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Call for Presentations - DNS-OARC Fall Workshop, Oct 2015
by Paul Ebersman 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Apologies if you are on multiple lists and see multiple copies of this email. ------------- The next DNS-OARC Fall Workshop will take place in Montreal on Oct 3rd and 4th, the weekend before NANOG65. DNS-OARC is requesting proposals for presentations, with a preference for DNSSEC work. We are looking for the whole spectrum, from measurement work using passive and active techniques, to applications and potential new uses of DNSSEC. This workshop intends to build from previous strong DNS-OARC workshops, where operational content and research is welcome. Presentations from DNS operators are particularly welcome, as well as from DNS researchers. All DNS-related subjects are accepted, introduction to new tools, visualizations, data analysis, DNSSEC and novel uses of the DNS. If you are an DNS-OARC member, and have a sensitive topic you would like to present for members-only, we will accommodate those talks too. Time will be available for lighting talks to fit short presentations (5 to 10 minutes). Workshop Milestones 17 June 2015, Call for Presentations posted 17 June 2015, Open for submissions 30 July 2015, Deadline for submission 20 August 2015, Final Program published 1 October 2015, Final deadline for slideset submission Details for abstract submission will be published here: https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/24/call-for-abstracts/ The workshop will be organized on different tracks, depending on the topics and the timing of each presentation. If you are interested in a lightning talk, let us know at the time of submission. You can contact the Programme Committee: https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/programme via <submissions(a)dns-oarc.net> if you have questions or concerns. Sebastian Castro, for the DNS-OARC Programme Committee DNS-OARC is also seeking sponsorship for this workshop, please contact <sponsor(a)dns-oarc.net> if your organization is interested in becoming a sponsor. (Please note that DNS-OARC is run on a non-profit basis, and is not in a position to reimburse expenses or time for speakers at its meetings.)

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FOLO: Leap Seconds
by Jay Ashworth 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Herewith, for your amusement in the copious free time I hope you have from having smoothly humming networks that don't demand your attention: Falsehoods programers believe about time: http://infiniteundo.com/post/25326999628/falsehoods-programmers-believe-abo… and More Falsehoods programmers believe about time: http://infiniteundo.com/post/25509354022/more-falsehoods-programmers-believ… If your heads explode, *I* am not wiping up after. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra(a)baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274

