President Biden’s infrastructure plan in part seeks to ensure safe access to the Internet for all Americans, addressing the digital divide. What that means is bridging the gap between those with access to modern technology and communications infrastructure (such as...
For those of you who haven’t yet been, the RIPE conference was a five-day virtual event from May 17-21, 2021 where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators, and industry leaders gathered to discuss the most important points of interest to the Internet...
(…and why this is a really bad idea these days 🙂 ) Imagine this scenario: you are sitting on the couch with your laptop open and all of a sudden there is a brief power outage. No big deal, a couple of your electronics will have to reboot and all is well. However, if...
Since we have to wait just a little bit longer to do our pub quizzes in person, we thought a virtual quiz would be fun… Survey results can be incredibly helpful in finding out about your audience, and what they need (or what they find interesting). So we designed and...
The first of NANOG community-wide virtual conferences was held last week, Feb 8-10, 2021. The event was attended by a record number of 900+ registered attendees from different disciplines including network engineers, industry veterans, developers, and entrepreneurs....
Are you using IPv6 yet? If not, there’s never been a better time to make sure you aren’t missing out. How do you test it? Here are a number of resources to help you test and understand what IP you are using as well as a number of other helpful tools. IPv6 Testing and...
For those of you who haven’t yet been, the RIPE conference, normally an in-person event, was a three-day virtual event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators, and other interested folks gathered to discuss key issues of interest to the Internet...
Requirements for IPv6 in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Equipment Back in 2009, I asked our Slovenian government why IPv6 capabilities were not a factor in their IT equipment tenders – and the answer was “because we don’t know how to specify that....
October 21st, 2020 – San Francisco, CA – The 6connect team is pleased to announce that they are working together with BlueCat on innovative integration opportunities to ease the administrative burden of hybrid infrastructure. Otherwise known as the “multi-DDI”...
