This week we demystify the inner workings of Speed Test apps ๐ฅ๏ธ; get a valuable overview into Wi-Fi 7 7๏ธโฃ; use RDMA on a 3.2 Tbps network ๐คฏ; go No NAT November with IPv6 ๐ฅธ; use WireGuard to fix our VPNs ๐; learn how LLMs work for IT Infrastructure folk ๐; ponder on the death of the hands-on Engineering Manager ๐ต and wonder why Serverless is less than universal โ๏ธ. Letโs dive in; โฌ๏ธ

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Demystifying Speed Tests - Understanding Internet Speed & Performance dives into how those Speed Test widgets actually work under the hood, what theyโre surfacing, and how useful they actually are to debugging network issues ๐ซ
Demistfying AWS VPC Lattice if youโve not had chance to play with the newest VPC-using alternative to Transit Gateways on the AWS Cloud block (that we still mispronounce as โlettuceโ all. the. time) ๐ฅฌ
Wi-Fi 7 Overview distills everything you need to know about the new Wi-Fi generational standards, including those all important letters after the
802.11
, speeds, feeds and spectrum features ๐ปHarnessing 3200 Gbps Network: A Journey with RDMA, EFA, and libfabric delves into the non-IP/Ethernet world of the AI-underpinning Data Centre fabrics and we canโt but help remember Bart Simpsonโs useful advice on all things RoCE ๐ฏ
Wireguard: Beyond the most basic configuration labs up a more complex VPN setup using the awesome WireGuard protocol and contrasts with other SSL-VPN and IPsec VPN approaches ๐
No NAT November: My Month Without IPv4 concludes IPv6 is more prevalent on the Internet than you might have been keeping pace with ๐๐ปโโก๏ธ
Containerlab - Popularity Exploding because itโs programmable, templatable with IaC and so, so quick to get from โI wonder if thatโฆโ to โYep, it does!โ on your Network Labbing needs ๐งช
Hiring ๐ผ
๐บ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ USA and Canada
๐บ๐ธ Principal Network Developer @ Oracle, Permie, USA, WA/CA
๐บ๐ธ IT Network Lead - WAN @ Baxter, Permie, USA, IL
๐บ๐ธ Data Center Deployment Engineer @ Netflix, Permie, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Network Engineer @ Intrepid Fiber Networks, Permie, USA, CO
๐บ๐ธ Staff Cloud Network Engineer @ Aviatrix, Permie, USA, TX
๐บ๐ธ Junior Network Engineer @ Jacobs, Permie, USA, VA
๐บ๐ธ Senior Network Development Engineer @ Amazon, Permie, USA, WA
๐บ๐ธ Network Automation Engineer @ Crusoe, Permie, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Lead IT Network Engineering @ Kaseya, Permie, USA, FL
๐จ๐ฆ Network Automation Software Developer @ Nokia, Permie, Canada, Ontario
๐บ๐ธ Senior Network Engineer @ Datadog, Permie, USA, NY/MA/CO/CA
๐บ๐ธ Lead Network Engineer @ Salesforce, Permie, USA, VA
๐บ๐ธ Network Development Engineer @ Capgemini, Permie, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Network Automation Python Software Engineer II @ Bank of America, Permie, USA, TX
๐บ๐ธ Senior Solutions Architect, Ethernet Networking @ NVIDIA, Permie, USA, TX/ID/CA/NV
๐บ๐ธ Senior Network Engineer @ Roche, Permie, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Senior IT Network Engineer @ SpaceX, Permie, USA, TX
๐บ๐ธ Data Center Network Architect @ Apple, Permie, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Network System Researcher @ Nokia, Permie, USA, Remote
๐บ๐ธ IT Network Administrator @ SpaceX, Permie, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Senior Network Dev Engineer @ Amazon, Permie, USA, TN/TX
๐จ๐ฆ Technical Expert - Data Center Network @ Huawei, Permie, Canada, Ontario
๐บ๐ธ Distinguished Engineer NetDevOps @ Capital One, Permie, USA, VA