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RE: NANOG Digest, Vol 89, Issue 24
by Alex Hardie 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Not to inject more confusion - but GPS and NTP are noted in the thread... but not PTP (IEEE1588)? alex hardie | +1 404 229 7635 | www.nominum.com -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of nanog-request(a)nanog.org Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 8:00 AM To: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: NANOG Digest, Vol 89, Issue 24 Send NANOG mailing list submissions to nanog(a)nanog.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to nanog-request(a)nanog.org You can reach the person managing the list at nanog-owner(a)nanog.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of NANOG digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Tony Finch) 2. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Stephane Bortzmeyer) 3. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Bjoern A. Zeeb) 4. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Stephane Bortzmeyer) 5. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Tony Finch) 6. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Alan Buxey) 7. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Saku Ytti) 8. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Randy Bush) 9. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (shawn wilson) 10. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Tony Finch) 11. Re: Data Center Network Monitoring with TAPs (Rafael Possamai) 12. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Harlan Stenn) 13. Facebook contact, images issues in IL/WI (David Sovereen) 14. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Marshall Eubanks) 15. Residential VSAT experiences? (Nicholas Oas) 16. Core alignment fusion splicers (Peter Kranz) 17. Re: Core alignment fusion splicers (Mel Beckman) 18. AW: Core alignment fusion splicers (J?rgen Jaritsch) 19. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (William Herrin) 20. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Doug Barton) 21. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Mike Lyon) 22. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Fred Baker (fred)) 23. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Dovid Bender) 24. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Mike Lyon) 25. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Hugo Slabbert) 26. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Harlan Stenn) 27. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Mike Hale) 28. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Michael Conlen) 29. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Scott Weeks) 30. Fwd: Residential VSAT experiences? (Alfred Olton) 31. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Lyndon Nerenberg) 32. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (TR Shaw) 33. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Dave Crocker) 34. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Mikael Abrahamsson) 35. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Dave Taht) 36. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Mel Beckman) 37. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Harlan Stenn) 38. Re: Residential VSAT experiences? (Tim Franklin) 39. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Mel Beckman) 40. Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND (Nick Hilliard) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:15:41 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> To: Harlan Stenn <stenn(a)ntp.org> Cc: Saku Ytti <saku(a)ytti.fi>, nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1506221312330.3102(a)hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Harlan Stenn <stenn(a)ntp.org> wrote: > It's a problem with POSIX, not UTC. > > UTC is monotonic. The problems are that UTC is unpredictable, and it breaks the standard labelling of points in time that was used for hundreds (arguably thousands) of years before 1972. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot(a)dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Irish Sea: Northwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first, becoming variable 4. Slight or moderate. Mainly fair. Good. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:27:18 +0200 From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> To: Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> Cc: Harlan Stenn <stenn(a)ntp.org>, nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <20150622122718.GA10690(a)nic.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 01:15:41PM +0100, Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> wrote a message of 15 lines which said: > The problems are that UTC is unpredictable, That's because the earth rotation is unpredictable. Any time based on this buggy planet's movements will be unpredictable. Let's patch it now! ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:38:28 +0000 From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists(a)lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> Cc: Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at>, nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <8C40413B-B22C-4BCE-85D2-B4F93A233628(a)lists.zabbadoz.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On 22 Jun 2015, at 12:27 , Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 01:15:41PM +0100, > Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> wrote > a message of 15 lines which said: > >> The problems are that UTC is unpredictable, > > That's because the earth rotation is unpredictable. Any time based on > this buggy planet's movements will be unpredictable. Let's patch it > now! So we need a new center of the universe and switch to stardate and thus solve the 32bit UNIX time problem for real this time? ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:44:15 +0200 From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists(a)lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr>, Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at>, nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <20150622124415.GA12276(a)nic.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:38:28PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists(a)lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote a message of 17 lines which said: > So we need a new center of the universe and switch to stardate and > thus solve the 32bit UNIX time problem for real this time? Or simply use TAI which is the obvious time reference for Internet devices. Using UTC in routers is madness. Routers and Internet servers should use TAI internally and use UTC only when communicating with humans (the inferior life form which crawls on the Earth surface and cares about things like whether the sun is high at noon, for outside picnics). ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:55:20 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> Cc: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1506221353350.32296(a)hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> wrote: > > That's because the earth rotation is unpredictable. Any time based on > this buggy planet's movements will be unpredictable. Let's patch it > now! http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2015-May/022280.html http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2015-May/022281.html http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2015-May/022282.html Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot(a)dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Northwest Faeroes, Southeast Iceland: Northeasterly 3 or 4. Moderate, becoming mainly slight. Mainly fair. Good, occasionally poor in Southeast Iceland. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:56:44 +0000 From: Alan Buxey <A.L.M.Buxey(a)lboro.ac.uk> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists(a)lists.zabbadoz.net>, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> Cc: "nanog(a)nanog.org" <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <AM3PR04MB35631C949345BC1CBCFC0C1A7A10(a)AM3PR04MB356.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I do feel sorry for you unix/linux users having a problem in year 2038.... fortunately I get another ~ 8 years... my Amiga gets its first big problem in 2046 ;-) http://web.archive.org/web/19981203142814/http://www.amiga.com/092098-y2k.h… alan PS if i get to see the 2078 issue I'll be old enough to fuss about other things than a 2 digit date display..and I'm sure if I'm around until 7 February, 2114, 06:28:16 I'll have more to worry about than an old Amiga finally reaching the end of its useful life...unless its actually driving my life support system! ;-) ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:23:11 +0300 From: Saku Ytti <saku(a)ytti.fi> To: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <20150622132311.GA14699(a)pob.ytti.