benjojoMar 9

EMF-IX Returns

EMF-IX, the #emfcamp / #emfcamp2026 internet exchange will be returning for EMF 2026.

Complete with our best switch yet (the "no cost spared" Juniper LAN) this will be the best EMF-IX yet, run a personal network or similar? Reserve your (in person) port today: https://emf-ix.benjojo.co.uk/

This year the EMF Camp network itself will be peering on the exchange as well!

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@benjojo I want to see the rest of the loopback sign
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@xssfox here you go! It's based off a sign on a LINX cabinet I saw once in a data centre
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@xssfox god I wish
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@benjojo need spanning tree but in peg dhcp style
Show threadD IngramMar 10
@xssfox @benjojo And goodness help the 'experts' than disabled spanning tree because they couldn't get RSTP to work with VLANs (hint, SMTP required). No big deal, just the primary protection for a 66kV substation and a gas compression station.
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@ingram @xssfox I sure do love safety/life critical Ethernet designs
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Show threadD IngramMar 10

@benjojo @xssfox Done right, Ethernet is great. A380 and B787 avionics are Ethernet based with strict traffic management and redundant paths. PRP and HSR provide great resilience for industrial applications.

But geez, when you have Muppets that have just rolled their RS485 design to Ethernet with no thought it's very very bad. LAN doesn't work? Disable the firewall. Still doesn't work? Turn the router into a switch. Yeah. I quit that job.