SR TI-LFA: Segment Routing and Topology Independent Loop-Free Alternates
Guest Post: Topology Independent – Loop-Free Alternates is a fast-reroute mechanism that leverages segment routing.
Tag: routing
What can the DNS tell us about the effect of working from home on the Internet?
Stay-at-home measures have had observable impacts on Internet usage, as well as the development of IPv6.
Why is a /48 the recommended minimum prefix size for routing?
Proper IPv6 address planning can make network management easier now and in the future.
SRv6 micro-instructions
Guest Post: An SRv6 extension enables up to six micro-instructions to be carried in each 16-byte instruction.
Reflections of intent
Guest Post: When dealing with BGP issues, the source is often several steps removed from the result of the problem, making it difficult to resolve.
SRv6: Deployed use-cases
Guest Post: As of 2019, Segment Routing over IPv6 data plane (SRv6) has been deployed in eight large-scale networks; supported more than 25 hardware implementations at line rate; and implemented in 11 open-source platforms/applications.
What is SRv6 network programming?
Guest Post: SRv6 enables you to code directly into each packet header where the traffic should be sent and how it should be treated.
What are the best practices for the Internet?
What can network operators do to ensure they are contributing to a healthy Internet ecosystem?
Why is so much Internet traffic leaving Pakistan?
Guest Post: The importance of hosting local content locally is evident in Pakistan.
Steering hyper-giants’ traffic at scale
Guest Post: New traffic engineering system, FlowDirector, reduces traffic overheads for large CDNs on long-haul links by 15%.