Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread TJ Trout
It's related to your hold timer and your convergence time. Lower to 14/45s and it will be much faster. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 5:31 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > Trey, > > That is the main question. If it takes the rest of the Internet 10 mins > to figure out my BGP dropped, does it matt

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
Trey, That is the main question. If it takes the rest of the Internet 10 mins to figure out my BGP dropped, does it matter if I spend $ of some super fast router that can build the tables in 30s? -- Best regards, Markmailto:m...@mailmt.com Myakka Communication

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Only took 50 years to become reality. From: Robert Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 5:45 PM To: Chuck McCown via AF Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question One of my childhood favorites, because Susan Clark... Colossus: The Forbin Project On 4/19/23 3:18 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: I re

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Robert
One of my childhood favorites, because Susan Clark... Colossus: The Forbin Project On 4/19/23 3:18 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: I remember seeing that at the drive in.  Double feature with Andromeda Strain. “This is the voice of Colossus” AI hooked with an AI in Russia... *From:* Robert *S

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread TJ Trout
Lower timers to 15s/45s and see if you can enable BFD, I think this has to be coordinated with the upstreams? maybe someone can confirm On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:20 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I remember seeing that at the drive in. Double feature with Andromeda > Strain. > > “This is the v

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I remember seeing that at the drive in. Double feature with Andromeda Strain. “This is the voice of Colossus” AI hooked with an AI in Russia... From: Robert Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 3:55 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question How about the original Colossus? On 4/1

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Robert
How about the original Colossus? On 4/19/23 1:55 PM, James Howard wrote: well my Atari 2600 can't do it in a year *From*: "Chuck McCown via AF" *Sent*: 4/19/23 1:06 PM *To*: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" *Cc*: ch..

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Trey Scarborough
You can prevent this by having a backup default route. The other thing is if you are n a physical interface or aggregated interface with a vlan on your upstream's router. If its physical it should stop routing traffic when it sees the interface down. If not it may keep trying to send traffic do

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread James Howard
well my Atari 2600 can't do it in a year From: "Chuck McCown via AF" Sent: 4/19/23 1:06 PM To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question My arduino nano can do it in a week. From: Steven Kenney via AF Sent

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
As I recall, it passes 1650 so you can put it on the end of a PON and shoot through splitters. It does not allow any other wavelenth out that could jam the OLT and cause the PON to go down. Some OTDRs have these filters built in when you are testing on 1650. Also, the filter keeps the p

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
Does it just need to filter 1310/1490 so the OTDR doesn't see it and then you can shoot 1550? On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:58 PM wrote: > Just a lump in a fiber jumper with connectors on each end. Would take > some digging to find it. > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 19, 202

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Just a lump in a fiber jumper with connectors on each end. Would take some digging to find it. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:40 PM To: ch...@go-mtc.com Cc: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power Got a picture at least? On Wed, Ap

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
Got a picture at least? On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:35 PM wrote: > I tried to find a link, we have one, but I don’t know where I got it. > Perhaps a custom fiber filter from fs.com > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:23 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I tried to find a link, we have one, but I don’t know where I got it. Perhaps a custom fiber filter from fs.com From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:23 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power That's clever! Nice t

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
That's clever! Nice tip, thanks. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:15 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > There is a band pass filter you can add for shooting over live fiber. > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 19, 2023 11:27 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re:

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
There is a band pass filter you can add for shooting over live fiber. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 11:27 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power On Calix optics they say it's OK if the OTDR hits it with 1650. I don't think an

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
It's on the $300 China one, $1000 China one, and the $4000+ VeEx/Exfo...I have to assume it's on all of them. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 2:25 PM wrote: > I know there’s a safety feature like that on some OTDR’s. I don’t know > what this bunch was using. > > > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *J

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread dmmoffett
I know there’s a safety feature like that on some OTDR’s. I don’t know what this bunch was using. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:28 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power On Calix optics they say it's

