Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Michael Sokolov
James Hess wrote: > Auto MDI/MDI-X is an optional feature in the 1000BaseT standard. Can someone please explain how can the whole MDI vs. MDI-X distinction be meaningful at all for 1000BaseT? I thought they run 250 Mbps on each of the 4 pairs in both directions using some form of echo-cancelli

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Steven King
Along with bpduguard, Cisco switches also continue to look for loops with loopguard. They continuously look for the Keepalive packets that they send out each port. So as long as you have not turned off STP all together on the port, you will be fine. On 3/26/10 6:21 PM, Matthew Huff wrote: > Bpdugu

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread James Hess
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > So basically, the problem is the core switches implement a proprietary > loop-prevention protocol that sends "beacon" frames out every 500ms, > and if a certain number of these special frames come back (exceeds --> loop first, but I'm beginn

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 08:29:52PM -0500, James Hess wrote: > Most all switch manufacturers provide some type of port security > feature that allows an end-user connection port to automatically be > disabled and require admin intervention to re-activate, if the number > of MAC addresses exceed a

RE: ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread Jeremy Charles
Thanks to those who replied to offer experience and input on working with ARIN. You've given me some helpful information to pass along to our legal team when considering the RSA. Cheers! -JC

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread James Hess
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Matthew Huff wrote: > Bpduguard if running cisco. set all the switch ports to bpduguard or enable > it globally Bpduguarding a cool idea, and not a bad protective measure, if running that vendor's equipment, but it still allows a possibly large disruption for

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Mark Foster
or reboot is problematic in many cases. Many systems drop link-state during reboot for a long-enough period that the bridge-port restarts its spanning tree process, making results across reboots consistently bad. Interesting; Windows tends to bring link up well-prior to the login dialogue an

Re: ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread John Curran
Hello Jeremy - So let's see if I can clarify some of your questions: - ARIN doesn't generally modify the terms of the RSA agreement (this is a fairness issue so that all address holders are under similar terms to the extent possible) - We've actually revised the RSA on several

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Owen DeLong
On Mar 26, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Mark Foster wrote: > >> "Desktop" switches. You know, those 4 or 5 port Gigabit Ethernet >> switches. Apparently, many of them don't do any kind of STP at all. >> Recommendations on ones that do STP? > > If the network fabric you're on is important enough to cause

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Anton Kapela
On Mar 26, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > If you have 2 network jacks next to each other in a conference room, > do they each get configured as a separate "user"? Indeed, most of the buildings have a 'community room' like that -- but all the deployed ports (unless ordered differentl

[NANOG-announce] Early registration for NANOG 49

2010-03-26 Thread Steve Feldman
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Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Christopher LILJENSTOLPE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greetings Owen, The only problem is that there will be a number of devices that the eyeballs like that won't ever see an IPv6 packet (specifically thinking about the CE devices in the home). As such, it won't be IPv6 only, it will be dual-

Re: ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread Christopher LILJENSTOLPE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 yes; no; without reservation; really, why would a competent lawyer have any problems accepting that contract :) ? On 27 Mar 2010, at 08.45 , Jeremy Charles wrote: > Has anyone here had their legal department balk at the legal agreement that > ARIN w

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 06:56:15PM -0400, Anton Kapela wrote: > In general, I avoid the potential for layer2 loops to any > user-accesible layer2 ports in a manner that many edge network and > broadband providers may find familiar -- vlan per user, tail, port, > etc. -- aggregated in a hierarchi

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Mark Smith
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:24:21 +0100 Jeroen Massar wrote: > InterNetX - Lutz Muehlig wrote: > > Hello, > > > > has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? > > "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. > > I assume quite a number of people know how to do

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 03:33:56PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: > Switches that support STP? Yes, "soho" or "desktop" switches I mean. Apparently Netgear GS105's do not do STP at all, at least they don't claim to. > There are switches that have STP protection such that they are > portfast until th

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Mark Foster
"Desktop" switches. You know, those 4 or 5 port Gigabit Ethernet switches. Apparently, many of them don't do any kind of STP at all. Recommendations on ones that do STP? If the network fabric you're on is important enough to cause you grief in the event of a STP event, you shouldn't be fiel

