Effectiveness 18 November 2021 We have been discussing the differences between air cooling and liquid cooling of IT equipment within the data center, which has recently gotten the most attention due to rising power densities. Worth Reading: Being Serious about Local Resiliency 18 November 2021 One of the things I’ve noticed through the years in the industry is that small ISPs plan for disasters better than large ones. When I visit a small telco that sits in a known flood plain, I expect to find huts built on stilts to survive floods. 1 2 3 … 186 Next »
