[uknof] APRICOT 2024: Call for Presentations

2023-10-10 Thread Mark Tinka
questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee Chairs by e-mail at:     pc-chairs at apricot.net We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Mark Tinka, Achie Atienza & Mark Duffell APRICOT 2024 Programme Committee Chairs --

[uknof] APRICOT 2024: Call for Programme Committee Volunteers

2023-10-05 Thread Mark Tinka
nd a brief description about why you would make a good addition to the PC. The PC Chairs will accept nominations received by 17:00 UTC+8 on Friday 20th October 2023, and will announce the new PC shortly thereafter. Many thanks! Mark Tinka & Mark Duffell For the APRICOT 2024 Organising Committee --

Re: [uknof] Virgin Media Contact / Escalation

2023-09-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On 9/16/23 09:23, Luke Darby wrote: Is it out of wayleave Charl? My orders usually die a death in wayleave and I have to push it through myself (no assigned PM from any telco has done that for me) When we used vmb about ten years ago, they were good and quick but a recent order with them

Re: [uknof] Virgin Media Contact / Escalation

2023-09-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 9/15/23 20:25, Charl Tintinger wrote: I dont know, this order was placed Feb 22 way before my time. Probably not but we need the circuit soonish due to growing capacity demands. I was asking in case it's faster to just order the circuit from another provider that actually wants to do

Re: [uknof] Virgin Media Contact / Escalation

2023-09-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 9/15/23 12:10, Charl Tintinger wrote: Hi, I'm looking for anyone in the Virgin Media (High Capacity Circuit) team. We have a circuit which is in progress since Feb 22 and still not delivered. VM blame Nokia (their delivery partner), fundamentally we are stuck and any escalation with

Re: [uknof] Disney+

2023-08-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 8/15/23 07:35, Paul Thornton wrote: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but good luck with that. Disney+ are IMO the worst of the content providers for dealing with geoloc issues and are utterly disinterested in speaking to ISPs to fix them, preferring to refer customers back to their

Re: [uknof] SAFNOG-8: Call for Papers Announcement - Reminder!

2023-07-17 Thread Mark Tinka
Hi all. Just a reminder that the Call for Papers is still open, and that we are accepting presentations for review for SAFNOG-8. Please submit your papers as soon as possible, as they will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. Thanks. Mark. On 5/30/23 04:15, Mark Tinka wrote

[uknof] SAFNOG-8: Call for Papers Announcement

2023-05-29 Thread Mark Tinka
Hello all. The CfP (Call for Papers) for the SAFNOG-8 conference, due to take place on the 29th - 30th August, 2023, in Lusaka, Zambia, is now open. Please find more details about the CfP at the link below: https://www.safnog.org/#1#call-for-papers-section We look forward to receiving your

[uknof] SAFNOG-8 Programme Committee - Call For PC Volunteers

2023-05-07 Thread Mark Tinka
would make a good addition to the PC. The PC Chairs will accept nominations received by 1600hrs UTC+2 on Friday 26th May, 2023, and will announce the new PC shortly thereafter. Thanks. Mark Tinka For the SAFNOG-8 Organizing Committee

Re: [uknof] How much db is required over loss to operate a steady service - PON Optics

2023-02-07 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/7/23 14:27, Ben McKeegan wrote: I'd add to this 'be conservative', unless you want your engineers out fixing stuff every time there is extreme weather.  Fibre can move around a bit after installation, e.g. when the fibre and sub-duct in which it is installed have different

Re: [uknof] Typical last mile battery runtime (protecting against power cuts)

2023-02-04 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/4/23 23:15, Darren Wright wrote: Hi all. My understanding is FTTC cabinets “should” last 4-6 hours as the front doors have batteries in, however speaking to a lot of Openreach engineers over the years the batteries are mostly poorly maintained, I have seen them only last mins before

Re: [uknof] Typical last mile battery runtime (protecting against power cuts)

2023-02-04 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/4/23 15:41, Brandon Butterworth wrote: So not only do you need to plan for the down time you need to consider the recovery time of your system. Lead based systems will take many times the run time to recharge and may not be ready for the next outage. Thus LiFePo4 batteries are the way

Re: [uknof] Typical last mile battery runtime (protecting against power cuts)

2023-02-03 Thread Mark Tinka
I'd like to offer comment here, but there is currently a thread going on for the very same question on NANOG: https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2023-February/221480.html Feel free to check that out. Mark.