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On (2015-06-22 14:44 +0200), Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > Or simply use TAI which is the obvious time reference for Internet > devices. Using UTC in routers is madness. Routers and Internet servers > should use TAI internally and use UTC only when communicating with > humans (the inferior life form which crawls on the Earth surface and > cares about things like whether the sun is high at noon, for outside > picnics). I couldn't agree more. But out of curiosity does anyone have scoop why TAI exists? I believe GPSTIME predates it, which appears analogous to TAI. -- ++ytti ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 23:17:52 +0900 From: Randy Bush <randy(a)psg.com> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <m2616fddyn.wl%randy(a)psg.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII we can just turn the internet off for an hour until the dust settles. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:17:53 +0000 From: shawn wilson <ag4ve.us(a)gmail.com> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr>, Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> Cc: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <CAH_OBifuB5g52skBDm-Huj69-fxTkPYORSMW_qe-os6Gis8+Rw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Jun 22, 2015, 08:29 Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 01:15:41PM +0100, > Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> wrote > a message of 15 lines which said: > > > The problems are that UTC is unpredictable, > > That's because the earth rotation is unpredictable. Any time based on > this buggy planet's movements will be unpredictable. Let's patch it > now! > > So, what we should do is make clocks move. 99999 slower half of the year (and then speed back up) so that we're really in line with earth's rotational time. I mean we've got the computers to do it (I think most RTC only go down to thousandths so it'll still need a little skewing but I'm sure we'll manage). Ps - if anyone actually does this, I'm going postal. ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:27:42 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> To: shawn wilson <ag4ve.us(a)gmail.com> Cc: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr>, nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1506221524480.3102(a)hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII shawn wilson <ag4ve.us(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So, what we should do is make clocks move. 99999 slower half of the year > (and then speed back up) so that we're really in line with earth's > rotational time. That's how UTC worked in the 1960s. ftp://maia.usno.navy.mil/ser7/tai-utc.dat It causes problems for systems that have a tight coupling between time and frequency - broadcast, cellular, etc. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot(a)dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Fair Isle, Southeast Faeroes: Northeasterly 5 or 6 backing northerly 4 or 5. Moderate, occasionally rough at first. Mainly fair. Good. ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 11:44:41 -0500 From: Rafael Possamai <rafael(a)gav.ufsc.br> To: Mitch Howards <hbf9121(a)hotmail.com> Cc: "nanog(a)nanog.org" <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Re: Data Center Network Monitoring with TAPs Message-ID: <CAJB2g-Hy264X4LCZ2ddH636Kh9w6aU=vAhiO7i=FY3CVfCTu7A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Here's a recent forum thread that discussed the same exact topic. You might find some insight: http://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/3aip3p/data_center_network_moni… On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Mitch Howards <hbf9121(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > Was wondering what folks are using to monitor traffic > on their networks. Looking into Ixia and APCON devices for dedup and > other filtering features as well as passive fiber TAPs to capture the > traffic. > > How are folks handling TAP'ing large data center > networks? TAPs at the "distribution layer" would be the best fit for my > network but that would require a ton of passive fiber TAPs for the > incoming fibers to the distribution switches. The end goal is to not > only capture the north-south traffic on the network but also east-west > traffic. It seems more efficient to just use SPANs but there are many > limitations using SPANs. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Mitch ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:58:54 +0000 From: Harlan Stenn <stenn(a)ntp.org> To: Tony Finch <dot(a)dotat.at> Cc: Harlan Stenn <stenn(a)ntp.org>, Saku Ytti <saku(a)ytti.fi>, nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <E1Z75zi-000LZc-P0(a)stenn.ntp.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Tony Finch writes: > Harlan Stenn <stenn(a)ntp.org> wrote: > > > It's a problem with POSIX, not UTC. > > > > UTC is monotonic. > > The problems are that UTC is unpredictable, and it breaks the standard > labelling of points in time that was used for hundreds (arguably > thousands) of years before 1972. You mean back when seconds were rubbery, and before the earth's rotational speed could be easily and accurately measured, or at least when the wobbles at that level of accuracy became so noticeable that they could no longer be ignored? H ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:54:09 -0400 From: David Sovereen <david.sovereen(a)mercury.net> To: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Facebook contact, images issues in IL/WI Message-ID: <7FDC076C-51E9-4006-90B6-5991BC33D8DC(a)mercury.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hello, If someone from Facebook is reading, please contact me off-list. Since last Thursday, our customers have been having image loading problems at Facebook.com <http://facebook.com/> We know it?s not just us?many users are reporting similar problems at https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/map/ <https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/map/> Would like to help get this resolved. Thanks, Dave ====================================================================== MERCURY NETWORK CORPORATION David Sovereen 920-686-4800 x 151 1011 Washington St Ste 3, Manitowoc, WI 54220-5248 http://www.mercury.net <http://www.mercury.net/> ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:36:32 -0400 From: Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks(a)gmail.com> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists(a)lists.zabbadoz.net>, "nanog(a)nanog.org" <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <CAJNg7VLRLLty=A75ehXvMK4TUViR9hiQyHtpvF29fopZX2jA6g(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer(a)nic.fr> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:38:28PM +0000, > Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists(a)lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote > a message of 17 lines which said: > > > So we need a new center of the universe and switch to stardate and > > thus solve the 32bit UNIX time problem for real this time? > > Or simply use TAI which is the obvious time reference for Internet > devices. Using UTC in routers is madness. Routers and Internet servers > should use TAI internally and use UTC only when communicating with > humans (the inferior life form which crawls on the Earth surface and > cares about things like whether the sun is high at noon, for outside > picnics). > > If the Earth's core ever decides to have some real fun and causes there to be a negative leap second (there is historical precedent for this, albeit before the existence of UTC and atomic time) there would be a minute with only 59 seconds, and I would expect things to break in new and creative ways. We live in a relatively narrow slice of time (a few decades) where this is a possibility, but it is a possibility. (Note that the number of leap seconds per year has _slowed_ recently, corresponding to a speed up in the long term averaged rotation of the Earth. If that speed up of the Earth's rotation were to happen again, negative leap seconds would be inevitable.) The drift between the Earth's time and atomic time will just get worse over longer time frames (see http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/year2100.html ). Even if UTC - TAI is just fixed (i.e., no more leap seconds), that is just pushing the problem down the road, and our grandkids will have to deal with leap minutes, or our remoter descendants with leap hours. >It's a problem with POSIX, not UTC. Yes. I remember this being raised by people at the USNO back in the early 1990's, but there was no interest in changing POSIX. Too much installed base was the reason stated IIRC. My opinion is (and has been since the early 90's) that the computer / Internet world should just adopt IAT as the time system in use. That is the best time we have, and it will never have steps. Yes, that means that you would need something like a time zone file to set your system clock by hand from local (UTC) time, but, then, we already have to have time zone files. Regards Marshall Eubanks ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:39:27 -0400 From: Nicholas Oas <nicholas.oas(a)gmail.com> To: "nanog(a)nanog.org" <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Residential VSAT experiences? Message-ID: <CAHnk=Cj4uRgyyMOW+BbgLpqPAbKCPPiLLT+sMXnfb2Jf+j8vSg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with residential satellite internet? Right now I am evaluating HughesNet Gen4 and ViaSat Exede and I'm thinking specifically as a sysadmin who needs to use the uplink for work, not surf. What are your experiences with the following applications? -SSH, (specifically interactive CLI shell access) -RDP -SIP over SSL -IPSec Tunneling (should be a non-starter due to latency) -GRE Tunneling Thank you, -Nicholas ------------------------------ Message: 16 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:58:21 -0700 From: "Peter Kranz" <pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com> To: <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Core alignment fusion splicers Message-ID: <20ac01d0ad2e$2c76fa00$8564ee00$(a)unwiredltd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Curious if any of you have favorites when it comes to fusion splicers.. There is a huge range in price for units that appear to be very similar in both specifications and appearance. Currently considering standardizing on the INNO View 5 http://www.innoinstrument.com/new/splicer/view5.php , but we need enough of these units I'd love stories from the field before dropping the order. Peter Kranz www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 Mobile: 510-207-0000 pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com <mailto:pkranz@unwiredltd.com> ------------------------------ Message: 17 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:06:09 +0000 From: Mel Beckman <mel(a)beckman.org> To: Peter Kranz <pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com> Cc: "<nanog(a)nanog.org>" <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Re: Core alignment fusion splicers Message-ID: <E460D466-7B62-401E-A6B1-B6756C0FF56C(a)beckman.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Don?t buy to start. Instead, rent a few different brands for splicing projects until you know what features you need and want. And don?t scrimp on the cleaver. Get a quality automatic cleaver (these usually come in the rental bundle). -mel > On Jun 22, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Peter Kranz <pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com> wrote: > > Curious if any of you have favorites when it comes to fusion splicers.. > There is a huge range in price for units that appear to be very similar in > both specifications and appearance. Currently considering standardizing on > the INNO View 5 http://www.innoinstrument.com/new/splicer/view5.php , but we > need enough of these units I'd love stories from the field before dropping > the order. > > > > Peter Kranz > www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> > Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 > Mobile: 510-207-0000 > pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com <mailto:pkranz@unwiredltd.com> > > > ------------------------------ Message: 18 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 21:07:41 +0000 From: J?rgen Jaritsch <jj(a)anexia.at> To: Peter Kranz <pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com>, "nanog(a)nanog.org" <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: AW: Core alignment fusion splicers Message-ID: <515026f2064b40768f82af92334ba8f4(a)anx-i-dag02.anx.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, We do not have the new View-series but we're working with the IFS-10: http://www.innoinstrument.com/new/splicer/ifs10.php Easy to use. Works quite good under rough conditions. Not THAT expensive. Battery lifetime is ok. Best regards J?rgen Jaritsch Head of Network & Infrastructure ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH Telefon: +43-5-0556-300 Telefax: +43-5-0556-500 E-Mail: jj(a)anexia.at Web: http://www.anexia.at Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstra?e 140, 9020 Klagenfurt Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Alexander Windbichler Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601 -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] Im Auftrag von Peter Kranz Gesendet: Montag, 22. Juni 2015 22:58 An: nanog(a)nanog.org Betreff: Core alignment fusion splicers Curious if any of you have favorites when it comes to fusion splicers.. There is a huge range in price for units that appear to be very similar in both specifications and appearance. Currently considering standardizing on the INNO View 5 http://www.innoinstrument.com/new/splicer/view5.php , but we need enough of these units I'd love stories from the field before dropping the order. Peter Kranz www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 Mobile: 510-207-0000 pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com <mailto:pkranz@unwiredltd.com> ------------------------------ Message: 19 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:11:38 -0400 From: William Herrin <bill(a)herrin.us> To: Nicholas Oas <nicholas.oas(a)gmail.com> Cc: "nanog(a)nanog.org" <nanog(a)nanog.org> Subject: Re: Residential VSAT experiences? Message-ID: <CAP-guGWod0ayQMq31ajL1Bq3cR3gS9uhh8i6Q9XwwEmnycOa9Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Nicholas Oas <nicholas.oas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with > residential satellite internet? Hi Nicholas, Two-way satellite systems based on SV's in geostationary orbit (like the two you're considering) have high latency. 22,000 miles out, another 22,000 miles back and do it again for the return packet. You'll start around 500ms latency and go up from there. Any kind of interactive session (like SSH and RDP) will be excruciating. I'm not aware of any low earth orbit systems providing residential Internet. Iridium tries to but the bandwidth is pathetic (2400bps or so). LEO vehicles are only 500-1000 miles up. Latency is high compared to wireline systems but within usable bounds for interactive sessions. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin(a)dirtside.com bill(a)herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> ------------------------------ Message: 20 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:18:14 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb(a)dougbarton.us> To: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: Re: REMINDER: LEAP SECOND Message-ID: <558889A6.10704(a)dougbarton.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" On 6/19/15 2:58 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote: > Bad idea. > > When restarting ntpd your clocks will likely be off by a second, which > will cause a backward step, which will force the problem you claim to be > avoiding. > > There are plenty of ways to solve this problem, and you just get to > choose what you want to risk/pay. You misunderstand the problem. :) The problem is not "clock skips backward one second," because most of the time that's not what happens. The problem is that most software does not handle it well when the clock ticks ... :59 :60 :00 instead of ticking directly from :59 to :00. THAT problem is avoided by temporarily turning off NTP and then turning it back on again when "the coast is clear." Most software can handle the "clock skips forward or backwards one second" problem fairly robustly, and as Baldur pointed out by doing the reset in a controlled manner you greatly reduce your overall risk. Doug -- I am conducting an experiment in the efficacy of PGP/MIME signatures. This message should be signed. If it is not, or the signature does not validate, please let me know how you received this message (direct, or to a list) and the mail software you use. Thanks!