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Anton Kapela
Hi Chuck, > Anyone have suggestions on Ethernet LAN loop-prevention? With the In general, I avoid the potential for layer2 loops to any user-accesible layer2 ports in a manner that many edge network and broadband providers may find familiar -- vlan per user, tail, port, etc. -- aggregated in

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Owen DeLong
Switches that support STP? There are switches that have STP protection such that they are portfast until they see an inbound BPDU and then revert to spanning tree on that port (it blocks, listens, learns, then forwards if appropriate). The only draw-back to such a configuration I am aware of is t

RE: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Matthew Huff
Bpduguard if running cisco. set all the switch ports to bpduguard or enable it globally -Original Message- From: Chuck Anderson [mailto:c...@wpi.edu] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 6:09 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop Anyone have suggest

Re: Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Mike Lyon
Disable the jacks all together and go wireless? Have them put in a trouble ticket if they absolutely need a port activated in a conference room for a one-time meeting. -Mike On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > Anyone have suggestions on Ethernet LAN loop-prevention? Wit

Auto MDI/MDI-X + conference rooms + bored == loop

2010-03-26 Thread Chuck Anderson
Anyone have suggestions on Ethernet LAN loop-prevention? With the advent of Auto MDI/MDI-X ports on switches, it seems way too easy to accidentally or maliciously create loops between network jacks. We have bored or inattentive people plugging in patch cords between adjacent network jacks. S

The Cidr Report

2010-03-26 Thread cidr-report
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BGP Update Report

2010-03-26 Thread cidr-report
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Re: ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread bmanning
I am aware of a general case where the RSA has been modified. As presented, the RSA is targeted toward US-based commercial & not-for-profit entities. If you are a soveriegn in the ARIN region or are a state government in the US, I beleive there is some wiggle-room for changing liability and ve

Re: ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Jeremy Charles wrote: > Has anyone here had their legal department balk at the legal > agreement that ARIN wants you to sign when you get things > like an AS number or an IP block? Yes. > Any luck in negotiating with ARIN? No. > The agreement has language at th

RE: ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread Aaron Wendel
Don't know for sure but I doubt it. The whole point is that everyone plays by the same set of rules and opening up the RSA for "negotiation" would defeat that purpose. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Charles [mailto:jchar...@epic.com] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 4:46 PM To: nanog@nano

Re: ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread Christopher Morrow
doesn't hurt to ask arin's legal folks, they work for you (kinda). On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Jeremy Charles wrote: > Has anyone here had their legal department balk at the legal agreement that > ARIN wants you to sign when you get things like an AS number or an IP block?   > Any luck in n

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Owen DeLong
Dave, It's clear we disagree about what will happen in an obviously unpredictable future. I think that eyeball networks will deploy IPv6 rapidly due to the high costs of attempting to continue to hack IPv4. You believe that something else will happen. In time, we will see which of us turns

ARIN negotiation?

2010-03-26 Thread Jeremy Charles
Has anyone here had their legal department balk at the legal agreement that ARIN wants you to sign when you get things like an AS number or an IP block? Any luck in negotiating with ARIN? The agreement has language at the top saying that ARIN doesn't accept modifications, but our legal team is

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday 26 March 2010 02:10:45 pm Mark Andrews wrote: > In message <201003261157.23601.lo...@pari.edu>, Lamar Owen writes: > > "Hey, great presentation. Compelling arguments. But I have one > > question: will our existing gear that's not yet fully depreciated handle > > it? No? > What percen

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Friday 26 March 2010 01:31:33 pm Owen DeLong wrote: > The other key point to take away... If your engineer is telling you that > your ISP isn't ready yet, it's time for you to give your engineer your > backing at telling the ISP that IPv6 is a requirement for contract > renewal. At least right

Re: NTP clock source

2010-03-26 Thread todd glassey
On 3/25/2010 7:03 AM, Dave Hart wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:51 UTC, Kyle Bader wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a solid clock souce (stratum 0) that's not overly >> expensive? > > All the options I'm aware of have no prices posted, sadly. For me, > that means "forget it, you don't want to