[uknof] Fwd: [apops] APRICOT 2023 Call for Presentations

2022-11-26 Thread Mark Tinka
Presenters should endeavour to get material to the PC sooner rather than later. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee Chairs by e-mail at: pc-chairs at apricot.net We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Mark Tinka & Marijana Novakovic

Re: [uknof] SAFNOG-7: 3 Days to Go! Register Now to Attend

2022-08-27 Thread Mark Tinka
ttps://grandafrica.com/grand-africa-cafe-beach/venue/grand-africa-cafe-beach-entire-venue-solo-use/ See you all soon, and happy travels :-). Mark. On 8/19/22 15:05, Mark Tinka wrote: Hello all. With 10 days to go to the 7th edition of SAFNOG, we are delighted, and excited, to welcome you all to s

[uknof] SAFNOG-7: 10 Days to Go! Register Now to Attend

2022-08-19 Thread Mark Tinka
Hello all. With 10 days to go to the 7th edition of SAFNOG, we are delighted, and excited, to welcome you all to sunny and vibrant Cape Town, where we can all see each other after 2 years of social distancing. We have put together a very exciting program that covers a number of new,

Re: [uknof] Policing vs Shaping in the UK

2022-07-23 Thread Mark Tinka
*From:*James Bensley *Sent:* 22 July 2022 08:20 *To:* uknof@lists.uknof.org.uk; Paul Bone *Subject:* Re: [uknof] Policing vs Shaping in the UK As Mark has already said, I think most telco's prefer policers otherwise you're adding latency into your customers traffic. Most national

Re: [uknof] Policing vs Shaping in the UK

2022-07-14 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/14/22 14:25, Mark Tinka wrote: On 7/11/22 12:46, Paul Bone wrote: One of my ISP customers has multiple 2Gbps national ethernet circuits through two different providers. Testing the circuits of Provider A gives UDP in excess of 1.8Gbps with no packet loss, and TCP up to 1.8Gbps

Re: [uknof] Policing vs Shaping in the UK

2022-07-14 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/11/22 12:46, Paul Bone wrote: One of my ISP customers has multiple 2Gbps national ethernet circuits through two different providers. Testing the circuits of Provider A gives UDP in excess of 1.8Gbps with no packet loss, and TCP up to 1.8Gbps in both directions. However, with

Re: [uknof] Transit in Tanzania

2022-07-08 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/7/22 15:54, Steve Karmeinsky wrote: Asked on another list and sent here "A colleague is doing some work in Tanzania and experiencing high transit costs. Are these controlled by Gov there or cable operators?" Was told a Mark Tinka who lurks here might know and have some ans

[uknof] SAFNOG-7: Call for Papers Announcement

2022-07-03 Thread Mark Tinka
Hello all. The CfP (Call for Papers) for the SAFNOG-7 conference, due to take place in-person on the 30th - 31st August, 2022, at the Lagoon Beach Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, is now open. Please find more details about the CfP at the link below: https://safnog.org/event/papers.html

Re: [uknof] LINX SLA

2022-03-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/17/22 11:26, Paul Webb wrote: Hi Stephen, Yes, I’d agree when LINX was just a transit alternative, but we’re now marketing the new Cloud services and production applications can live there, so customers are asking do they just buy direct connectivity to AWS and Azure, or can they use

Re: [uknof] Fwd: [APRICOT-PC-Chairs] APRICOT 2022 Call for Presentations

2022-01-10 Thread Mark Tinka
on the submission and agenda milestones, please see: https://2022.apricot.net/program/call-for-papers/ Mark. On 11/16/21 07:08, Mark Tinka wrote: FYI. Mark. Forwarded Message Subject:[APRICOT-PC-Chairs] APRICOT 2022 Call for Presentations Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 21:16:43 +1000 From

