Can SASE application acceleration really make cloud apps faster?
We're evaluating a SASE platform, and a major part of the pitch is its application-acceleration feature. The vendor says that routing traffic through its points of presence can…
network optimization
What techniques enable extremely high-performance network traffic generation?
I'm building a traffic generator in a controlled lab to benchmark my own XDP/eBPF filter, with a PC sending traffic to a Raspberry Pi on my local network.…
Setting Up Active Directory Sites and Services for Cloud DCs
I work in an organization that manages around 32 networks divided into over 900 subnets. Currently, we have a single Active Directory (AD) site with a couple of…
How Can I Improve My Slow DSL Internet Temporarily?
I manage a location that currently only has DSL available while waiting for a fiber line installation. The speeds are really slow—300ms ping with only 8 Mbps down…
Why is my gaming API so slow for users in New Zealand?
I'm managing a gaming app backend hosted on AWS in the eu-west-2 region, but it's really struggling with latency for users far away. Here's what I've observed: the…