November 2001 - NANOG - lists.nanog.org

Looking glass
by Pierfrancesco Caci 08 Nov '01

08 Nov '01

Hello, I want to set up a looking glass for my network. Any recommendations? Thanks Pf -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierfrancesco Caci | System Administrator @ seabone.net p.caci(a)seabone.net | Telecom Italia S.p.A. - International Operations Linux paperino 2.4.12 #1 Fri Oct 12 16:59:57 CEST 2001 i686 unknown

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Router problems?
by Sean Donelan 08 Nov '01

08 Nov '01

Is there another poison BGP route floating around tonight? I'm seeing odd routes across several providers, and routes are coming and going.

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RE: Router problems?
by Sean Donelan 08 Nov '01

08 Nov '01

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, James wrote: > I believe Joel Baker posted earlier saying Level3.net was having router > issues out of Dallas. That have anything to do with it, perhaps? I don't know. route-views.oregon-ix.net as measured by http://kahuna.telstra.net//bgp2/as6447/ shows a big drop in routes on the 2 day report. But none of the other BGP tables show any unusual changes. www.internetpulse.com indicated problems with their San Francisco beacon. None of the other public Internet measurement sites showed problems. I had intermitent problems getting from the west coast to the east coast for 30 minutes. Everything is back to normal now.

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IP database ideas
by Charles Sprickman 08 Nov '01

08 Nov '01

Hello all, I just discovered Postgres (after having used MySQL for some time), and it has some IP datatypes. I'm looking to stuff all of our IP allocations into a db for easier allocation/tracking, and I'm just thrilled to see that I can store IPs/networks natively. Before I get too far into this, are there any pre-existing packages out there to help manage IP allocation? Does anyone have anything homegrown, and would you be willing to share some pieces, even just a schema, or advice? I don't want to dive in and find that I've laid everything out poorly and painted myself into a corner... Thanks, Charles | Charles Sprickman | Internet Channel | INCH System Administration Team | (212)243-5200 | spork(a)inch.com | access(a)inch.com

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Level3
by Joel Baker 08 Nov '01

08 Nov '01

Level3 is having significant issues right now, due to routers in Dallas. They're working on it, no reported ETA yet. Routing is bad enough that we turned down BGP to them until it stabilizes. Their customer service seems to be operational and aware of the issues, if a bit overwhelmed by volume (unsuprisingly). -- *************************************************************************** Joel Baker System Administrator - lightbearer.com lucifer(a)lightbearer.com http://users.lightbearer.com/lucifer/

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CNN video streaming
by Hank Nussbacher 07 Nov '01

07 Nov '01

Recently we have been experiencing weird problems when accessing the CNN video content. Via certain ISPs only Real works, via others only WMP works, with yet others - neither works. Anyone have the same problems? -Hank

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OT - On 9-11 Search Engine Activity - from First Monday
by Frank Coluccio 07 Nov '01

07 Nov '01

>From the closing paragraphs of: http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_10/wiggins/index.html "The effects of September 11th on the Leading Search Engine" "As we have seen, the Internet played an important role in the dissemination of urgently-sought news about the unfolding events. Some aspects of the design of the Internet make it very effective in crisis. An important example is the inherent ability of TCP/IP to re-route and deliver data when important communications links are broken, as in war, or as in the September 11 tragedy. This robustness is not surprising, given that TCP/IP was born out of DoD-funded research." Are these principles being eroded as we type? In any event, Kudos to all of you NANOGers, for all of the work that you do each day. Frank Coluccio DTI Consulting

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dns @ home.com
by me 07 Nov '01

07 Nov '01

Is anyone else having issues retrieving dns/MX from them? Sometime today, we became unable to lookup their MX, leaving a bunch of mail destined for them in limbo, yet, I can dig/nslookup the MX using many outside dns servers. Nothing has changed on our end, and I'm at a loss for an explanation, so now I'm curious if I'm the only one? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin(a)mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Last NYC 9/11 Internet repairs
by Sean Donelan 07 Nov '01

07 Nov '01

As of November 2 2001 every Internet circuit I knew damaged during or as a result of the terrorist attacks in New York City, Pentagon and Pennsylvania has been repaired, re-routed, or replaced by alternative service. Or, regretably, were no longer needed by customers. Of course, this is only anecdotal information.

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Re: whois.ra.net
by Christerfer R. Frazier 06 Nov '01

06 Nov '01

Yes there was a lapse in payment. This was addressed yesterday, all should be back to norm. I was a bit surprised to see that people are still pointing to ra.net. Chris Frazier Merit

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