[uknof] Fwd: [APRICOT-PC-Chairs] APRICOT 2022 Call for Presentations

2021-11-15 Thread Mark Tinka
year we turn away submissions, due to filling up all available programme slots before the deadline. Presenters should endeavour to get material to the PC sooner rather than later. For any questions or concerns, please email the PC Chairs. We look forward to receiving your presentation prop

Re: [uknof] RPKI validation and blackhole communities (RTBH)

2021-09-29 Thread Mark Tinka
On 9/29/21 17:27, George Tasioulis wrote: Hi everyone, We recently setup a new rack at a datacenter in Greece with a BGP transit (a blend of Level3, Cogent & PCCW) from them. Everything runs smoothly but we entered a conflict when we tried to blackhole an IP using their blackhole

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 22:48, William Hilsum wrote: I’ve gone over this a few times and it is really hard to write without going salesy and that is not the direction I want to push this. Most documents I have come from vendors that favour a few metrics that they excel at. I will try to keep this

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 20:43, Rob Evans wrote: We have a reasonable number of MX960s with MPC7Es, but I’d definitely recommend picking the right size of box for your requirements, there’s a fairly hefty penalty for the chassis-based systems. For a long time we felt we needed chassis-based boxes for

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 20:35, Colton Conor wrote: Brandon, Which of these competes with a MX204? I am seeing MX204s new for $10k - 15K. My understanding is Cisco doesn't make a product within that price range that can hold multiple BGP tables, is 2U's or under, and has 100G interfaces on it. For a

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 20:16, John P Bourke wrote: Sorry to be a bit dumb here.  Surely in the ISP world you need density, performance and bomb proof BGP and L2/L3 “tunnels”. Do ISPs need full feature Top end vendor kit ? I've always said that one day, BGP will carry DNS as another SAFI :-). Mark.

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 19:27, William Hilsum wrote: Cisco are the “reliable” choice and will do what it says – you won’t go wrong, but expect to pay for it. Juniper – at higher end will most likely give you the same performance and save a minimum of ~30%, especially if you have a bid from a rival

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 18:59, Brandon Butterworth wrote: Buying new I'd be looking at those to compare to the juniper MX204 and MX10003 unless you need a big chassis. I'm not hearing any news from the wild about the Cisco 8000. It's kind of gone the same way as the ASR14000 and NCS6000 and CRS LSP

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 18:54, Andy Hunter wrote: Can anyone give a full difference between the MX204, MX204-IR and MX204-R, am I correct in assuming the MX204-R is the router with no restrictions. My understanding is that each license option is honour-based. The router will perform at full whack

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 18:22, Catalin Dominte wrote: I can vouch for the MX960 SCB3 with MPC7E’s as a really really good workhorse. But again as it was mentioned before, it is always good to have a trustworthy support partner not just a sales company. We use these to aggregate a ton of Arista switches

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 15:23, Andy Hunter wrote: Hi All I know I have seen this question posted before, and have seen various responses, I just wanted to check if anything had changed with advice. We are upgrading our network to accommodate 100Gb, and are replacing our existing Cisco infrastructure,

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 15:59, Simon Lockhart wrote: Of course, other vendors are available - some like the Nokia 7750 range, others like the 'white box' and/or Broadcom chipset route (Arista and others), but you need to keep an eye on feature availability and maturity to see if it fits your requirements

[uknof] Fwd: [safnog] Reminder: SAFNOG-6 Virtual Conference

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
FYI. Mark. Forwarded Message Subject:[safnog] Reminder: SAFNOG-6 Virtual Conference Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 16:23:37 +0200 From: SAFNOG Conference To: saf...@lists.safnog.org Hello Everyone, SAFNOG-6 Virtual Conference is just one week away! This is a

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 17:38, Tom Hill wrote: As for the broader question of Juniper vs. Cisco... I'm sure wars have been fought over less. There are a lot of business reasons - as opposed to technical reasons - to pick one over the other, and those often come to the fore a lot faster. :) They (Cisco)

