Rostelecom brings Wi-Fi to datacenters because Ethernet cables are clearly 'too mainstream'
Oh, joy. The state-run giant Rostelecom and its sub-entity RTK-TsOD are now wiring up their server rooms with 'secure' Wi-Fi. Because nothing says professional data center management like ditching the wire for some local cloud-based radio waves.
The project kicked off at the Medvedkovo-2 facility, where engineers have already slapped more than 200 access points onto the walls. The master plan involves stuffing 1,500 of these units into RTK-TsOD locations across the country by the end of 2026. This hardware relies on Eltex equipment, which is supposedly fully 'import-substituted' and running on a proprietary Rostelecom cloud platform.
The network architecture splits into two tiers: one for employees and clients, and another for guests. Authorization is handled through Rostelecom’s internal cloud infrastructure, integrated within the Turbo Oblaka provider’s environment. Alexey Suravikin (male) claims the setup offers a total bandwidth of 1.71 Gbit/s, supposedly just to speed up technical maintenance, not for actual client data traffic.
It’s truly inspiring to see a company manage the physical layer of the internet by adding the very thing that network engineers usually spend their entire careers trying to avoid in a server room—wireless interference. Relying on local cloud-based Wi-Fi to manage hardware that is literally sitting right in front of you is a bold move toward peak efficiency. Surely, the next step is replacing all hard drives with USB sticks labeled 'Top Secret' and keeping them in an unlocked drawer.
Source: Rostelecom
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