MikroTik Training and Deviled Eggs

If you walk into a small town telephone company office and in the back room they have a dance floor, a TV lounge area for the kids after school, a bar, a complete commercial kitchen and the bathroom is outfitted with a changing table, diapers and wipes for the "granbabies" and at lunch time, grandma, one of the two owners of the 75+ year old company cooks everyone lunch, it might be a family owned business! It almost sounds like a Jeff Foxworthy joke but the truth is, why would you work any place else? This is one of the most relaxed, wholesome work environments I have ever been in.

Magtel in Boonville, Arkansas is just that, a family owned, family run business that still closes from noon to 1 for lunch. And, why wouldn't you close for lunch when grandma cooks for the group? Wow is all I can say and my hat is off to you Magtel. Keep doing what you are doing, you are a lost breed and I wish the remainder of the world did business just like you.

Today was day one of MTCNA training with 5 eager students. Tomorrow we get into the nitty gritty and I hope grandma cooks again! More deviled eggs please!

Pricate Training in Booneville, Ark and a New Training Announced

I have the pleasure of being in Booneville, Arkansas this week, doing MikroTik MTCNA training for the Magazine Telephone Company. I really enjoy doing private trainings where I can tailor the curriculum to the student. The Magazine Telephone Company has been around since 1939 and is a family owned and run business. I am already enjoying being here as they put me up in a house they maintain on site with all the amenities. Currently I am kicked back in an overstuffed chair writing my blog which beats the heck out of staying on a hotel.

I have a new MikroTIk RouterOs training scheduled for the month of December in Dallas and a new class I will announce in January. Check back for details.

MUM Phoenix

Five full days of training and the annual USA MikroTik Users Meeting (MUM) wrapped up last week in Phoenix, Arizona. The annual event was held at the Chapparrel Suites, an upscale convention center in the Scottsdale area. I was there for three days to conduct the MTCNA, MikroTik Certified Network Asssociate training at the request of MikroTik. We had a total of twenty students in attendance and eighteen were tested and certified. Thursday and Friday were all day events with presentations and social mixers. I gave two presentations, also available on TikTube.com. If you missed the MUM, you can get the entire presentation recap from the MikroTik site. See you next year!

26 Mile MikroTik Link

I was contracted to design and deploy a wireless backhaul to deliver at least 20 Mbps TCP throughput for a wireless ISP. Reliability and price point were the main concerns. All ofthe equipment was MikroTik using methods taught in my MikroTik training. Check out the white paper here.