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 15:23, Andy Hunter wrote: Hi All I know I have seen this question posted before, and have seen various responses, I just wanted to check if anything had changed with advice. We are upgrading our network to accommodate 100Gb, and are replacing our existing Cisco infrastructure,

Re: [uknof] Age Old Question - Juniper vs Cisco

2021-09-22 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/27/21 15:23, Andy Hunter wrote: Hi All I know I have seen this question posted before, and have seen various responses, I just wanted to check if anything had changed with advice. We are upgrading our network to accommodate 100Gb, and are replacing our existing Cisco infrastructure,

[uknof] Fwd: [apops] APRICOT 2021 call for presentations reminder

2021-01-19 Thread Mark Tinka
FYI. Mark. Forwarded Message Subject:[apops] APRICOT 2021 call for presentations reminder Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:59:19 +1000 From: Philip Smith Organization: Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Operational Technologies To: ap...@apops.net Hi everyone,

[uknof] Fwd: [apnic-talk] APRICOT 2021 call for presentations

2020-12-16 Thread Mark Tinka
d to the Programme Committee by e-mail at: pc-chairs at apricot.net We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Mark Tinka, Marijana Novakovic & Philip Smith Co-Chairs, APRICOT 2021 Programme Committee -- ___ apnic-talk mailing list apni

Re: [uknof] Fwd: [IP] COVID-19 Internet Usage Update (US)

2020-04-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On 17/Apr/20 16:22, Neil J. McRae wrote: > > Agree with Steve on spam, and I can’t believe  the number of asshat > companies that think using covid19  to sell their snakeoil is going to > be any more effective than the last stupid idea they had. > Actually, it has been only marginally welcome

Re: [uknof] Fwd: [IP] COVID-19 Internet Usage Update (US)

2020-04-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On 17/Apr/20 14:51, Neil J. McRae wrote: > > Yes I’ve been updating network stats for BT on my twitter page almost > daily although less so now as there isn’t a lot to say! > >   > > It’s mostly a non-event though. Our record for traffic is still last > year. We will do a full presentation on

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On 17/Apr/20 09:55, Neil J. McRae wrote: > As expected, some large organisations effectively signing out of large > meetings until June next year... Yeah - I really think 2020 is a write-off from that perspective. Also, it's not immediately clear if the 1st half of 2021 is far enough

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On 16/Apr/20 10:31, Neil J. McRae wrote: > There is no doubt about the fact that we're heading into one of the biggest > global turndowns, some economists estimating 20% - the banking crisis was > 3.4% by comparison. > > We've been lazy on collaboration and frankly well over invested. I know

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 15/Apr/20 14:25, Denesh Bhabuta wrote: > > So one of the ways my thinking has gone has been about NOGs and I*orgs > collaborating and doing joint online meetings rather than doing things > separately. This. And yes, our #NewNormal will also mean that time zones will become more powerful

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 15/Apr/20 12:28, Denesh Bhabuta wrote: > All of these need to be taken in to account, IMHO. While I agree with everything you are saying, we need to consider these: * It is more and more likely that each country is going to extend the lockdown at some point or other. So we'd do well

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 15/Apr/20 12:01, Paul Mansfield wrote: > I think another problem is that people who attend online conferences > tend to squeeze them into their normal working day, thus only give > half their attention, and maybe rely on watching recordings of the > talks later to fill in the bits they

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 15/Apr/20 11:45, Denesh Bhabuta wrote: > 1) There is a shift in where the costs are Agreed. > > 2) Putting on an online conference still requires a lot of prep work (more so > than a physical conference) and behind the scenes work (more so than a > physical conference) - especially if

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 14/Apr/20 18:24, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: > > Not quite. A live presentation usually takes Webinar format and that's > a different charging structure in Zoom. For "standard" Zoom rooms, > basic pricing is capped at 100 participants, then it's the next tier > up for 300 max etc. Not

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council round table meeting, 28th April

