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Keith and David Coleman discuss the benefits and deployment hurdles of standard power 6GHz Wi‑Fi indoors, focusing on automated frequency coordination, indoor geolocation for APs, and low-power indoor fallback strategies.
Vincent Bernat created an exceptionally polished interactive introduction to the spanning tree protocol, apparently using WebAssembly, and it is so impressive that it may serve as the definitive STP explanation, with a video version also available.
A web scraper that gets blocked after a few requests can often be fixed by routing traffic through a residential proxy with country-specific credentials, which rotates fresh IPs and avoids rate limits while collecting regional product prices.
A vintage TrueTime XL GPS time server, once used to distribute precise network time, is being examined for a demo but faces practical hurdles from obsolete antenna hardware, battery-backed settings, and GPS week rollover issues that can break trusted timekeeping.
Telxius has launched a carrier-neutral landing gateway and edge data centre in Cancun, Mexico, to improve regional connectivity and serve as a landing point for the Tikal submarine cable linking Guatemala and Boca Raton, strengthening network links across the Caribbean, the USA, Latin America, and Europe.
Markus Schellenberg says Helsana uses ThousandEyes to gain visibility across internet, Azure, and home networks, quickly identify where issues originate, reduce troubleshooting time and tickets, and share clear snapshots that help teams and employees resolve problems collaboratively.
The content highlights the overwhelming variety of communication or privacy network options available, contrasting open source and commercial models as well as single-hop, multi-hop, and mixnet architectures.
Ethan and Holly explain how LLDP helps network engineers discover network topology and verify cabling by exchanging frames with mandatory and optional TLVs, while emphasizing that edge-port security remains important.
At DEF CON in Las Vegas, the creators explore the world’s largest hacking conference, highlight its chaotic hands-on security culture, show badge and device setup, warn about insecure Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth, and demonstrate a secure remote upload workflow using Twilgate.
iPronics raised $125 million in Series B funding, led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital with NVIDIA participating, to expand its silicon photonics-based programmable optical networking technology for AI data centres.
Arista says that after two decades, product quality and security remain its top priorities, and it is responding to an increasingly fast-changing threat landscape by proactively communicating with customers about upcoming security-related actions and expectations.
The vrnetlab project and its containerlab fork package virtual network devices as containers so they can be orchestrated like normal container workloads, but this raises a key challenge: how to make the underlying virtual networking plumbing actually work.
The post argues that although Layer 7 protocols are often difficult to parse, enforcing Layer 7 policies is usually simple enough that Beeline can remove the service proxy from the critical path for 89% of real-world policies.
ProLabs has launched two QSFP-DD coherent optical transceivers, the 800G ZR LH and 400G ZR ULH, to help carriers, service providers, and backbone networks extend transmission reach up to 2,400km for ultra-long-haul connectivity.
The Telstra outage underscored how modern networks depend on accurate time synchronization, revealing that even a seemingly minor infrastructure component can become critical when failures disrupt coordination, reliability, and service continuity across interconnected systems.
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches are presented as a future-ready storage networking foundation that combines high-speed scalability, layered security, AI-powered management, SAN analytics, and FICON support to keep mission-critical mainframe and enterprise workloads fast, visible, resilient, and always on.
Devices that offer free perks may secretly turn home internet connections into part of a proxy network, using users’ bandwidth and IP addresses to route traffic for others.
BlueCat is expanding beyond IPAM and DDI by integrating LiveAction’s network observability capabilities, with Ryan Grande explaining how combining observability, flows, packets, and DDI improves operational effectiveness.
The creator is building a portable, low-power mini UniFi homelab rack for an NTP demo, combining a Cloud Gateway Fiber, PoE switch, Wi‑Fi access point, and 5G backup internet, all mounted in 3D-printed mini-rack hardware for flexible wired, wireless, and battery/solar-ready use.
The discussion explores how software companies use netlab for network management software testing, with Dinesh Dutt joining to share how Stardust Systems uses it to validate new SuzieQ features, while the conversation also wanders through networking lab history and recent Ansible challenges.
Modern service discovery has become flexible enough to let services use arbitrary ports, but DNS still remains tied to the traditional port 53 convention.
Kevin and Alexis talk with Justin Ryburn, Kentik’s VP of Global Solution Engineering and Field CTO, about the demands of technical leadership on the road, including balancing executive duties, speaking, team management, and frequent travel.
The video demonstrates how UDP simply drops missing packets and keeps going, while TCP preserves ordered delivery by withholding later data until gaps are repaired, creating head-of-line blocking that can hurt real-time applications like voice calls and games where stale data is less useful than missing data.
