Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation (MLO): what it changes for your home lab
MLO is the headline feature of Wi-Fi 7. What actually changes for latency and for your packet captures, and what is still marketing or waiting for Wi-Fi 8.
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Networking explained for learners: how things work, how to troubleshoot them, and how to study for CCNA and Network+.
RPKI passes 60% of IPv4 routes: what a signed origin protects, and what it can’t
A quiet security milestone: most announced IPv4 routes now carry a valid signed origin. What that stops, what it can't, and why the rest is slow.
IPv6 passes half of Google’s users: what the milestone does and doesn’t mean
In March 2026, for the first time, more than half of the users reaching Google arrived over IPv6. Why that majority and the website majority still point in opposite directions.
What the 800G Ethernet ramp means for data-center design
Optics, not switch silicon, are the bottleneck now. A plain-English tour of the numbers behind the spec sheets.
DNS over HTTPS (DoH): what it changes for privacy and for troubleshooting
Every major browser can encrypt DNS now. What that protects, what it can quietly break, and how to tell which resolver actually answered.
Matter and Thread: will the smart-home VLAN workaround retire?
IoT segmentation gets easier as devices speak a common, certifiable language. What Matter and Thread change for your guest-VLAN hack, and what they don't.
The physical internet: how submarine cables carry your packets
Your packets cross oceans on glass. A look at where the new cables land, who pays for them, and what happens when an anchor wins.