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Dave Israel
On 3/26/2010 1:31 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > > You should ask your server guy how he plans to talk to your core > stakeholders when they can't get IPv4 any more. Then, at that time, both he and his key stakeholders will experience pain while they

RE: Need to talk to Charter email contact

2010-03-26 Thread Eric J Esslinger
And a followup I've got someone in their mail group and we're working on clearing up the issue. Thank you everyone for the replies and help. __ Eric Esslinger Information Services Manager - Fayetteville Public Utilities http://www.fpu-tn.com/ (931)433-1522 ext 165 > --

Weekly Routing Table Report

2010-03-26 Thread Routing Analysis Role Account
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Need to talk to Charter email contact

2010-03-26 Thread Eric J Esslinger
Good afternoon, I'm looking for some cluefull help from someone at Charter. I've got a static IP customer unable to deliver mail to charter.net customers and I can get no help trying to get in through the 'front door' of tech support. I've been forwarded to the residential spanish technicians 3

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:35:37 EDT, "Justin M. Streiner" said: I don't see TDM going away entirely any time soon because it still comes in handy for things like out-of-band management, etc, plus nowadays there is lots of TDM gear on the seconda

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:35:37 EDT, "Justin M. Streiner" said: > I don't see TDM going away entirely any time soon because it still comes > in handy for things like out-of-band management, etc, plus nowadays there > is lots of TDM gear on the secondary market that can be picked up > dirt-cheap.

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <201003261157.23601.lo...@pari.edu>, Lamar Owen writes: > On Wednesday 10 March 2010 09:46:19 pm Jim Burwell wrote: > > On 3/10/2010 16:57, Owen DeLong wrote: > > > The target really needs to be the CxOs and the management, > > > especially in places where there is content facing the ge

Re: [OT] Old kit (was:Re: IP4 Space)

2010-03-26 Thread Jorge Amodio
> Same is true of MIPS and PowerPC, though.  There are far more MIPS chips in > routers than ever saw desktop use in SGI workstations; and while it might take > a little while for Cisco's PowerPC driven routers' CPU's to outnumber all the > PowerMacs our there, one day it will happen. MIPS are now

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Owen DeLong
On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On Wednesday 10 March 2010 09:46:19 pm Jim Burwell wrote: On 3/10/2010 16:57, Owen DeLong wrote: The target really needs to be the CxOs and the management, especially in places where there is content facing the general public. Fortunately, Googl

Re: [OT] Old kit

2010-03-26 Thread Joel Jaeggli
On 03/26/2010 10:16 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > >> On Wednesday 24 March 2010 05:24:39 pm Michael Dillon wrote: >>> For comparison look at the z-80 CPU which powered the early desktop >>> computers. When the IBM PC came out, people thought that th

Re: [OT] Old kit (was:Re: IP4 Space)

2010-03-26 Thread Owen DeLong
On Mar 26, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: On Wednesday 24 March 2010 05:24:39 pm Michael Dillon wrote: For comparison look at the z-80 CPU which powered the early desktop computers. When the IBM PC came out, people thought that the Intel 8086 would make the Z-80 obsolete. But it didn't.

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Joe Abley
On 2010-03-26, at 10:04, Owen DeLong wrote: > It doesn't require an unstable routing table. There is a small set of > locations that could hit routers with multipath that may "balance" > the anycast packets down divergent paths. > > Essentially, these are the topological midpoints between any t

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Owen DeLong
On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Jeroen Massar wrote: Max Larson Henry wrote: has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests (UDP) not to p

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Joe Abley
On 2010-03-26, at 06:40, Max Larson Henry wrote: >>> has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? >> >> "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. > > - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests (UDP) > not to perform zone transfe

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Owen DeLong
On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:40 AM, Max Larson Henry wrote: has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests (UDP) not to perform zone transfer(TC

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Joe Abley
On 2010-03-26, at 06:21, InterNetX - Lutz Muehlig wrote: > has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? This is a general reference that tries hard not to be DNS-specific: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4786.txt These are two papers written whilst at ISC describing many aspe

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Michael Sokolov
Rick Ernst wrote: > I've noticed over the last 3 years or so that TDM, specifically T-1, access > and transport has been in a steady decline. Customers are moving to FTTH > and cable, or going WiMAX and Metro-Ethernet. Ethernet seems to have taken > an even bigger bite out of DS-3. The bigger

