LKNOG

Celebrating with our founding member Sagarika Wickramasekara.

Sagarika in her capacity as the President of the Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter was the founding vice president of LKNOG. Today as a board of trustee of the Internet Society, she continues to excel her mission in ensuring the connectivity to everyone without any boundaries.

The workshop focusing Best Current Practices in Managing Internet Identifiers is currently underway at the SLT Training Centre, Welisara.

The session brings together IX operators and network professionals to discuss operational best practices in managing Internet Identifiers (IP, ASN, DNS) and strengthening the security of Internet ecosystem.

The event was Hosted by Colocix and supported by SLT, LKNOG and ICANN.

🔴 Live Now at Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies APRICOT 2026 – NOG Reports Session

Mansoor Zaheer Hussain is currently presenting the (Lanka Network Operators Group) NOG Report, sharing highlights from our activities, events, community growth, and key milestones over the past year.

Join us live and hear how the Sri Lankan network operations community is contributing to the regional ecosystem.

📺 Watch live on YouTube:
👉 https://youtube.com/live/fITHtJ_Gq1g?feature=share

NOG Reports NOG Reports

“Campus Network Bandwidth and Performance Measurement – Case Studies” by Zaheer Husain - Live from Jakartha at Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies

https://www.youtube.com/live/I3ah8phgTiU?si=sY57csI87VUxkew8

We’re proud to share that our representative Mansoor Zaheer Hussain is delivering a talk on
📊 “Campus Network Bandwidth and Performance Measurement – Case Studies”.

🕦 Today at 8:00am onwards (SLtime)

📺 Live on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/live/I3ah8phgTiU?si=H2-lP6m07ASyFvhm

📌 Session details:
https://lnkd.in/gZTQEUTT

LEARN, Linux 💻

🐧 WIN A LAPTOP: Join the Linux Desktop Challenge! 💻
Ready to embrace the future of the desktop? EduNET, in collaboration with LEARN, is excited to announce a special competition for the student community! Make the switch to Linux today and you could walk away with a Linux laptop.

🎁 WHAT CAN YOU WIN?
We are raffling away 5 Laptops! Each one is pre-owned but in good condition and comes with Linux Mint pre-installed and ready to use.

🚀 HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

1. Install Linux on your PC or Laptop.
2. Capture a photo of your new Linux setup running on your table
3. Post the photo on any public Mastodon server.
4. Submit your application:
Visit: https://edunet.learn.ac.lk
If you have an EduID account, click "LEARN SSO" and log in; if you don’t, you can create an EduID account at https://eduid.lk
Enter the FOSS Group space: ​​https://edunet.learn.ac.lk/course/view.php?id=1447
Go to the Linux Desktop Competition forum - https://edunet.learn.ac.lk/mod/forum/view.php?id=2146, start a new discussion, and paste the link to your Mastodon post there.

🎓 ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to students currently registered at any higher education institution under the UGC or LEARN member institutes, who have not previously received a laptop from EduNET.

Note for Winners: To promote the use of open-source technology, these devices are provided with the commitment that only Linux will be installed and used on them.

🛠️ NEED HELP?

Technical Support: Ask questions about installing Linux or Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the FOSS Group space forums on the EduNET site.

Login Issues: If you have trouble logging in, use the "Contact site support" option in the footer of the EduNET website: https://edunet.learn.ac.lk

📅 DEADLINE: Submit your entry by 06th March 2026 (Midnight).

🐧 WIN A LAPTOP: Join the Linux Desktop Challenge! 💻
Ready to embrace the future of the desktop? EduNET, in collaboration with LEARN, is excited to announce a special competition for the student community! Make the switch to Linux today and you could walk away with a Linux laptop.

🎁 WHAT CAN YOU WIN?
We are raffling away 5 Laptops! Each one is pre-owned but in good condition and comes with Linux Mint pre-installed and ready to use.

🚀 HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

1. Install Linux on your PC or Laptop.
2. Capture a photo of your new Linux setup running on your table
3. Post the photo on any public Mastodon server.
4. Submit your application:
Visit: https://edunet.learn.ac.lk
If you have an EduID account, click "LEARN SSO" and select "EduID - Sri Lanka" then log in; if you don’t, you can create an "EduID - Sri Lanka" account at https://eduid.lk
Enter the FOSS Group space: ​​https://edunet.learn.ac.lk/course/view.php?id=1447
Go to the Linux Desktop Competition forum - https://edunet.learn.ac.lk/mod/forum/view.php?id=2146, start a new discussion, and paste the link to your Mastodon post there.

🎓 ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to students currently registered at any higher education institution under the UGC or LEARN member institutes, who have not previously received a laptop from EduNET.

Note for Winners: To promote the use of open-source technology, these devices are provided with the commitment that only Linux will be installed and used on them.

🛠️ NEED HELP?

Technical Support: Ask questions about installing Linux or Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the FOSS Group space forums on the EduNET site.

Login Issues: If you have trouble logging in, use the "Contact site support" option in the footer of the EduNET website: https://edunet.learn.ac.lk

📅 DEADLINE: Submit your entry by 06th March 2026 (Midnight).

Hello Jakarta 😊✈️
We’re on our way!

Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT)
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Our representative Mansoor Zaheer Hussain is onboard.
See you in Jakarta at Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies! 🌐

🌐 Happy New Year 2026 🌐
New technologies • Stronger connections • Smarter networks

Wishing the network operations community a year of reliability, growth, and innovation.
Let’s keep Sri Lanka connected.

— Team LKNOG —

Big thanks to Watcher Nogs, Duleep Thilakarathne, Nipuna Dayan Suduwella, Sameer Baweja, Srimal Rajapaksha

for all your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

https://lmd.lk/lknog9/

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