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Fwd: Residential VSAT experiences?
by Alfred Olton 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

I had Hughes Net a few years back and can confirm that SSH access was pretty much intolerable for me. The delay between what I was typing, and when it would actually show up on the screen in the remote terminal was really annoying for me. As mentioned in previous responses, I think you would want a low orbit satellite internet provider, if you can find one for residential use. In my case, I had a land line, but was too far out for ADSL, so I ended up getting ISDN (*with unlimited local calling on my phone plan*). Of course the SSH usage experience then was much better. Al On 06/22/2015 04:04 PM, Hugo Slabbert wrote:> Personally, 500-700ms of delay is well within distinguishable range and > causes challenges in verbal communication. If the speakers are both > expecting and accustomed to delay like that (e.g. sailors that are used > to being hundreds/thousands of miles away from anywhere and any other > comms solution sucks anyway), it could be workable. > > For regular consumer/business voice applications, 100ms and lower is > decent, but above that starts to get into various degrees of suckage. > > Just my 2c. > > -- > Hugo > > On Mon 2015-Jun-22 15:54:49 -0700, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I never had good luck with VSAT and SIP. Maybe you had a better kit >> than I >> did :) >> >> -Mike >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Dovid Bender <dovid(a)telecurve.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Interesting that you say that about sip. We had a client that would >>> use it >>> for sip on ships all the time. It wasn't the best but it worked. Ping >>> times >>> were between 500-700ms. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dovid >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mike Lyon <mike.lyon(a)gmail.com> >>> Sender: "NANOG" <nanog-bounces(a)nanog.org>Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:33:43 >>> To: Nicholas Oas<nicholas.oas(a)gmail.com>; NANOG<nanog(a)nanog.org> >>> Subject: Re: Residential VSAT experiences? >>> >>> SIP will suck. VPN will suck. RDP will suck. >>> >>> Have you looked to see if you have any local wireless ISPs in your area? >>> Hit me up offlist if you want me to check for you. >>> >>> -Mike >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Nicholas Oas <nicholas.oas(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Would anyone mind sharing with me their first-hand experiences with >>> > residential satellite internet? >>> > >>> > Right now I am evaluating HughesNet Gen4 and ViaSat Exede and I'm >>> thinking >>> > specifically as a sysadmin who needs to use the uplink for work, not >>> surf. >>> > >>> > What are your experiences with the following applications? >>> > -SSH, (specifically interactive CLI shell access) >>> > -RDP >>> > -SIP over SSL >>> > -IPSec Tunneling (should be a non-starter due to latency) >>> > -GRE Tunneling >>> > >>> > Thank you, >>> > >>> > -Nicholas >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mike Lyon >>> 408-621-4826 >>> mike.lyon(a)gmail.com >>> >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Lyon >> 408-621-4826 >> mike.lyon(a)gmail.com >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon

