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100Gbps of CERN data over IPv6 on the Janet network

Today, 6th June 2022, marks the tenth anniversary of the World IPv6 Launch, an event that saw many ISPs and content providers turn on IPv6 access to their services for the first time. In this article, we reflect on an IPv6 use case that’s now seeing 100Gbps of IPv6 traffic traversing Janet. The Large Hadron […]

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Your next step in network defence — the Janet Security Policy. Seriously.

Protecting networks, systems and users isn’t getting any easier. Whether it’s nation states looking for intellectual property to steal; criminals looking for ways to make money through ransomware or scamming users; or students launching denial of service attacks in the modern equivalent of setting the fire alarm off to get out of an exam, the […]

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Is it time to consider streaming telemetry?

Traditionally network monitoring of properties such as traffic levels through an interface has been done by using SNMP-based polling of network devices. With such polling typically performed every five minutes the resulting plots will produce 5-minute data samples, so the traffic level shown over time, and the maximum rates seen, will be an average for […]

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Janet & 5G

This article explores what Jisc is doing to support 5G activities across the UK, and how 5G technology is being trialled as a way of providing connectivity to Jisc members and customers. Note: Jisc is not planning to provide a 5G service, more looking at how 5G could be used as an alternative technology to […]

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That Facebook / WhatsApp / Instagram outage

This is probably not the first blog you have read on the Facebook / WhatsApp / Instagram (for the sake of verbiage, I’ll just refer to it as ‘Facebook’ from here on) outage, and it probably won’t be the last, but here are my observations from the Janet network. Unlike many services used on the […]

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The demise of the Public Wi-Fi DPS

By Mark O’Leary, Head of network access All our members share the problem of providing connectivity to the general public when on their campuses, be it to visit a café or museum, or when attending an Open Day with their children considering where to study. So it may be surprising to some that the Public […]

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Midlands is a Go

To be precise, ¾ of the new Midlands access network is a go. We’re still battling to over come some significant delivery issues in the far east of the region, but the majority of the new infrastructure is now built, commissioned, and ready for service. We’ve also been working through some management system issues over […]

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We’re live in London

Over the past week we’ve completed the first phase of commissioning of our new London access network, and have started migrating member connectivity over to the new infrastructure. The lucky first institutions were Stanmore College, Bromley College, and Christ the King Sixth Form College, and there are plenty more to come. The new network offers […]

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Missing in action

Those that keep an eye on the tech press may have noticed cries of alarm that there is a global chip shortage, especially if you’re a gamer wanting to get your hands on the latest generation of graphic cards from AMD or Nvidia. The bad news is that it’s not just GPU silicon that’s gone […]

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Ofcom, Openreach and Dark Fibre

Those who have been following the design, build, and transition of the JAP will be acutely aware of the complexities of building such a network and some of the choices we’ve been forced to make due to the lack of ubiquitous dark fibre. There is, however, some light on the horizon…