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Tinka
On 14/Apr/20 16:47, Martin J. Levy wrote: > > Huh? No. You should be doing the exact opposite in this day-n-age. You > should be going for the absolute maximum number of online attendees. > Active participation will occur - those that are active are not > affected by number of “virtual”

[uknof] SAFNOG-6: Deferred - Coronavirus (COVID-19)

2020-03-29 Thread Mark Tinka
ends; and in fact, is probably more crucial in these times. The operational community can continue to exist successfully even throughout this period of social distancing. We look forward to seeing you all in the near future, and wish you continued good health and care. Mark Tinka On Behalf

Re: [uknof] MacBook Pro Keys - Update!

2020-01-20 Thread Mark Tinka
On 20/Jan/20 17:00, Nick Hilliard wrote: > > A couple of years ago, I dropped a mbp into an APR for a fan > replacement.  Two motherboard replacements later and after a litany of > denials followed by a stand-up argument with the poor sod who handled > the repair, they finally agreed that the

Re: [uknof] MacBook Pro Keys - Update!

2020-01-20 Thread Mark Tinka
f of Tim > Chown > *Date: *Monday, 20 January 2020 at 14:42 > *To: *George Tasioulis > *Cc: *Mark Tinka , UKNOF Mailing List > > *Subject: *Re: [uknof] MacBook Pro Keys - Update! > >   > > I think you’ll need to ask at the same time for that, but the keyboard > swap

Re: [uknof] MacBook Pro Keys - Update!

2020-01-20 Thread Mark Tinka
other pro if you can wait for a week to have it fixed by Apple :-) > >   > > -G. > >   > > *From: *uknof on behalf of Mark > Tinka > *Date: *Monday, 20 January 2020 - 3:53 PM > *To: *Tim Chown > *Cc: *UKNOF Mailing List > *Subject: *Re: [uknof] MacBook Pro Keys

Re: [uknof] MacBook Pro Keys - Update!

2020-01-20 Thread Mark Tinka
ce-program-for-mac-notebooks > > I got a free new keyboard from this for my MacBook, which would > otherwise have been £250 or so. > > Tim > >> On 20 Jan 2020, at 13:33, Mark Tinka > <mailto:mark.ti...@seacom.mu>> wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >

Re: [uknof] MacBook Pro Keys - Update!

2020-01-20 Thread Mark Tinka
a few key (pun intended) letters, including the hinge and cup. The replacements arrived and work like new! Mark. On 15/Jan/20 17:09, Mark Tinka wrote: > Hi all. > > Apologies for the off-topic post and for asking about the wrong > country, but I'll be in Amsterdam next week for a co

[uknof] MacBook Pro Keys

2020-01-15 Thread Mark Tinka
Hi all. Apologies for the off-topic post and for asking about the wrong country, but I'll be in Amsterdam next week for a couple of days, and am in need of keys for a mid-2017 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro Touch Bar. Many of the keys on my unit have failed their hinge slots, and the only replacement

[uknof] APRICOT 2020: Call for Papers Reminder - Few Slots Still Available!

2020-01-14 Thread Mark Tinka
Hi all. Just a gentle reminder that the APRICOT 2020 agenda still has a few slots left available, and the program committee would be keen to receive great papers to fill them up. You can find more details about the Call for Papers and submission details here:    

[uknof] APRICOT 2020: Call for Papers Reminder - We Are Still Open!

2019-12-17 Thread Mark Tinka
Hi all. Just a gentle reminder that the APRICOT 2020 Call for Papers is still open, and that the Program Committee are still looking for good content for the meeting. You can find more details about the Call for Papers here and submission details here:    

Re: [uknof] Getting rid of old kit

2019-11-07 Thread Mark Tinka
On 7/Nov/19 23:31, Gavin Henry wrote: > > The mx204? The MX80. We use our old ones to connect up some of our branch offices. Full BGP table not needed. Mark.

