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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

Network World

In the latter case, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol used by the global internet, is used to find the best path by weighing the latest network conditions based on reachability and routing information. Each AS creates rules and policies for how traffic moves within its network.

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Fountainhead: My Cloudy Nerdy Playlist for 2012

Fountainhead

Networking Tips – Don’ts - Sheryl Nicholson (a short Hip-Hop style interlude). Freakin brilliant tribute to IPv6. ► 2008. (79). Cookie Computer Song – Classic Sesame Street. Happy System Administrator Day - (one of my fave Animes) Features “The SysAdmin Song” above. Not sure who sang, tho.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: The Basics of Local DNS for Small Business.

Sean Daniel

With the SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 the Connect to the Internet Wizard would analyze your network and determine a static IP address to use, and then ensure you like it before making it the server’s IP address. DNS works flawlessly in such an environment. If no server is found, the DHCP DNS assigned address is kept.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Enable TimeMachine Backup for.

Sean Daniel

Change the Mac TimeMachine to show unsupported Network Volumes by going to Finder , then Applications , Utilities , Terminal. This sets the showing of unsupported network volumes to TRUE. A MAC Address is the hardware address of the local network card. A MAC Address is the hardware address of the local network card.

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Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editor's pick - All.

All Things Distributed

Amazon Cloudfront is the Content Delivery Network (CDN) that is dead simple to use both from a technology and a business point of view. Here are the laurels given by the editors: Debuting in November 2008, Amazons entry into the CDN market quickly became a major player. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more.

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