FCC outage reporting does not expand beyond gulf coast

As Hurricane Ida moved across the eastern part of the country, the FCC did not expand its DIRS reporting. So today's outage reports only includes Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. It does not include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, etc. Hurricane Ida death toll: 29 people to date, ex

Re: Walkie-Talkie Apps on cell phones still require working Internet access

One exception: The Serval mesh project is specifically meant to address the situation of no Internet or cell access. Caveat: it hasn't been updated recently and the Google app store no longer has it. It is still available via F-Droid. It looks like it may be useful if one has a working network tha

Walkie-Talkie Apps on cell phones still require working Internet access

Another reminder Walkie-talkie apps on smartphones, like Zello, still require working Internet access. They don't work without cell or wifi service and internet access. Zello keeps reminding people, it REQUIRES internet access; but people don't get it. https://www.reuters.com/article

Re: Telecommunications network drafting software

I'm quite happy with draw.io On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 5:11 PM John Mason wrote: > You might find the info here useful > > https://networkdiagram101.com > > John > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 14:37 Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG < > nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > >> Hello folks, >> >> Would you care t

Re: Telecommunications network drafting software

You might find the info here useful https://networkdiagram101.com John On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 14:37 Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG < nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > Hello folks, > > Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use > to draw up architectural drafts (for te

Re: The great Netflix vpn debacle! (geofeeds)

At the risk of going off-topic, there must be an over-representation of network engineers as their customer: because I bought the same TV to also use as a 4k monitor. And the power supply on it just died. Samsung makes a 39” 4k and I haven’t been able to find it. How’s this relevant? We’ve b

Re: Reminder: Never connect a generator to home wiring without transfer switch

On 9/2/21 09:33, Mel Beckman wrote: Here’s a nice article on the code issue, which is nationwide in the US (it’s part of the NEC). It speaks specifically about the generator requirements: https://temperaturemaster.com/furnaces-hardwired-what-you-need-to-know/

Re: Reminder: Never connect a generator to home wiring without transfer switch

Here’s a nice article on the code issue, which is nationwide in the US (it’s part of the NEC). It speaks specifically about the generator requirements: https://temperaturemaster.com/furnaces-hardwired-what-you-need-to-know/ TLDR: The NEC is against plugged-in furnaces for a good reason: they con

Re: Telecommunications network drafting software

> On Sep 2, 2021, at 9:14 AM, Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG > wrote: > OmniGraffle seems to have some traction. Yep, that’s what I’ve always used. If I need to really clean something up, I save it out of Omnigraffle as a PDF, and clean it up in Illustrator.

Re: Telecommunications network drafting software

Folks, thanks for the pointers; much appreciated. OmniGraffle seems to have some traction. Perhaps I haven't done Visio justice, as I've received a few pointers that way too. What I can add to my original post is that to date, I've found that the stencils with the broadest scope are those from Ci