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <4828.1269611...@localhost>, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu writes: > --==_Exmh_1269611568_4209P > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:40:39 EDT, Max Larson Henry said: > > > - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests (UDP) > > not t

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Frank A. Coluccio
Apologies for the gibberish of my previous message. Here's The URL that never made it to the list that contains the article I referenced and my footer note: [1]http://siliconinvestor.advfn.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=26408512 --- fr...@fttx.org wrote: From: "Frank A. Coluccio" To:

Re: Call for papers (Deadline Extended): ISP-10, USA, July 2010

2010-03-26 Thread Bill Fehring
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 09:03, J.D. Falk wrote: > Why is this fake conference still posting to NANOG? Maybe a motivational speaker at one of his past "conferences" told him never to give up? -Bill

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Frank A. Coluccio
re: "what is the state of voip-over-cellular as essentially the last holdout of TDM? Will the new 4G stuff be able to support latencies, etc? Has the work on handovers-over-IP matured enough that it's viable?" One of the biggest hurdles in bringing Ethernet to mobile/cellular apps

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Jared Mauch
On Mar 26, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Olsen, Jason wrote: >> From: Rick Ernst [mailto:na...@shreddedmail.com] > > >> an even bigger bite out of DS-3. The bigger pipes seem to favor >> ethernet. A recent upgrade from OC-3 to GigE transport actually saved > us a large >> chunk of money. > > We recently

Re: Call for papers (Deadline Extended): ISP-10, USA, July 2010

2010-03-26 Thread J.D. Falk
On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:38 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > This is the same fake conference spammer who's been hitting a lot > of mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups -- best to blacklist the > sender address and the domain. Why is this fake conference still posting to NANOG? -- J.D. Falk Return Path I

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Wednesday 10 March 2010 09:46:19 pm Jim Burwell wrote: > On 3/10/2010 16:57, Owen DeLong wrote: > > The target really needs to be the CxOs and the management, > > especially in places where there is content facing the general > > public. Fortunately, Google, Yahoo, Netflix, etc. get it and have

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Steve Meuse
Dylan Ebner expunged (dylan.eb...@crlmed.com): > Funny thing about this is we have been steadily getting rid of all of our t1 > and ds3 circuits and replacing them with metro-e or cable based services at > much better price/Mbs. However, when we went to VOIP and wanted to do sip > trunking with

RE: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Olsen, Jason
> From: Rick Ernst [mailto:na...@shreddedmail.com] > an even bigger bite out of DS-3. The bigger pipes seem to favor > ethernet. A recent upgrade from OC-3 to GigE transport actually saved us a large > chunk of money. We recently had exactly the opposite experience, unfortunately. During reloc

[OT] Old kit (was:Re: IP4 Space)

2010-03-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Wednesday 24 March 2010 05:24:39 pm Michael Dillon wrote: > For comparison look at the z-80 CPU which powered the early desktop > computers. When the IBM PC came out, people thought that the Intel 8086 > would make the Z-80 obsolete. But it didn't. The Z-80 just disappeared > into all sorts of e

RE: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Dylan Ebner
Funny thing about this is we have been steadily getting rid of all of our t1 and ds3 circuits and replacing them with metro-e or cable based services at much better price/Mbs. However, when we went to VOIP and wanted to do sip trunking with qwest, they needed to deliver this over t1, otherwise i

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread joel jaeggli
On 3/26/2010 8:15 AM, Rick Ernst wrote: I've noticed over the last 3 years or so that TDM, specifically T-1, access and transport has been in a steady decline. Customers are moving to FTTH and cable, or going WiMAX and Metro-Ethernet. Ethernet seems to have taken an even bigger bite out of DS-3

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Rick Ernst wrote: I've noticed over the last 3 years or so that TDM, specifically T-1, access and transport has been in a steady decline. Customers are moving to FTTH and cable, or going WiMAX and Metro-Ethernet. Ethernet seems to have taken an even bigger bite out of DS-3

