Running and building a regional provider network is a challenging proposition. When your network is your profit center, every decision is made through a different lens. Add a global pandemic on top and you’re certainly going to walk away with a few lessons learned. In this episode we talk with Marek Isalski about his experiences building and operating a regional provider network in the UK.
Show Notes * + Faelix Overview - How did Faelix get started? - What services does Faelix offer? - How many people are on your team? + Move from Mikrotik to VyOS - Motivated by a few factors, including CVE-2018-19299 + Using NetBox as a single source of truth - How do we do logical topology stuff, like OSPF, BGP, in netbox? - Have open-sourced our project for mixing saltstack + netbox + vyos + Recent bugs encountered: - FRR (RPKI crash in early 2020) - FRR (ospfv3 crash in late 2020) - Intel i40e NIC drivers (late 2020) + Standing up three new POPs in the height of travel restrictions of 2020 + Presentations/Recordings - UKNOF: - NetMCR: Networkers in & around the Manchester - etc…
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Marek Isalski Guest Tony Efantis Host Jordan Martin Host Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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