Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is not merely a protocol—it’s the backbone of the internet. For service provider engineers and network architects, BGP is an indispensable tool that enables global connectivity, supports MPLS VPNs, and underpins many...
The name of a network interface is a string that is generated based on the interface attributes. This is a predictable naming scheme used in OS Linux that...
BGP Flowspec technology provides a more granular approach to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks mitigation when compared to old-school methods, such as Remotely...
La surveillance du réseau est un effort systématique d’inspection des paramètres d'un réseau informatique afin de détecter les problèmes qui affectent la...
In general, a Pseudowire (PW) is an emulation of a point-to-point connection over a packet-switched network (PSN). To put it simply, PW is an emulated...
In order to get end-to-end visibility for applications, we need complete topology data from IGP domains. One approach is to set up a central SDN controller as...
Have you ever found that a network usage reported by your commercial NetFlow analyzer does not match the actual values or that software contains bugs? …
In general, oversubscription is a subscription for more than what is available. Oversubscription represents an intentional business model and is a widespread...
There is a lot of confusion around the 95th percentile bandwidth metering. Therefore this blog posting is intended to provide you with detailed information...
As 2021 approaches, we thought it's a good time to look back at all the important milestones we've achieved in 2020. Moreover, we wanted to thank all of you,...
A while ago, RIPE Labs published the two-part article BGP Communities - A Weapon for the Internet. That may have been a bit of a shock for those of us making...
Network professionals count on NFA when monitoring and analyzing traffic, controlling bandwidth utilization, gaining insights into potential security issues,...
Noction Flow Analyzer is a flow-based monitoring and reporting software tool that collects, stores, and presents traffic data across an entire network. NFA...
NetFlow is a great way to gather traffic statistics from your network. With Noction Flow Analyzer, you can view all your NetFlow data in a clear and...
Network flow monitoring is an essential tool for a lot of network administrators. Flow monitoring allows you to collect and record all IP traffic going to and...
As a router gains more and more BGP neighbors, two issues arise. The first one is that with many neighbors, whenever the router needs to send out a BGP...
Update: Tier 1 carriers performance March 3rd - April 6thUpdate: Noction Intelligent Routing Platform performance results This is yet another COVID-19 related...
In this blog post we’ll be looking at BGP errors. For that, our first question should be: is there an error, or is everything working? To determine this, we...
Like other very successful protocols such as HTTP and DNS, over the years BGP has been given more and more additional jobs to do. In this blog post, we’ll...