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Bret Clark
Steve Meuse wrote: I'm wondering if others are seeing the same behavior, if it's market-dependant, or if I'm just imagining things. I'm working on building new infrastructure and my current thoughts are to minimize my TDM footprint. It would be useful to get a better feel if this is an overal

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Michael Thomas
On 03/26/2010 08:26 AM, Steve Meuse wrote: Rick Ernst expunged (na...@shreddedmail.com): I'm wondering if others are seeing the same behavior, if it's market-dependant, or if I'm just imagining things. I'm working on building new infrastructure and my current thoughts are to minimize my TDM fo

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Michael Thomas
On 03/26/2010 08:26 AM, Steve Meuse wrote: Rick Ernst expunged (na...@shreddedmail.com): I'm wondering if others are seeing the same behavior, if it's market-dependant, or if I'm just imagining things. I'm working on building new infrastructure and my current thoughts are to minimize my TDM fo

Re: "Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Steve Meuse
Rick Ernst expunged (na...@shreddedmail.com): > I'm wondering if others are seeing the same behavior, if it's > market-dependant, or if I'm just imagining things. I'm working on building > new infrastructure and my current thoughts are to minimize my TDM > footprint. It would be useful to get a

"Is TDM going the way of dial-up?"

2010-03-26 Thread Rick Ernst
I've noticed over the last 3 years or so that TDM, specifically T-1, access and transport has been in a steady decline. Customers are moving to FTTH and cable, or going WiMAX and Metro-Ethernet. Ethernet seems to have taken an even bigger bite out of DS-3. The bigger pipes seem to favor ethernet

Re: IP4 Space

2010-03-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Tuesday 23 March 2010 10:59:31 pm Mark Newton wrote: > How many 10 year old pieces of kit do you have on your network? 90% of the network equipment here is over ten years old, and still trucking. No plans to replace what is still working, as long as we have spares in stock, and until we get

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Florian Weimer
* Jeroen Massar: > Simple recipe: > - Box with: >- Your favourite OS >- Quagga or OpenBGPd >- Your favourite DNS server > - Announce the IP of the anycast node in BGP > - Monitor the DNS server, when it does not work kill your local BGPd >and notify the admins that it broke Thi

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Jeroen Massar
Max Larson Henry wrote: > > > has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? > > "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. > > > - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests > (UDP) not to perform zone transfer(TCP). Also t

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:40:39 EDT, Max Larson Henry said: > - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests (UDP) > not to perform zone transfer(TCP). DNS uses TCP for more than just XFR. For instance, if you're running a resolver that doesn't do EDNS0, and you hit an (increas

RE: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Paul Ryland
> > > has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? > > > > "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. > > - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests (UDP) > not to perform zone transfer(TCP). How-to with working configurations for

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread John Payne
On Mar 26, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Jeroen Massar wrote: > InterNetX - Lutz Muehlig wrote: >> Hello, >> >> has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? > > "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. Can't really tell if you're being serious here due to caffein

Re: NTP clock source

2010-03-26 Thread Lamar Owen
On Thursday 25 March 2010 12:46:23 pm Marty Anstey wrote: > If you are of the DIY persuasion, check out the following project: > http://www.febo.com/pages/soekris/ And if the OP (or any one else on list) is of that persuasion, and really wants to get into serious timing discussions, joining the

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Max Larson Henry
> > has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? > > "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. > - Yes but as for DNS, anycast is essentially used for user requests (UDP) not to perform zone transfer(TCP). -M

Re: Call for papers (Deadline Extended): ISP-10, USA, July 2010

2010-03-26 Thread Rich Kulawiec
This is the same fake conference spammer who's been hitting a lot of mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups -- best to blacklist the sender address and the domain. ---Rsk

Re: IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread Jeroen Massar
InterNetX - Lutz Muehlig wrote: > Hello, > > has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? "Never been done" "Dangerous" "TCP does not work" etc etc etc. I assume quite a number of people know how to do it, especially as several root DNS servers abuse it. Simple recipe: - B

IPv4 ANYCAST setup

2010-03-26 Thread InterNetX - Lutz Muehlig
Hello, has someone experience in anycast ipv4 networks (to support DNS)? Regards Lutz