Re: [uknof] Getting rid of old kit

2019-11-07 Thread Mark Tinka
On 6/Nov/19 16:08, Gavin Henry wrote: > Hi all, > > We're replacing two MX5's with two MX204's next month. What do you > guys do with old kit? None of our enterprise customers that could use > them want them and we aren't going to repurpose them. I think there > are folks that buy old Juniper

[uknof] APRICOT 2020 Call for PC Volunteers

2019-10-14 Thread Mark Tinka
PC shortly thereafter. Many thanks! Mark Tinka, Marijana Novakovic & Philip Smith APRICOT 2020 PC Chairs

Re: [uknof] Old routers to recycle / sell

2019-09-27 Thread Mark Tinka
On 27/Sep/19 08:50, Paul Parkin wrote: > Not routers, but we had our $preferredPartner pick up a literal van-load of > old switches on a vendor buy-back. It did take them a few months; which > created an interesting logistical issue. My experience has been that the actual collection of

Re: [uknof] Old routers to recycle / sell

2019-09-26 Thread Mark Tinka
On 19/Sep/19 11:13, Tom Hill wrote: > > When I had routers of this ilk, it was particularly advantageous to sell > them back to the vendor from whence they came. Trade-in values can be > far better than any buy price from a resale vendor. Of course, this > assumes that you might want more

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/Sep/19 18:10, David Derrick wrote: >   > Quite. The 13Mbps we got at our old house was quite adequate most of > the time. Might be different now with three teenagers wanting to > download games & watch videos, but even then I doubt we'd stress an > FTTC circuit, let alone full fibre. I'm

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/Sep/19 16:49, Neil J. McRae wrote: > When it comes to TV customers don’t care about the technology but they > absolutely care about the experience and with multicast I can be certain of > that experience much more easily. IP certainly provides a lot more options to broadcasters than

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/Sep/19 16:46, Neil J. McRae wrote: > > I’ve thought that myself but current evidence of usage doesn’t align with > that view. Atleast in the UK it’s a long way off (US too from my > conversations with a few of the operators there.). That's what I said "if they remain in situ"... In

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 3/Sep/19 12:37, Brandon Butterworth wrote: > I'd not bother with ipv4 multicast now, ipv6 refined things > a bit for multicast so v6 ssm is what we'd want to do. Except that STB support is poor. Unless things have changed since the last time I checked (2011). Mark.

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Sep/19 21:43, Neil J. McRae wrote: > Linear TV is still huge - live sport, reality TV nonsense and coronation > street. I know some of the streaming services are messing around with sport... but for the moment, they don't come close to the incumbents. Mark.

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Sep/19 18:53, Neil J. McRae wrote: > BT TV is delivered via multicast. Works lovely and we sell TV connect for > those that want their content delivered via multicast. I don't think customers care, as long as it works. Satellite, terrestrial, IPTV, makes no difference to them. I just

Re: [uknof] Current State of Multicast on the Internet?

2019-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
On 2/Sep/19 18:48, Marek Isalski wrote: > Isn't it all about on-demand streaming now, rather than broad-/multi-cast? I > mean, who actually watches live TV these days? It seems like building a > network for the future of video consumption (Millenial and Gen-Z) will need > CDN-type nodes

[uknof] Fwd: [safnog] SAFNOG-5 Is Ready For You

2019-08-22 Thread Mark Tinka
FYI - SAFNOG-5 in Johannesburg, next week. Mark. Forwarded Message Subject:[safnog] SAFNOG-5 Is Ready For You Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:30:12 + From: Portia Rabonda To: saf...@safnog.org Hello All, With just 4 days to go to SAFNOG-5 in Johannesburg,

[uknof] Fwd: [safnog] SAFNOG-5 Call for Papers

2019-06-04 Thread Mark Tinka
FYI. Mark. Forwarded Message Subject:[safnog] SAFNOG-5 Call for Papers Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 12:03:49 + From: Portia Rabonda To: saf...@safnog.org Dear All, Call for papers is open ​and the SAFNOG-5 Programme Committee would like to encourage your