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
My arduino nano can do it in a week. From: Steven Kenney via AF Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 11:51 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Steven Kenney Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question My raspberry pi does it in under an hour. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 1:26 PM Josh Luthman wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Steven Kenney via AF
My raspberry pi does it in under an hour. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 1:26 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > I want to say my old x86 would do full tables in 3 minutes...that's been a > while. > > I think the CCR1009/1036/1072 is a couple of minutes, I don't think it's > 10-15 though. > > On Wed, Apr 19, 202

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
>From what I have read, it is more the pulse duration than output power that is >the hazard. Long pulses for ultra long distance produce more accumulated >power in the SFP photodiode or whatever the element is that receives the >light. Makes sense. I was totally unaware that a VFD could damag

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
On Calix optics they say it's OK if the OTDR hits it with 1650. I don't think an OTDR will shoot if it sees 1310/1490. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 1:03 PM wrote: > Oh I 100% believe they could do it. If I knew tx power of the OTDR it > would be easy to estimate how close they’d have to be to excee

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Josh Luthman
I want to say my old x86 would do full tables in 3 minutes...that's been a while. I think the CCR1009/1036/1072 is a couple of minutes, I don't think it's 10-15 though. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:20 AM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > Dennis, > > Using mikrotik routers. > > Two MaxxWave x86

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread dmmoffett
Oh I 100% believe they could do it. If I knew tx power of the OTDR it would be easy to estimate how close they’d have to be to exceed the overload threshold of the transceiver. “Dynamic Range” has to be a diff between Tx and sensitivity …..or so I would assume. If it is then I could guess t

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
This says that high power VFLs can burn them out too. From: Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 9:56 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power These guys think so: https://content.jwplatform.com/previews/IQitGvAV B

Re: [AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
These guys think so: https://content.jwplatform.com/previews/IQitGvAV Best Regards, Chuck McCown McCown Technology Corporation 8401 N Commerce Dr Lake Point, Utah 84074 801-250-9503 Office 435-830-4306 Cell www.mccowntech.com www.microtrench.pro www.terabitnetworks.com From: dmmoff...@gmail.com

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread dmmoffett
We have a Juniper MX10008 which is supposed to crunch a full table in about 30 seconds, but that's a half million dollar router. If you're doing it on a general purpose CPU I think 10-15 minutes doesn't sound weird. Something I've been meaning to try in the lab was having a static default route w

[AFMUG] OTDR transmit power

2023-04-19 Thread dmmoffett
Does anyone know how strong the pulses from an OTDR might be? Is there a rule of thumb to guess that based on the dynamic range? I'm trying to determine if a dark fiber provider might have blasted a ZR optic with an OTDR at close range. We know they were out testing recently, and the manufact

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
Dennis, Using mikrotik routers. Two MaxxWave x86 i5 8 core 10 years old v6.47.9 One CCR1072 v6.47.9 Yes taking full tables. Tried BFD while back. Didn't seem that my upstream was supporting it. Never established a session. Thinking I may need to start looking at new hardware and v7. Bu

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread dmmoffett
Are you receiving full routes, partial, or default only? -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Mark - Myakka Technologies Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 10:48 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] BGP Question We have two circuits coming into our NOC. We peer with 3 different pro

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Dennis Burgess
Really depends on a lot of things. 1.What router are you using? 2. Are you taking full tables from all of your upstreams? 3. Are you not using BFD ? 4. What version of RouterOS are you using? V7 will be faster, 2216 will be faster than a 1036, your hold time is kinda long.. Dennis Burgess,

Re: [AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Christopher Tyler
What routers are you using? Christopher Tyler Senior Network Engineer Total Highspeed Internet Solutions +1 417-851-1107 ext 9002 ch...@totalhighspeed.net [cid:d5754205-542b-4ad8-9fa2-09231e802d33]

[AFMUG] BGP Question

2023-04-19 Thread Mark - Myakka Technologies
We have two circuits coming into our NOC. We peer with 3 different providers on each circuit. If a circuit fails, BGP will do it's magic and traffic will start flowing though the surviving circuit. However, we seemed to get about 5 - 10 minutes of unstable Internet while this is happening. I