TDYR #167 – The Livestreaming Nightmare – What Do You Do When The Service Goes Down?

At IETF 90 last week in Toronto we had a live streaming nightmare – just as we were about to go live, Google’s YouTube Live went “under maintenance” and wouldn’t let us start a stream! Thankfully we had a backup…

TDYR #166 – Recording on a Noisy Turboprop Plane

A recording on board an Air Canada twin-turboprop Beechcraft 1900-D. It came out okay and I am quite impressed with the Hindenburg Field Recorder app for iOS.

Techquickie Video: IPv4 vs IPv6 as Fast As Possible

It’s Friday… so it’s a good time to point out a “Techquickie” video from Linus Sebastian on the topic of “Internet Protocol – IPv4 vs IPv6 as Fast As Possible“.  Yes, I have a few minor technical nits with the video (such as the impossible IPv4 addresses) and I’m not entirely in agreement that ISPs are the Read more…

Deploy360@IETF90, Day 5: HOMENET, SIDR, TRANS and GROW… and then we’re done!

You might think the final day of IETF 90 might be a bit quieter for us… but in fact the morning session from 9:00-11:30 EDT has three sessions happening simultaneously that are related to the work we do (HOMENET, SIDR and TRANS) – and in my personal case I want to be in two separate places Read more…

Deploy360@IETF90, Day 4: 6LO, DNSSD, SUNSET4 and Learning About 5G Wireless Technology…

Today at IETF 90 we on the Deploy360 team will be starting the day focusing on the “Internet of Things (IoT)” as we listen to what is being discussed in the 6LO working group.  Formally titled “IPv6 over Networks of Resource Constrained Nodes” this group focuses on using IPv6 in low power and constrained environments Read more…

What is "5G" Wireless Technology? Watch LIVE in 2 hours to learn more…

What is "fifth-generation" (5G) wireless technology? In about 2 hours at 12noon EDT (16:00 UTC) today, July 24, 2014, there will be a live video stream of a presentation happening at IETF 90 in Toronto, Canada. You can watch the…

Deploy360@IETF90, Day3: Operators and the IETF, DHC, DANE in TRAM, CrypTech and more

Wednesday at IETF90 is a bit quieter day for our Deploy360 topics, which is nice after the crazy schedule of yesterday and of Monday .  It’s still quite busy and starts off with our team member Jan Žorž presenting in the OPS Area Working Group about our “Operators and the IETF” project, as well as IPv6 Read more…

Great news! New IPv6 Web Sites: NBC.com, NBCSports.com, UniversalSports.com

Very cool news in Comcast’s announcement today that they launched IPv6 support for: http://www.nbc.com/ http://www.nbcsports.com/ http://www.universalstudios.com/ Naturally I had to check… and sure enough, using the IPvFoo plugin for Chrome, there in the upper right of www.nbc.com… was the green “6″ showing it is connecting over IPv6: Now, clicking on the green six in my Read more…

Deploy360@IETF90, Day 2: DNSOP, DANE, UTA, V6OPS, IDR, OPSEC and ISOC@IETF

Today seems to be “DNS Day” here at IETF 90 in Toronto with the two major DNS-related working groups we follow here at Deploy360, DNSOP and DANE, both meeting on the same day.  We’ve also got V6OPS meeting again (as they did yesterday), have several IPv6-security drafts in OPSEC and have routing discussions happening in IDR. Read more…

FIR Cut – 7/22/14 – Michael Netzley’s Asia Report for FIR #765

Technical problems kept us from receiving the Asia Report in time to include it in episode 765, so we’re making it available here.