Re: [uknof] Cisco 887VA - forwarding "kind of breaks" after a week

2019-05-23 Thread Mark Tinka
On 22/May/19 21:09, Neil J. McRae wrote: > > Surprised anyone uses these guys after the way they handed the last > vuln they had.  I was having a discussion about this with some friends over dinner last night, at the RIPE meeting in Reykjavik. I'd never use Mikrotik for a Service Provider

Re: [uknof] Cisco 887VA - forwarding "kind of breaks" after a week

2019-05-22 Thread Mark Tinka
age > really. Will check memory next time it happens, just in case. > > Tom > > On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 15:30, Mark Tinka <mailto:mark.ti...@seacom.mu>> wrote: > > Could you be running out of memory due to NAT? > > Mark. > > On 22/May/19 11:02, T

Re: [uknof] Cisco 887VA - forwarding "kind of breaks" after a week

2019-05-22 Thread Mark Tinka
Could you be running out of memory due to NAT? Mark. On 22/May/19 11:02, Tom Storey wrote: > I forgot to mention, my friend says they only have this issue on a > subset of their deployed units. > > On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 09:46, Tom Storey > wrote: > > Hi all,

[uknof] Fwd: [afnog] SAFNOG-5 & iWeek 2019 Registrations Open

2019-05-14 Thread Mark Tinka
FYI. Mark. Forwarded Message Subject:[afnog] SAFNOG-5 & iWeek 2019 Registrations Open Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 11:06:53 + From: Portia Rabonda To: af...@afnog.org ​​Greetings All,   It gives us great pleasure to announce that the SAFNOG-5 & iWeek 2019

Re: [uknof] RPKI ROV & Dropping of Invalids - Africa

2019-04-10 Thread Mark Tinka
On 10/Apr/19 10:16, Ben Maddison wrote: >   > > > We didn't see any *unexpected* impact. Everything covered by a ROA > issued under the afrinic TAL fell back to Not Found as designed, and > we had no reported issues. > I had been concerned that we would see some transient loops form as > things

Re: [uknof] RPKI ROV & Dropping of Invalids - Africa

2019-04-10 Thread Mark Tinka
On 10/Apr/19 15:57, Hansen, Christoffer wrote: > > Mark, > > Can you remember where discussions/documentation exists. Concerning the > choice of the insanely long RIR Root CA valid lifetimes? If I'm honest, I never looked at this when getting into RPKI. I've mostly been focused on vendor

Re: [uknof] RPKI ROV & Dropping of Invalids - Africa

2019-04-10 Thread Mark Tinka
+Ben. On 9/Apr/19 15:45, Nick Hilliard wrote: >   > > Hi Mark, Ben, > > Afrinic's rpki manifest signature expired on april 6th and wasn't > fixed for several hours.  This may have caused validation failure > during that period.  Couple of things: > > 1. Did you see any operational impact from

[uknof] RPKI ROV & Dropping of Invalids - Africa

2019-04-09 Thread Mark Tinka
and dropping of Invalid routes, as we appreciate the work that AT have carried out in the same vein. In the mean time, we are happy to answer any questions you may have about our deployments. Thanks. Mark Tinka (SEACOM) & Ben Maddison (Workonline Communications).

Re: [uknof] pfSense vpn config

2019-02-24 Thread Mark Tinka
On 25/Feb/19 02:18, Joseph Waite wrote: > Hi Guys > > I am wondering if anyone has a working config to allow VPN into a pfSense > firewall, ideally from native clients in OS X and windows? > > Have tried a few config but guessing there is some magic needed to make it > work! Happily using

Re: [uknof] Internet Instability between 11:01 - 11:13 GMT?

2019-02-05 Thread Mark Tinka
We are picking up service from CL in Marseille. Sessions have been up for nearly 2 weeks (following a recent service upgrade), so I'm guessing that router survived whatever the "covfefe" was: ti...@br-01-mrs.fr-re0# run show bgp summary | match 3356 aaa.bb.ccc.181 3356    3078754 

[uknof] SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG: Thank You & Survey

2018-10-16 Thread Mark Tinka
where to improve for future meetings:     https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JQTKVVF Thank you all, and see you in 2019. Mark Tinka

[uknof] Fwd: [apops] APRICOT 2019 PC call for volunteers

2018-10-15 Thread Mark Tinka
C meetings and submit reviews receive complimentary registration for APRICOT 2019. The PC Chairs will accept nominations received by 17:00 UTC+8 on Monday 22nd October, 2018, and will announce the new PC shortly thereafter. Many thanks! Mark Tinka, Marijana Novakovic & Philip Smith APRICOT

[uknof] SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG: Live Stream The Conference Now!

