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How to Monitor MPLS Networks

Jul 3, 2025 By Alyssa Lamberti In Obkio
If you manage an enterprise network, then you’ve definitely come across MPLS. Although many businesses rely on MPLS technology for large, high performing networks, they can suffer from network problems, like network congestion, that can impact user experience. Monitoring MPLS using a Network Monitoring tool is key to identifying and solving network issues that impact MPLS performance.
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Maximizing Uptime: How to Monitor Network Ports

Jul 3, 2025 By ScienceLogic In ScienceLogic
Keeping critical services running smoothly starts with visibility, and that begins at the port level. Whether you're managing a lean environment or a complex network infrastructure, knowing which ports are active, listening, or down can make or break your response time. In this video, we walk through how to fully configure port discovery and monitoring in SL1. You'll learn how to track availability, respond to port failures with automated alerts, and ensure your systems are always one step ahead of potential issues.
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Why it's important to use a VPN and how NoProx can help you stay private

Why it's important to use a VPN and how NoProx can help you stay private

Jul 3, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
In today's world, online security is of critical importance. There are solutions designed to protect your personal data and system from all sorts of threats. Choosing the right tools is important not only for individuals but also for entire companies. NoProx offers the most advanced and effective solutions for data protection, privacy, and maintaining anonymity.
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What is a Jitter Buffer and How It Works

Jul 2, 2025 By Alyssa Lamberti In Obkio
If you've ever been on a choppy VoIP call or sat through a video meeting where people sounded like robots from the ‘90s, you’ve likely run into a little thing called jitter. It’s one of those sneaky network issues that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, until it ruins your real-time traffic. As IT pros and network admins, you're probably used to dealing with packet loss and latency. But jitter? That one's a bit trickier.
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Elephant Flows: The Hidden Heavyweights of AI Data Center Networks

Jul 1, 2025 By Phil Gervasi In Kentik
Elephant flows are no longer rare. They’re foundational to AI workloads. In today’s GPU-heavy data centers, long-lived, high-volume flows can distort ECMP, overflow buffers, and rack up unexpected cloud bills. Kentik helps you see and tame these elephants with real-time flow analytics, automated alerting, and predictive capacity planning.
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Cove 25.6 Release - Focusing on Efficiency, Reliability, and Resilience

Jul 1, 2025 By N-able In N-able
We’re excited to talk about all the innovative updates in the 25.6 release for Cove Data Protection! This release focuses on improving Ease of Use, Recovery Reliability, Microsoft 365 Backup and Recovery, and Linux System State Support - enhancing your peace of mind and cyber resilience.
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Do You Know How Many IPs Your CIDR Block Really Has? Understanding Network Capacity and Allocation

Do You Know How Many IPs Your CIDR Block Really Has? Understanding Network Capacity and Allocation

Jul 1, 2025 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Many people use CIDR blocks every day without knowing exactly how many IP addresses they actually have. A CIDR block like /24 gives exactly 256 possible IP addresses, while a /29 block gives 8, and each size gives a different number you can count on for planning. Not understanding this can leave networks overcrowded or wasteful, leading to problems later.
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