Tutorial: New and Updated - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking
What it is
A two-hour NANOG tutorial by Richard Steenbergen aimed at network engineers, covering optical networking technologies. This is the updated 2017 edition of a recurring talk.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters call it an invaluable, approachable way to learn how optical networking actually works.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2017, last 2018
What HN commenters said
“proved invaluable to me in learning optical networking”
Invaluable talk for learning optical networking
dvno42, 2018-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are the best textbooks in your field of expertise?”
“learn something new every time”
Recent version of a recurring optical networking tutorial talk
madsushi, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Optical Networking [pdf]”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: optical networking, dwdm, fiber, network engineering, nanog
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