2018-09-23 Thread Mark Tinka
Hello all. For those who would like to attend the meeting remotely, the live stream for the conference is now available on our web site:     http://www.safnog.org/ We look forward to you joining us online. Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG Organizing Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG: 4 Days To Go!

2018-09-19 Thread Mark Tinka
ting, registration, venue and agenda at:     http://www.safnog.org/ If you haven't yet, please register your attendance to join us next week. We look forward to seeing you all there. Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG Organizing Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG - Just Under 2 Weeks To Go!

2018-09-12 Thread Mark Tinka
in Dar Es Salaam. Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG Organising Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG Registration Now Open!

2018-08-02 Thread Mark Tinka
Hi all. Pleased to inform you that registration for the upcoming SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG meeting in Dar Es Salaam, 24th - 29th September, is now open. You may register at the URL below:     http://www.safnog.org/ We look forward to seeing you there. Mark.

Re: [uknof] SAFNOG-4 + EANOG, tzNOG & TISPA Call for Papers! - Update!

2018-07-04 Thread Mark Tinka
As an update: Please note you can submit your papers at the URL below:     https://papers.safnog.org/user/login.php?event=76 Mark. On 4/Jul/18 14:46, Mark Tinka wrote: > Hello all. > > The SAFNOG-4/EANOG/tzNOG Programme Committee are now seeking > contributions for Presentations a

[uknof] SAFNOG-4 + EANOG, tzNOG & TISPA Call for Papers!

2018-07-04 Thread Mark Tinka
amme Committee by e-mail at:     *pc-chairs at safnog.org* We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Organizing Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-4 + EANOG, tzNOG & TISPA Meeting Announcement

2018-06-20 Thread Mark Tinka
    - www.eanog.org Please mark your calendars. SAFNOG, EANOG, tzNOG and TISPA look forward to seeing you in Dar Es Salaam. Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Organizing Committee

[uknof] Fwd: [apops] APRICOT 2018 Call for Presentations

2017-10-23 Thread Mark Tinka
the PC sooner rather than later. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee by e-mail at: pc-chairs at apricot.net We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Mark Tinka, Jonny Martin & Philip Smith Co-Chairs, APRICOT

[uknof] Fwd: [apops] APRICOT 2018 Call for Presentations

2017-10-23 Thread Mark Tinka
vour to get material into the PC sooner rather than later. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee by e-mail at: pc-chairs at apricot.net We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Mark Tinka, Jonny Martin & Philip Smith Co-Chairs, APRICOT

[uknof] SAFNOG-3: Conference Report

2017-09-14 Thread Mark Tinka
in the coming weeks. We look forward to seeing you all (again) in April, 2018. Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG Management Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-3: Live Stream Happening Now...

2017-09-05 Thread Mark Tinka
for their support in making this happen. Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG Management Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-3: Attendees & Speakers

2017-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
on each of the speakers at this year's meeting are available here: http://safnog.org/speakers.html With just 2 days to go, we look forward to seeing you all in Durban! Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG Management Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-3: Attendees & Speakers

2017-09-03 Thread Mark Tinka
on each of the speakers at this year's meeting are available here: http://safnog.org/speakers.html With just 2 days to go, we look forward to seeing you all in Durban! Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG Management Committee

[uknof] SAFNOG-3: Agenda Finalized

2017-08-31 Thread Mark Tinka
site regularly for these updates. Please register your attendance for SAFNOG-3, if you have not yet done so. We look forward to seeing you all in Durban, next week! Cheers, Mark Tinka On Behalf of the SAFNOG Management Committee

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