Routing9 min read
BGP best practices for South African ISPs
Most ISP routing incidents are policy problems, not protocol problems. Here is the baseline BGP hygiene we apply to every South African network we touch.
- #BGP
- #RPKI
- #Peering
- #ISP
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Field notes from the control plane
Practical writing on routing, ISP operations and business network design — the same guidance we give clients.
Wireless7 min read
Wi-Fi design for SMEs: why more access points make it worse
The most common fix for bad office Wi-Fi is to add another access point. It is also the most common cause of bad office Wi-Fi. Here is how to design it properly.
- #Wi-Fi
- #SME
- #Site Survey
- #Design
Operations8 min read
The ISP network health audit checklist we run before touching anything
Before we change a single configuration line on a live ISP network, we measure. This is the checklist — use it internally or hand it to whoever audits you next.
- #Audit
- #ISP
- #Monitoring
- #Capacity