Re: IP over in-ground cable applications.
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Christopher J. Wolff wrote: Greetings, Can anyone recommend a method for integrating TCP/IP with an existing analog cable television network. The cable companies do this quite well; however, it's not immediately clear to me how I would multiplex the IP traffic and the existing video and deliver it to a home. Ya, build a new two-way HFC network. My current thoughts on this are to digitize the satellite video into mpeg2 and deliver it over TCP/IP through the in-ground cable. This way, integrating the video and data portion are easy, however the resident would need to buy a mpeg2 set-top-box to split out the video and internet. Thank you very much for your consideration. The issue is you only have 125 CMTS channels to deal with and most network have way to many homes passed per head end to make mpeg2 over IP practical solution. Nathan Stratton nathan at robotics.net http://www.robotics.net
Re: your mail
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Ali Jackson wrote: Does any one else out there think smart hands at Equinix is a rip off? I can send a package over night to the IBX for less than what it costs to move it from the mailroom to my cage. Just curious Uh, yes. Equinix is a rip off in general. I got kicked out of Chicago using the side door. I was sick of the stupid man trap crap and noticed they had a door that was propped open in the back that leads outside. It was much easier to back the truck up there and go in and out. The whole thing is a joke, they spent a lot of cash to look good, but there is very little substance. Nathan Stratton nathan at robotics.net http://www.robotics.net
RE: your mail
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, N. Richard Solis wrote: Leaving or forcing doors to be propped open generally triggers an alarm that prompts a visit from someone in security. It is entirely possible that someone who worked at the facility informed the security staff of what they were doing because they needed to leave the door open to fetch a package or something that was going to be moved through that door. It's also entirely possible that someone working there was violating the security policy entirely. That happens as well. I would need many more fingers and toes to count the number of sleeping guards I've caught at colo sites. Correct, I am sorry I think that is my point. There are a lot of things that they SHOULD have been doing, but they were not. I am saying they spent lots of money on a security image and not on security. They never found me using the door and that is a problem, when I let them know about their issues they rather shut me up then deal with them. The point is: people do dumb things that compromise security for everyone in order to make their own lives easier. A good security plan anticipates these lapses and puts measures in place to deal with them. If you haven't worked in an environment where you had to turn in your cellphone and pager at the front desk, show a badge to a camera around every corner, and get your office keys from a vending machine you dont know what real security looks like. I know what real security looks like, I also know what real security is. I am saying that I am willing to pay for real security, but I am not willing to page for the image of real security and go through the hassle of the image of real security when there is no real security. I don't know about all of their sights, but at least two have the security image when you walk in, but the rest of the building and other entrances have less then my house. Nathan Stratton nathan at robotics.net http://www.robotics.net
RE: your mail
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Deepak Jain wrote: I'm curious -- did they kick you out for the day, or terminate your contract and move you out? Basically they said they would ban me personally if I gave there security people a hard time about their security. I don't think they ever would terminate a contract if you were paying their sick rates. Nathan Stratton nathan at robotics.net http://www.robotics.net
Re: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?
On Thu, 23 May 2002, Neil J. McRae wrote: I've done it in a production environment and unless money was extremely tight I wouldn't consider doing it again. You will save on capital expediture but you need an army of resources to support it. When I did it, it was on NetBSD running GateD 3.x.x. And it supported in both cases two of the largest ISPs in Europe. Good point, I also did this for cash reasons and would just buy hardware on the used market today. As far as OS, I was using stripped down FreeBSD. I started with Linux, but at the time they did not support radix trees so routing tables killed the box. If I HAD to do it again I would still say away from Linux. -Nathan
Re: XO problems?
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, J.D. Falk wrote: Anyone seeing issues with XO routing? Yep, I was seeing 3000+ ms from SBC into XO earlier this afternoon. Seems to have cleared up now. You that that is bad, try ordering a few hundred DS1s. Nathan Stratton CTO, Exario Networks, Inc. nathan at robotics.net nathan at exario.net http://www.robotics.net http://www.exario.net
