This weekend has seen a few opportunities for various organisations to do better with their internet service performance. On-line coverage of sports events isn't yet quite up to the demands…
Is this the end for Nokia?
In this Reuters report, it appears that Nokia is still on the downward spiral. The most worrying thing is that S&P has downgraded (from BBB+) to BBB- their view of…
The Future is Forever, with World IPv6 Launch Day
So today (June 6 2011) was World IPv6 Day, the day on which several major players in the Internet field turn on, and enable IPv6 for testing for the day.…
Dual Chipset Motherboards? It’s an expensive way of preparing for an upgrade.
Looking at the AnandTech article on Asus's Danshui Bay Concept motherboard, I'm impressed with the idea, but not sure that it's going to work in the execution. The idea is…
This one time, when I found two identical MAC addresses…
So, this one time, I discovered two network cards with identical MAC addresses. During 1993, and a network transition from Token-Ring to 10-BaseT Ethernet, I had to deal with a…
RFC5984: Increasing Throughput in IP Networks with ESP-Based Forwarding: ESPBasedForwarding
The current incremental approach to lower latency and increase capacity will soon reach the end of the road. The reason for this has been known for some time and is…
Juniper QFabric Switches use Autonomic Ideas
So Juniper Networks have launched a new idea in switching, expanding the switching fabric across multiple chassis in their QFabric switch platform. In their launch video (it's 76 minutes long,…
Goodbye IPv4 Address Space?
So today marked an auspicious occasion in which the last 5 /8 IP addresses were handed to each of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). This marks the last of the…