๐บ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฌ Network Engineer @ X (Twitter), Permie, USA/Singapore
๐บ๐ธ Lead Technical Architect (Delivery) - Ciena Optical @ ePlus, Permie, $125k+, USA
๐บ๐ธ Global Network Engineer @ Patagonia, Permie, $114k+, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Senior Network Control Plane Engineer @ Hedgehog, Permie, USA, CA/WA
๐บ๐ธ Software Development Engineer, Network Automation @ ByteDance, Permie, $187k+, USA, CA
๐บ๐ธ Senior Network Engineer, Global Network Services @ Apple, Permie, $144k+, USA, CO
๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช UK and Ireland
๐ฌ๐ง Network Security Engineer @ DRW, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Senior Network Engineer @ TikTok, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Senior Network Engineer @ CityFibre, Permie, UK, Milton Keynes
๐ฌ๐ง Network Security Engineer @ Macquarie, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Graduate Network Engineer @ Opticore, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Senior Network Engineer @ Nationwide, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Network Engineer @ Barclays, Permie, UK, Knutsford/Glasgow
๐ฌ๐ง Staff Network Engineer @ ripple, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง WAN Network Architect @ Fujitsu, Permie, UK, Birmingham
๐ฎ๐ช Network Development Engineer @ Amazon, Permie, Ireland, Dublin
๐ฌ๐ง OT Principal Network Engineer @ National Grid, Permie, UK, Warwick
๐ฌ๐ง Senior Network Architect @ TfL, Permie, ยฃ65k+, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Network Deployment Engineer @ Cloudflare, Permie, UK, Remote
๐ฌ๐ง Network Solutions Design Specialist @ BT Group, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Principal Network Engineer @ London Stock Exchange, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Network Design Engineer @ ION, Permie, UK, Woking
๐ฌ๐ง Network and Security Engineer @ Bupa, Permie, UK, London/Manchester/Brighton
๐ฌ๐ง Network Engineer @ Microsoft, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Staff Network Engineer - Cloud Platform @ Wise, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Network Engineer @ TikTok, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Senior Cloud Network Engineer @ Microsoft, Permie, UK, Remote
๐ฎ๐ช Network Operations Manager @ Crusoe, Permie, Ireland, Dublin
๐ฌ๐ง Senior Core Network Engineer @ Cloud Gateway, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Principal Engineer, Zero Trust Network @ GSK, Permie, UK, Stevenage
๐ฌ๐ง Transportation Network Engineer @ Amazon, Permie, UK, London
๐ฌ๐ง Network and Security Architect @ MBDA, Permie, Manchester
๐ฌ๐ง Network Engineer Foundation Services Automation @ Meta, Permie, London
๐ช๐บ Mainland Europe
๐ฌ๐ง ๐ต๐น Infrastructure Deployment Engineer @ Cloudflare, Permie, UK/Portugal, Remote
๐ฌ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช Network Security Research Architect @ NVIDIA, Permie, UK/Germany, Remote
๐ณ๐ฑ Network Architect @ Nebius, Permie, Netherlands, Amsterdam
๐ช๐ธ Network Automation Developer @ Nokia, Permie, Spain, Hybrid
๐ฉ๐ช Internship Network Automation in Open Industrial System @ ABB, Permie, Germany, Mannheim
๐ณ๐ฑ DWDM Engineer @ Nebius, Permie, Netherlands, Amsterdam
๐ท๐ด Network Automation Tools Engineer @ Worldpay, Permie, Romania, Bucharest
๐จ๐ฟ Network Support Engineer @ Cato Networks, Permie, Czech Republic, Prague
๐ Rest of World
๐ณ๐ฟ Senior Network Engineer @ 2degrees, Permie, New Zealand
๐ต๐ญ Network Engineer Cloud @ Reed Elsevier, Permie, Philippines
๐จ๐ณ Senior Solutions Architect Ethernet Networking @ NVIDIA, China, Remote
