Re: [AusNOG] Waymouth St Exchange fire

2017-05-21 Thread Shane Clay
Calls from Telstra mobiles in Adelaide to our AAPT and Amcom SIP trunks started failing around the time this was reported. Still not working at the moment. From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Sam Silvester Sent: Monday, 22 May 2017 1:48 PM To: aus...@ausnog.net S

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Matt Hare
I would recommend the DuxCell with 4G option. While a little over your budget it ticks all other options and is very reliable, plus you get the full RouterOS. It's essentially a RB912 RouterBoard with Sierra MC7304 LTE card. You can add another UFL pigtail to it to connect in a 4G antenna that has

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Joe Saxton
Also got the Netcomm NTC-140 http://www.netcommwireless.com/product/4g-m2m-router Covers most LTE bands except the 700MHz or 850MHz -Original Message- From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Mark Tees Sent: Monday, 22 May 2017 3:50 PM To: Paul Holmanskikh Cc:

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Joe Saxton
Considering ~$300 is your budget, take a look at the Billion BiPac 8920NZA http://au.billion.com/bipac-8920nz Inbuild sim card slot for 3g/4g connectivity over bands 700MHz, 850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz, 2100MHz & 2600MHz -Original Message- From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.a

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Jonathan Brewer
On 22 May 2017 at 14:42, Mark Tees wrote: > > I was wondering what people are using for LTE terminations these days. > > I have been testing a Mikrotik SXT LTE for the last two weeks on a private APN. It seems to be what you're looking for, with the caveat it only does LTE at 1800/2600 MHz. It al

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Mark Tees
Have done so with the Aircard 320u's but was not the most reliable thing to me. Going to try for a separate unit with external antenna's at this stage. On 22 May 2017 at 15:46, Paul Holmanskikh wrote: > > Why just not use SRX with USB 3/4G dongle? I used it back then it it was > pretty reliable

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Paul Holmanskikh
Why just not use SRX with USB 3/4G dongle? I used it back then it it was pretty reliable. https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB26116 On 22/05/2017 12:42, Mark Tees wrote: Morning everybody, I was wondering what people are using for LTE terminations these days. Use ca

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Jamie Lovick
Hi, This isn't exactly a plug, but I've had good experiences dealing with this company before for LTE devices: - http://m2mconnectivity.com.au/products/modems/4g-lte-modems/ Jamie On 22 May 2017 at 14:30, Mark Tees wrote: > Speed is not as much of an issue as reliability is in this instance. >

Re: [AusNOG] Waymouth St Exchange fire

2017-05-21 Thread Sam McLeod
Maybe someone thought buying Samsung batteries for all the Telstra exchanges was a good cost-saver? ;) -- Sam McLeod @s_mcleod | smcleod.net Words are my own opinions and do not necessarily represent those of my employer or partners. On Mon, 22 May 2017, at 02:17 PM, Sam Silvester wrote: > That

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Mark Tees
Speed is not as much of an issue as reliability is in this instance. I have some excellent options that I hadn't see yet now. On 22 May 2017 at 13:41, Jamie Lovick wrote: > Hi, > > Do you have an idea of what speeds and bands you require? > > While it is a "home" device, for speed, the Netgear

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread James Andrewartha
On Mon, 22 May 2017, Mark Tees wrote: > At present I have been suggesting using Cradlepoint IBR series hooked > into either Juniper or Cisco gear as they have been pretty reliable > for me. I've just bought a Dovado Tiny AC universal access router for this. > Ideally: > > * Something in the $200

Re: [AusNOG] Waymouth St Exchange fire

2017-05-21 Thread Sam Silvester
That'd be my guess. With as many rectifier systems as Telstra run nationally it doesn't surprise me that one lets go now and again. Haven't heard anything about impact so far, apparently was put out using a hand held fire extinguisher. Saw one puzzling report that 'Flames have been seen coming fr

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Beeson, Ayden
Depending on your equipment, for the Cisco LTE card you might be better off / need to go with the NIM-LTEA-LA We haven’t tested it yet (still waiting to buy it) but I’ve used the 3g EHWIC with a connection before (Telstra) and it works great, though it’ll be even more than the EHWIC as it’s the

Re: [AusNOG] Waymouth St Exchange fire

2017-05-21 Thread Mark Newton
Another exploding UPS? Quell(e) surprise! - mark On May 22, 2017, at 2:00 PM, Sam Silvester wrote: > > Reports say fire is out and was on Level 2 of the exchange. > > Level 2 according to a Telstra mate has an AXE PSTN switch and a power room. > > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Brad Gou

Re: [AusNOG] Waymouth St Exchange fire

2017-05-21 Thread Sam Silvester
Reports say fire is out and was on Level 2 of the exchange. Level 2 according to a Telstra mate has an AXE PSTN switch and a power room. On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Brad Gould wrote: > There are fire trucks out the front of the building and Police are closing > off Waymouth. > > > > On 22

Re: [AusNOG] Waymouth St Exchange fire

2017-05-21 Thread Brad Gould
There are fire trucks out the front of the building and Police are closing off Waymouth. On 22 May 2017 at 13:01, Evan Dent wrote: > There seems to be a confirmed fire in the Telstra exchange building on > Waymouth St in the Adelaide CBD. Unsure what will be effected. Just giving > the heads u

Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Jamie Lovick
Hi, Do you have an idea of what speeds and bands you require? While it is a "home" device, for speed, the Netgear AirCard 810S, or Nighthawk M1, is the fastest (LTE CAT 16, up to 1 Gigabit d/l, and 150 Mbit u/l) and supports the most bands (700, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz): http://www.netgear.com.

[AusNOG] Waymouth St Exchange fire

2017-05-21 Thread Evan Dent
There seems to be a confirmed fire in the Telstra exchange building on Waymouth St in the Adelaide CBD. Unsure what will be effected. Just giving the heads up. ___ AusNOG mailing list AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog

[AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

2017-05-21 Thread Mark Tees
Morning everybody, I was wondering what people are using for LTE terminations these days. Use case is simply a reliable interface for customer end site backup links/internet traffic etc. At present I have been suggesting using Cradlepoint IBR series hooked into either Juniper or Cisco gear as th

Re: [AusNOG] 2 hour PIPE/TPG/Tronic Networks fibre outage 21/5/2017 - 09:43-11:43 AEDT

2017-05-21 Thread Sam McLeod
Hi Chris, Thanks for the info. I've had a *lot* of direct emails from people / organisations that said they had no outage notification and were impacted, we certainly did not receive any outage notification either and essentially all our internet was out for a good portion of that 2 hour window.

Re: [AusNOG] 2 hour PIPE/TPG/Tronic Networks fibre outage 21/5/2017 - 09:43-11:43 AEDT

2017-05-21 Thread Chris Barnes
Hey Sam, I received a planned outage notification for 21st between 7am and 4pm for emergency fibre repairs on one of our services from Sydney to Melbourne. The notice advised of 2 x 50ms outages but we actually experienced huge latency (>3 seconds) for over 2 hours. incidentally this was one of

[AusNOG] 2 hour PIPE/TPG/Tronic Networks fibre outage 21/5/2017 - 09:43-11:43 AEDT

2017-05-21 Thread Sam McLeod
Morning all, We were hit by yet another unplanned unplanned PIPE/TPG (provisioned by Tronic Networks as a reseller) outage yesterday between 09:43-11:43 Melbourne time. We first started noticing the usual massive packet loss within their network which isn't anything new for us as PIPE/TPG seem to