ChewieApr 7

#NetMCR (https://www.netmcr.uk/) is on again this Thursday (9th) in #Manchester.

There will be 2 talks:

* Ross Moya, ‘BNG evolution at a fast growing altnet’:

A deep dive into how we scaled our BNG deployments to support rapid subscriber growth and the features and improvements we picked up along the way.

* Thomas Mangin, ‘Ze: What ExaBGP should always have been’:

We’re very delighted to have Thomas back again to speak about BGP, and this time he’s back with a new and improved project. There will be BGP, there will be Go, and there will be some judicious use of new-fangled programming methods.

Go and chat with some nice people, have some weird 🍻, and if you're hungry, 🍔 and 🍟!

#Networking #MeetUp

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ChewieMar 10

#NetMCR (https://www.netmcr.uk/) is on again this Thursday (12th) in #Manchester.

The talk will be by Mark Tearle, titled:

‘It is a disaster! Reacting to the Unexpected’*

Mark has flown across the world, avoiding flight disruptions, to present an interactive talk about disasters that befall networks, data centres and telecommunications infrastructure across the globe. A curated set of incidents will be discussed and the question posed - how would you or your organisation respond?

Go and chat with some nice people, have some weird 🍻, and if you're hungry, 🍔 and 🍟!

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Show threadChewieFeb 12

We had 3 presenters tonight.

The first one was Colin from #Linx Manchester talking about their infrastructure.

Linda Shannon then gave a quick talk about #RIPE92 in May. Get your tickets and see the schedule (when it's out) here: https://ripe92.ripe.net/

Then the talk I was really coming for, from Lewis Hill (https://lewishill.xyz/) about migrating from #VMWare to #Proxmox, which was pretty interesting.
I've never used it myself.
If I was starting again with selfhosting, I would definitely have tried it.

He said he would publish the slides on his website later
I think this one was the most well attended #NetMCR - overhearing Toms' counting, I think it was nearly 40!

ChewieFeb 8

#NetMCR (https://www.netmcr.uk/) is on again this Thursday (12th) in #Manchester.

The talk will be by Lewis Hill, ‘Migrating from VMWare to Proxmox’:

"We’re very excited to hear from Lewis, who is coming to us with his first talk, and it’s on a really pertinent subject for more than a few of us. Not one to miss!"

Go and chat with some nice people, have some weird 🍻, and if you're hungry, 🍔 and 🍟!

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Show threadChewieJan 20

@netldn Welcome!

I've been to some of the #NetMCR nights when I was working up there last year, and it was good fun.
Hopefully I will be able to get to the London one some time.

ChewieJan 7

#NetMCR (https://www.netmcr.uk/) in #Manchester is on tomorrow (8th January) at the Northern Monk (https://www.northernmonk.com/pages/manchester) from 7pm.

Tim Panton will be talking about ‘Quantifying 5G Uplink Performance From a Moving Vehicle’

Sounds complicated/interesting 😀

Go and chat with some nice people, have some weird 🍻, and if you're hungry, 🍔 and 🍟!

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ChewieNov 2

#NetMCR (https://www.netmcr.uk/) in #Manchester is on Thursday 6th November at the Northern Monk (https://www.northernmonk.com/pages/manchester) from 7pm.

This month there are two talks:

*Ollie King, "Building the 2nd Largest SLU Network":
How 650 cabinets were sub-loop unbundled reaching 28k locations in 18 regions

*Thomas Mangin, "Exa Cube":
The R&D journey into hardware production for an access provider’s customer routers tl;dr ‘I built my own CPE!’

Come and chat with some nice people, have some weird 🍻, and if you're hungry, 🍔 and 🍟!

Sadly I won't be going, as I'm not working in Manchester any more ;(

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Show threadChewieOct 8, 2025

I had a good time again.
I think quite a few new people could make it as it was on a Wednesday rather than a Thursday.
I was lucky that I had to be in Manchester for work today, so could join too.

Maz gave a talk about Protected Access Workstations, a way of creating a low-cost, replaceable device that ISPs (amongst others) can use to access their core/managed/secure networks, and shouldn't (and cannot) be used to access normal user networks and the Internet.

Unfortunately, according to some new best practices for "Tier 1 and 2" ISPs, QubesOS is not enough, which is a shame, as i feel that would be a pretty good way of not needing to carry 2 devices around all the time...

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ChewieOct 6, 2025

This month #NetMCR (https://www.netmcr.uk/) in #Manchester is on Wednesday 8th October instead of Thursday due to a timetabling clash.

I'm not sure what the talk will be about, but even if there isn't one, it's nice to chat with people about #Networking and other technical subjects.

It's at the Northern Monk (https://www.northernmonk.com/pages/manchester) from 7pm, and by luck I will be able to make it 🥳

Come and chat with some nice people, and have some weird 🍻, and if you're hungry, 🍔 and 🍟!

NetMcr – Networking for Networkers, in Manchester

ChewieSep 10, 2025

Tomorrow evening it is #NetMCR (https://www.netmcr.uk/) again in #Manchester.
Join them for a #Networking #MeetUp at the Northern Monk (https://www.northernmonk.com/pages/manchester) from 7pm.

The talk will be by Tim Wilkes - 'PAWs for thought: a walk through the requirements to access network management securely.':

Looking at the Privileged Access Workstations that the Telecom Security Act makes several references to, Tim will be looking through the requirements of PAWs and what that means for network management.

I don't think I will make it this time, but it's at a nice venue, has a large selection of 🍻 , together with 🍔 and 🍟.

I've been several times, and I always learn something new!

NetMcr – Networking for Networkers, in Manchester