The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched an updated version of their Compute Module, moving the CM3 to the CM3+ standard. Their blog announced the new upgraded versions (Compute Module 3+…
Raspberry Foundation updates Pi Compute Module with 3+
RIP: Sir Charles Kuen Kao – Fiber Optic Pioneer
This week marks the death of Sir Charles Kuen Kao, one of modern networking's pioneers. He died on Sunday 23 September 2018, aged 84. Born in Shanghai in 1933, Charles…
RFC8369: Internationalizing IPv6 Using 128-bit Unicode
In a forward-looking RFC that presupposes an expansion of the Unicode address space to 128-bits, it is proposed that IPv6 addresses may instead of the standard notations proposed in RFC8600,…
Enabling Lua in Wireshark for custom dissectors
Joel has dropped me an email and asked if Lua (which should never, ever be LUA) could be enabled in the CentOS Wireshark builds. I wanted to thank you for…
On π day, Raspberry Pi Foundation launch the Pi 3 Model B+
Today is Pi Day, so called because the date, written in the backwards fashion favoured by our American cousins, as 3 14 is a close approximation to the constant that defines…
BT enhances Dynamic Network Services with Cisco ENCS
A short while ago, we posted about BT's Dynamic Network Services plans. BT has now taken the next step, launching the Cisco ENCS platform as the delivery point for its Connect Services…
One step beyond VMware 6.5U1
VMware has updated their ESXi platform again, so we're now one step beyond the 6.5U1 upgrade. It comprises mostly with VSAN improvements and a set of patches for kernel forking…
UK Government launch Fibre to the premises (FTTP) trial
The UK government has announced the six areas that are to pilot a fast broadband trial. The pilot will spend £10mn to stimulate the market place for full fibre delivery…