Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-22 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
I just found this in an article. It points out a couple other events that cause high trafficOne of them coming up in March Brian "According to the Silicon Alley Insider based on data from Akamai the early numbers for the inauguration among news web sites was that they saw 5.4

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Josh Luthman
. But some of our towers are offline again due to all of the power outages. marlon - Original Message - From: Eric Tykwinski eric-l...@truenet.com To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
limbs etc. though. laters, marlon - Original Message - From: George Rogato wi...@oregonfast.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Don't you have battery back ups? Marlon K. Schafer wrote

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Josh Luthman
Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Don't you have battery back ups? Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Looks pretty normal around here. But some of our towers are offline again due to all of the power outages. marlon - Original Message - From: Eric Tykwinski eric-l

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread os10rules
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Everyone on NANOG has been saying the same. We're actually seeing close to triple on downloading today, starting about 9AM EST. Thankfully no issues on capacity at all on our end... I'm actually

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread jp
of the broken limbs etc. though. laters, marlon - Original Message - From: George Rogato wi...@oregonfast.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Don't you have battery back ups

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread George Rogato
20, 2009 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Don't you have battery back ups? Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Looks pretty normal around here. But some of our towers are offline again due to all of the power outages. marlon - Original Message - From: Eric

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Mark Nash
: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! You can buy inexpensive ups and use them. It's pretty windy here on the Oregon Coast, trees are always blowing over or limbs falling, so flickering lights is not uncommon. Not every power outage last for 10 hours. Most happen for a couple of hours

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Nathan Stooke
Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! I like the tripplite APS 700hf/750/1250 gear. We've got sites with 2 big batteries that should be good for 24 hours with these. I put one at my house after going through 2 APC UPSs in 8 years. We put them everywhere we need long run time, and add

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
: os10ru...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:38 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! You could use a real inverter which has a higher capacity charger built in (much faster recovery time). Another advantage of an inverter

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
already tried this? marlon - Original Message - From: jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! I like the tripplite APS 700hf/750/1250 gear. We've got sites with 2 big

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! I have several APC SU700NET UPS systems in place that we've taken out the internal batteries and put in marine batteries on the floor. Depending on what equipment it's powering, you can get 18-36 hours out of 2 batteries. We also install

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
, January 21, 2009 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! You can buy inexpensive ups and use them. It's pretty windy here on the Oregon Coast, trees are always blowing over or limbs falling, so flickering lights is not uncommon. Not every power outage last for 10 hours. Most

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
minimum. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! We were having

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread can...@believewireless.net
: jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! We were having trouble with the APC rackmount UPSs getting flaky, so that's why we went elsewhere. The 2U smartups tended to fail

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
, 2009 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Here's what we just started using: APC Smart-UPS 1000 XL - $500 APC XL Ultra Battery Pack 24V - UXBP24 - $500 APC Management Card - $200 The downside to this is that it isn't a rackmount solution. The external battery pack

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread John Valenti
http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=UXBP24 says Battery Volt-Amp-Hour Capacity is 3360 (divide by 24?) On Jan 21, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: Do you know how many AmpHours (Ah) the APC XL Ultra Battery pack is spec'd at?

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Gino Villarini
] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:49 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! I wondered about just swapping out the batteries on my APC units and instead hooking the units to bigger batteries. My fear is that the chargers won't hold up

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Leroy
Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! The bigger the ups the better charger it has, typically we use 1400 and 1500 units Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Gino Villarini
, 2009 10:37 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Gino, What batteries are you using? I've seen posts of your UPS setup in the past, very nice. Leroy -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Travis Johnson
General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! The bigger the ups the better charger it has, typically we use 1400 and 1500 units Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun

[WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread David E. Smith
Not really, but is everyone else seeing lots of extra traffic from people streaming inauguration-related events in DC? My network is pulling basically double the traffic of a normal Tuesday. (There's a lesson about capacity planning in here somewhere...) David Smith MVN.net

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread Eric Tykwinski
- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:46 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Not really, but is everyone else seeing lots of extra traffic from people streaming inauguration

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread David E. Smith
Everyone on NANOG has been saying the same. We're actually seeing close to triple on downloading today, starting about 9AM EST. Thankfully no issues on capacity at all on our end... That's where I stole the idea for this email from :) NANOG tends to be bigger operators, and I thought this

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
cross-posting from outages list: http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/nui/news/index.html Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC shoemak...@vectordatasystems.com office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.com David E. Smith wrote: Not really, but is everyone else seeing lots

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread John Valenti
I think Hulu (at least) was having problems. We had a viewing party in our conference room. I had ABC over-the-air on the projector, but kept a computer streaming Hulu on backup. It seemed to be consistently about a minute behind the live broadcast. A few seconds delay seems reasonable to

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread David E. Smith
John Valenti wrote: I think Hulu (at least) was having problems. We had a viewing party in our conference room. I had ABC over-the-air on the projector, but kept a computer streaming Hulu on backup. It seemed to be consistently about a minute behind the live broadcast. On election

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread Tom DeReggi
20, 2009 12:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Everyone on NANOG has been saying the same. We're actually seeing close to triple on downloading today, starting about 9AM EST. Thankfully no issues on capacity at all on our end... I'm actually surprised the sites serving

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread Rick Harnish
: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Well some of the sites generating the video, aren't having any problems with congestion. Its because they chose small local companies to design solutions that bypassed the congestion of traditional carriers. For example, RapidDSLWireless with the help

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:46 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Not really, but is everyone else seeing lots of extra

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-20 Thread George Rogato
@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC! Everyone on NANOG has been saying the same. We're actually seeing close to triple on downloading today, starting about 9AM EST. Thankfully no issues on capacity at all on our end... I'm actually