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Re: Residential VSAT experiences?
by Scott Weeks 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

--- bill(a)herrin.us wrote: From: William Herrin <bill(a)herrin.us> Two-way satellite systems based on SV's in geostationary orbit (like the two you're considering) have high latency. 22,000 miles out, another 22,000 miles back and do it again for the return packet. You'll start around 500ms latency and go up from there. Any kind of interactive session (like SSH and RDP) will be excruciating. ----------------------------------------------- I do SSH over geostationary satellite links (C-band) all the time. I'd say it's slow, but not excruciating, unless you type really fast on the network device's CLI. :-) scott

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Core alignment fusion splicers
by Peter Kranz 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Curious if any of you have favorites when it comes to fusion splicers.. There is a huge range in price for units that appear to be very similar in both specifications and appearance. Currently considering standardizing on the INNO View 5 http://www.innoinstrument.com/new/splicer/view5.php , but we need enough of these units I'd love stories from the field before dropping the order. Peter Kranz www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 Mobile: 510-207-0000 pkranz(a)unwiredltd.com <mailto:pkranz@unwiredltd.com>

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Facebook contact, images issues in IL/WI
by David Sovereen 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

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Whats' a good product for a high-density Wireless network setup?
by Sina Owolabi 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Hi We are profiling equipment and design for an expected high user density network of multiple, close nit, residential/hostel units. Its going to be 8-10 buildings with possibly a over 1000 users at any given time. We are looking at Ruckus and Ubiquiti as options to get over the high number of devices we are definitely going to encounter. How did you do it, and what would you advise for product and layout? Thanks in advance!