๐ฎ๐ณ Senior Network Engineer @ Zscaler, India, Mohali
๐ฎ๐ณ Network Automation Engineer @ Millennium, India, Bangalore
๐ฎ๐ณ Senior Network Engineer @ Snowflake, India, Pune
๐ต๐ญ Senior Engineer Network and Security @ Travel+Leisure, Permie, Philippines
๐ฎ๐ณ Senior Engineer Network Observability @ Micron, Permie, India, Hyderabad
๐ธ๐ฌ Network Engineer @ Singtel, Permie, Singapore
๐ฎ๐ณ Senior Network Automation Developer @ FIS, Permie, India, Various
๐ฆ๐บ Network Engineer @ TikTok, Permie, Australia, Sydney
๐ธ๐ฌ Network Development Reliability Engineer @ Shopee, Permie, Singapore
๐ฎ๐ณ Network BackEnd Developer @ IBM, Permie, India, Bangalore
๐ธ๐ฌ Senior Manager Automation and Autonomous Network @ Singtel, Permie, Singapore
NotEng ๐ค
System Design Simplified: A Beginner's Guide to Everything You Need to Know (Part 1) of a six-part series takes you through everything you could need to know about where Network, Compute, Storage, Proxies, Load Balancers and the whole shebang fit together in modern App Development ๐น๏ธ
How LLMs Work For DevOps, Platform, And Cloud Engineers (8 mins) is a good intro into the magic happening behind the AI and GPTs that might make sense if youโre coming from an IT Infrastructure background ๐ฅผ
10 things I find joyful about computers and the Internet in 2024 brings some joy to the increasingly walled-garden feeling of the modern, pop-up-heavy, yes-Iโll-accept-that-cookie-already Interweb ๐ช
The slow death of the hands-on engineering manager doesnโt have to keep accelerating if we can get more talent to harness AI for Managerial good ๐
Does the internet really need even more TLDs? and where do we back-up our truck of monies to get
.reloadin
already? ๐Why aren't we all serverless yet? and what happens if we do become so, and get Denial of Wallet (DoW) attackedโฆ ๐ณ
Net neutrality eviscerated by appeals court ruling because itโs still not dead, and still different from how Europe and the Rest of the World does it ๐
Events ๐
๐ค Meet-ups
NetLdn, London, Monthly, Every 2nd Thursday
NetMcr, Manchester, Every Monthly, 2nd Thursday
NetBCN, Barcelona, See Schedule
๐ข Conferences
Hat-tip to Pete Crocker @ OpsMill for the tip-offs ๐
CfgMgmtCamp 2025, Ghent, 3 - 5 February 2025
NANOG 93, Atlanta, 3 - 5 February 2025
Netdev 0x19, Zagreb, 10 - 14 March 2025
FRnOG 41, Paris, 28 March 2025
Cloudflare Connect 2025, London, 10 April 2025
Conf42 SRE 2025, Virtual, 17 April 2025
OCP EMEA Summit, Dublin, 29 - 30 April 2025
RIPE 90, Lisbon, 12 - 16 May 2025
AutoCon 3, Prague, 26 - 30 May 2025
Devopsdays Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 18 - 20 June 2025
Industry ๐ญ
Google reports halving code migration time with AI help so you better watch out if youโre in Big Tech, those robots are coming ๐ค
Huawei and Its Influence on the UK Telecoms Industry is a short but concise look into the Chinese Telco giantโs tentacles within UK ISP and CSPs ๐
DDoS Protection for Small Wireless ISPs with Limited Router Capabilities is a quick read on how to do DoS if youโre a WISP, Altnet or even cash-strapped ISP ๐ธ
Resilient Internet connectivity in Europe mitigates impact from multiple cable cuts leverages the excellent Cloudflare Radar to provide insight into some recent deep-sea cable cuts โ๏ธ
Google AI Studio is both free, and can do far more with AI, Prompts, suggestions, Model Choice and curation than you might knowโฆ ๐ฆพ
SRv6 uSID deployment in Swisscom's TITAN Network (48 mins) goes through Swisscomโs Terrabit-enabled SRv6 Service Provider Network transformation ๐จ๐ญ
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