Running and building a regional provider network is a challenging proposition. When your network is your profit center, every decision is made through a different lens. Add a global pandemic on top and you’re certainly going to walk away with a few lessons learned. In this episode we talk with Marek Isalski about his experiences building and operating a regional provider network in the UK. Show Notes Faelix Overview  How did Faelix get started? What services does Faelix offer? How many people are on your team? Move from Mikrotik to VyOS Motivated by a few factors, including CVE-2018-19299 Using NetBox as a single source of truth How do we do logical topology stuff, like OSPF, BGP, in netbox? Have open-sourced our project for mixing saltstack + netbox + vyos Recent bugs encountered: FRR (RPKI crash in early 2020) FRR (ospfv3 crash in late 2020) Intel i40e NIC drivers (late 2020) Standing up three new POPs in the height of travel restrictions of 2020 Presentations/Recordings UKNOF: NetMCR: Networkers in & around the Manchester etc… Links * https://www.uknof.org.uk/ * https://www.netmcr.uk/ * https://twitter.com/maznu Outro Music: Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/