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Help Needed Converting KVM network Non-VLAN network to VLANs, odd
by Sina Owolabi 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Hi! I apologize if this is not something I should have posted here, but I've come to value the insights and experience of the people on this list a lot, and I am hoping my problem isn't unique. I am also sorry for the long read. I have been to the forums of the devices in play in this problem, and while Red Hat has been a huge help, they all hand off when they hear about the other devices in play. Some background: I have a Sophos UTM ASG220 serving as gateway device for a number of networks, with a Cisco 2960 network switch, and a raft of Red Hat 6.6 servers running KVM and hosting multiple guests, with the guests being on different network subnets. The UTM has its LAN interface populated with multiple virtual interfaces (its really a stripped down, optimized RHEL-type Linux machine under the hood) as gateways for all the network subnets except for the primary network it was created with during installation. I have VLANs defined on the switch, and the KVM hosts are having bonded interfaces (mode 1, based on RHN support advice), VLAN sub interfaces and bridges configured for each network, and each guest is attached to its appropriate bridge and 8021q is setup. Without involving the UTM, VLAN traffic transverses beautifully, between swich, KVM hosts and guests, I have no issues there That said, this is what is happening: I am successful in generating new VLAN interfaces on the Sophos UTM (but with a different IP address) to replace the existing gateway virtual IP address (for instance, for test network, virtual interface gateway address is 10.11.0.253, and the VLAN interface to replace it is 10.11.0.253). At first instance the guests and the kvm host are able to ping the switch, the newVLAN gateway interface and the old virtual gateway interface, after the VLAN is in place. But if I try to remove the old virtual interface (eg 10.11.0.253), then networking starts acting weird. The switch VLAN address (say 10.11.0.7) isunable toping or reach the guests (say 10.11.0.36) on the VLAN, but it can reach the kvm host vlan bridge (say 10.11.0.4) address, and it can reach the Sophos gateway (10.11.0.254,VLAN address). Even after bring the gateway virtual interface (10.11.0.253) back up the situation remainsfor a while. The guests can reach each other on the same VLAN, but cannot ping the switch VLAN interface address, and cannot ping their VLAN gateway address, or route traffic to other external networks). But the guests can reach the LAN DNS servers, which are ona different subnet entirely (192.168.2.0)! But theguests also can only reach the DNS servers on the 192.168.2.0 subnet, they cannot reach all the addresses. Arping responds to and from all network machines/devices while all this is going on. This continued for a while even after rebooting the switch, and bringing up and down the gateway network interfaces. Then suddenly things started working again (but with the gateway virtual and VLAN addresses both up).I am successful in generating anew VLAN interface (but with a different IP address) to replace the existing gateway virtual IP address (for instance, for test network, virtual interface gateway address is 10.11.0.253, and the VLAN interface to replace it is 10.11.0.253). At first instance the guests and the kvm host are able to ping the switch, the newVLAN gateway interface and the old virtual gateway interface, after the VLAN is in place. But if I try to remove the old virtual interface (eg 10.11.0.253), then networking starts acting weird. The switch VLAN address (say 10.11.0.7) isunable toping or reach the guests (say 10.11.0.36) on the VLAN, but it can reach the kvm host vlan bridge (say 10.11.0.4) address, and it can reach the gateway (10.11.0.254,VLAN address). Even after bringing the gateway virtual interface (10.11.0.253) back up the situation remains for a while. The guests can reach each other on the same VLAN, but cannot ping the switch VLAN interface address, and cannot ping their VLAN gateway address, or route traffic to other external networks). But the guests can reach the LAN DNS servers, which are on a different subnet entirely (192.168.2.0)! The guests also can only reach the DNS servers on the 192.168.2.0 subnet, they cannot reach all the addresses. Arping responds to and from all network machines/devices while all this is going on. This continued for a while even after clearing the arp-caches, rebooting the switch, and bringing up and down the gateway network interfaces. Then suddenly things started working again (but with the gateway virtual and VLAN addresses both up). I'd love some insight to what's happening and how I can fix this.

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Re: Whats' a good product for a high-density Wireless network setup?
by Randy Bush 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

> What you need is more APs running at lower poer levels to cover > smaller areas, spread out around the room. lots of other trix. some of which i have seen are o pull the asians off on to one or more channel 14 aps (but that's old 11b days). o set the aps low so the wetware attenuates but i am not an expert; i just try to work with folk who are and get the hell out of their way and see that they are well supplied with coffee, food, and beer. randy

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