Cisco and Basler are collaborating on a validated machine vision design that connects cameras, industrial networking, and AI-driven decision-making to deliver reliable, scalable vision data transmission across factory and other industrial environments.
LINX and JPIX have expanded their 2018 partnership by launching direct London-to-Tokyo network routes, enabling European networks to access JPIX’s Japanese interconnection platform and local peering opportunities while extending cross-border connectivity between the two exchange ecosystems.
The post introduces a Segment Routing workshop example demonstrating multi-vendor SR-MPLS in the same lab topology, with Arista EOS on PE1, FRRouting on P, and SR Linux on PE2, marking a return to regular programming after summer and linking it to prior workshop examples.
Rowell and François discuss the hardware, software, AI, and automation tools they’ve used in 2026 for daily work, client visits, business operations, Wi-Fi troubleshooting, and surveys, with plans to revisit which tools prove most useful by year’s end.
Meta introduced MetaRoCE, a new RDMA transport protocol designed specifically for AI-scale training and serving on commodity Ethernet, aiming to improve fast, reliable GPU data movement while reducing wasted compute, and it is releasing the specification, reference software, and compliance testing tools.
The content argues that claims about using digital twins or AI agents to validate network ideas often ignore practical limitations, highlighting a new gotcha: Arista cEOS containers do not apply inbound ACLs to control-plane traffic, unlike vEOS VMs.
A guest post argues that a homelab is incomplete without a solid networking setup, warning that while the effort can be risky and complex, it is ultimately worthwhile for building a more capable and realistic lab environment.
Disrupt is inviting the startup community to secure their passes and prepare for the event in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West.
Attending Disrupt is essential for investors to explore Expo Halls, meet founders, and gain insights from peers, proving its value annually.
Now is the ideal time to secure your pass for Disrupt, a major startup event happening in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West.
Nick Burgalio and Tom Coffeen discuss a Reddit post about federal guidance on IPv6 adoption, questioning the effectiveness of mandates in promoting IPv6 implementation.
a16z's Borderless Founder network initiative aids immigrant and international founders, emphasizing the advantage of having connections in both their home country and Silicon Valley.
Tony Mattke's latest article on "Git for Networking Engineers" explains how to identify changes and their reasons in a Git repository, offering insights valuable for both beginners and experienced users.
Volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 offers a unique opportunity to gain insider knowledge on organizing premier tech events.
Now is the ideal time to secure your pass for Disrupt, a major startup event in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West.
Cisco reported a record fiscal year with $63 billion in revenue, driven by strong growth in networking and security solutions, and plans to continue this trajectory into FY27, supported by strategic investments and capital returns.
The crossover episode with Cybr.Sec.Media discusses CYBR.SEC.CON, a community-focused security conference in Houston, TX, featuring founders Michael Farnum and Sam Van Ryder, highlighting its origins and role in fostering learning and professional development.
Dave provides a comprehensive, live demonstration of how a simple message is transformed into an Ethernet frame, travels across a network, and is reassembled, explaining each layer's role and encapsulation process in detail.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 focuses on exploring strategies for building sustainable companies in the AI era, featuring relevant programming and speakers.
The daily check-in for the summer of CCNA, hosted by Zach, introduces a lesson on OPF with Jeremy, invites participants to join the Discord community for giveaways, and encourages engagement with IT career questions.
Exhibiting at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026's Expo Hall in San Francisco offers startups a cost-effective opportunity to connect with investors, customers, and partners without needing a keynote slot.
In this episode, we explore "Would you rather" questions about Wi-Fi, highlighting differing opinions and the importance of understanding the reasons behind them.
The author upgraded their Mac Studio's networking to 25 Gbps using a cost-effective Thunderbolt adapter and custom cooling solution, overcoming technical and thermal challenges for improved performance.
AI Assistant for Networking represents a new dimension in network interaction, offering a chatbot-based tool for real-time troubleshooting, configuration, and performance insights, enhancing traditional methods like CLI, GUIs, and APIs.
Scott Robohn joins the Network Break podcast to discuss 3M updates, Arista's new security features in VeloCloud SD-WAN, and Cisco's Antares family announcement.
Holly and Ethan explain wireless networking basics, including radio frequencies, channel planning, roaming complexities, and offer tips for designing and maintaining home Wi-Fi networks.
Telxius has enhanced Caribbean connectivity by establishing a new point of presence at the NAP Caribe data centre in Santo Domingo, bolstering its network in the Dominican Republic.
