@stubarea51.bsky.social
Sr. Net Arch focusing on #MikroTik, #whitebox and #opennetworking. Advocate for #IPv6 & rural ISPs. Husband. Dad. #Chesspunks War Eagle. Geek. #Lego
Live look at NetworkSteve crafting in the #Microsoft DCs today.
29.10.2025 18:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When the new IT manager doesn't respect the 6500...
24.09.2025 01:28 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Finally got the EVPN/VxLAN interop testing I've been working on w/ MikroTik and IP Infusion written up into a blog article with full configs.
stubarea51.net/2025/09/22/e...
Have you been exposed to an #IPv6 address at work? You *may* be entitled to compensation!
16.09.2025 18:20 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We didn't know BGP could be so much fun, but look at those faces! @stubarea51.bsky.social, @andylapteff.bsky.social, and Jeff Clark had a blast diving into BGP, and they just scratched the surface. This episode may turn into a series.
New episode drops Wednesday morning.
linktr.ee/artofneteng
#ArtofWAN #NetworkEngineering
08.09.2025 08:36 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Getting closer to #MikroTik RouterOS 7.20 stable!
Glad to see the attention on BGP and getting more bugs getting fixed :)
I've been meaning to get my hands dirty with the #MikroTik EVPN implementation & created an interop lab with #IPInfusion OcNOS
The OcNOS core acts as a BGP route reflector for both the IPv4 & EVPN AFIs which allows the MikroTik routers to create dynamic VTEPs using EVPN.
Will this ever be a place to talk enterprise tech?
23.08.2025 00:56 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 0
BREAKING: #HPE & #Juniper hire Cracker Barrel marketing firm to handle new corporate branding
22.08.2025 22:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#MikroTik 7.20beta9 is released. Looks to be mainly bug fixes which means a release candidate is coming soon!
*) chr - improved virtio_net performance; 👀
Every 60 seconds when the "Monitor" Calamari is on call for NetOps
21.08.2025 08:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's always #BGP and #DNS...
20.08.2025 10:43 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#MikroTik continues to expand BGP route filtering capabilities.
New in 7.20.x, the input.accept-nlri command allows routes learned to be filtered before they enter memory. Useful if you're taking in a large number of routes and don't need all or most of them.
#MikroTik 7.20beta8 is out!
*) bgp - improved logging; 👀
This post has been a long time in the making... I consistently get the question about my thoughts about VMware alternatives.
Here's my response:
thectoadvisor.com/blog/2025/08...
IPv4 bros on their 5G phones posting "NOBODY USES IPV6!!!"
14.08.2025 17:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Pop quiz, hotshot." --Dennis Hopper as Howard Payne, Speed (1994) I built a quiz app in Go. It's flexible that any questions could be compiled into it, but right now it's mostly AI generated questions about #IPv6. quiz.ipv6.army
10.08.2025 14:07 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
rtr.anakin-01.jedi.council has joined vrrp group 66 but is NOT granted the role of master
11.08.2025 03:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New "Forti" product for 2026?
08.08.2025 14:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#Spaceballs the feature license...
05.08.2025 19:12 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
#StarlinkDown
25.07.2025 00:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Introducing #IPv6 Support for AWS Regions and Splunk Offerings
www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/i...
network engineers: i keep my technology locked in a cage so it can’t escape
21.07.2025 14:13 — 👍 106 🔁 12 💬 8 📌 0
Don't forget the DIY EMP generator....just in case. Who cares if you fry all of your neighbors' tech toys. At least you won't have Skynet on your conscience.
21.07.2025 14:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🤣😂🤣
I should have called it an "AI-ready" feature 🤑
Big news for #MikroTik operators that need to create filters for BGP and other protocols!!! (Thanks to @BergNetwork (x) for pointing it out!)
Starting in v7.20beta6, they have released a routing-filter wizard to make it easier to create routing filters. Attached are examples😎
In the last few weeks, #MikroTik has expanded their documentation on EVPN.
It's encouraging to see they are testing the ROSv7 implementation against #Arista EOS to verify interoperability.
