piccolo-perf - a perfSONAR-lite for routers and SBCs

I have a soft spot for perfSONAR . It’s the gold standard for research and education network performance measurement, and if you run a network that touches ESnet, Internet2, or any of the big R&E backbones, you’ve probably got a perfSONAR node (or ten) somewhere. The problem is that perfSONAR is heavy. It wants a full OS, a stack of services, and real resources. That’s fine for a dedicated measurement box and that has served perfSonar well for 20 years, but it’s a non-starter for a router, a Raspberry Pi at a remote site, or anything else you’d call “constrained.

IPB 204 - Tayga and IPv6 Translation

Andrew Palardy joins the hosts to discuss how Tayga, the open-source NAT64 daemon for Linux, is being updated to ensure it is up to date with all the current RFCs. The discussion covers RFC compliance updates and UDP checksum fixes for resolving connectivity problems, plus new eBPF CLAT support arriving in NetworkManager to provide automatic CLAT functionality. Have a listen: Podcast link: IPB204: Tayga and IPv6 Translation Show links:

IPv6 - Why You Should Care

I had the opportunity to speak at the Chicago Network Operators Group conference for CHI-NOG 13. As one may imagine, I talked about IPv6, and why folks should care. Now, you’re probably thinking “yeah, yeah, IPv6 has been almost here for 20 years”, and I’d move along and not try to convince you otherwise. However, this talk was slightly different - the whole point was to acknoledge that yes, it’s taking a long time.