October 1996 - Test - lists.nanog.org

Speakers: 7th Maryland Workshop on High Speed Networks
by Account of Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

*************************************************************************** Presentations at the 7TH MARYLAND WORKSHOP ON VERY HIGH SPEED NETWORKS Nov. 5-6, 1996 *************************************************************************** Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore County (Workshop in cooperation with NANOG) *************************************************************************** For agenda and other information, visit URL: http://www.mctr.umbc.edu *************************************************************************** 1. Bob Kahn (CNRI) (Keynote Address) Information Access As A Middleware Function 2. Scott Bradner (Harvard University) Current Status, Problems and Future Directions of ATM Technology 3. Richard desJardins and Andy Germain (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Networks for NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) 4. Allison Mankin (USC/ISI-Washington Center) and Javad Boroumand (NASA) Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network (CAIRN) -- IPv6 Prototyping 5. Patrick Dowd (United States Department of Defense) ATDnet - A Large Wide Area Multi-gigabit ATM Testbed 6. John Baras (University of Maryland. College Park) Integrated Management of Hybrid Broadband Networks 7. Dinkar Sitaram (IBM Watson Research Center) Video Servers: Applications and Architectures 8. Ender Ayanoglu, Kai Eng and Mark Karol (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies) Wireless ATM: Limits, Challenges, and Proposals 9. C.A. Johnston D. Raychaudhuri (NEC USA, C&C Research Laboratories) Overview of the WATMnet System 10. Jack Holtzman and Fang-Chen Cheng (Rutgers University) A Wireless ATM Architecture 11. Mahmoud Naghshineh (IBM Watson Research Center) QoS in Wireless/Mobile ATM Networks 12. <Speaker from Motorola> <TBD> <Wireless ATM> 13. Rob Coltun (Fore Systems) <ATM/Routing><TBD> 14. Dan Daly and Nim Cheung (Bellcore) Bandwidth Management Schemes in Broadband Networks 15. Michael Levender (Cisco-Stratacom) Tag Switching's Impact on the IP vs ATM Controversy 16. Maryann Perez Maher and Suresh Bhogavilli (USC/ISI-Washington Center) Implementation and Analysis of Multicast Address Resolution Server (MARS) 17. Brad Karp (Harvard University & USC/ISI-Washington Center) Implementation and Analysis of Available Bit Rate (ABR) 18. Allison Mankin (USC/ISI-Washington Center) Rational ATM in the Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network (CAIRN) 19. Alex Birman (IBM Watson Research Center) RSVP-Based Flows over ATM Networks 20. Ellen W. Zegura (Georgia Tech) Mapping Complex Applications to Network Services 21. Krishna Bala (Bellcore) Architectures for Multiwavelength Optical Networks 22. C. J. Chen and Peter K. Runge (AT&T Laboratories) The Africa ONE WDM Network 23. Ender Ayanoglu (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies) Is Wavelength Conversion in WDM Networks Viable? 24. Imrich Chlamtac (Boston University), Viktoria Elek (Technical University of Budapesti), Andrea Fumagalli (Politecnico di Torino) Improving Bandwidth Efficiency in Scalable WDM Networks with SDL Bridging 25. Vern Paxson (LBL) Measurements of End-to-End Internet Dynamics 26. Rajeev Rastogi, Ravi Sethi and Avi Silberschatz (Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies) Networking Applications of High Performance Main-Memory Databases 27. Gee-Kung Chang (Bellcore) MONET Local Exchange Network Testbed NOTE: Other speakers on ATM networking are being confirmed *************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------- 7th Maryland Workshop on Very High Speed Networks ---------------------------------------------------- November 5-6, 1996 Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore County (Workshop in cooperation with NANOG) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert E. Kahn, President CNRI The Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research (MCTR) and the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) will hold the 7th Maryland Workshop on Very High Speed Networks on November 5-6, 1996 at the UMBC campus. The Workshop will be held in the Ballroom of the University Center on the UMBC campus. The goal of the Workshop is to bring together experts in related areas to discuss progress and research issues in the design and implementation of very high speed communication networks. Each of the previous workshops attracted approximately 150 researchers representing academia, industry and government. The two day meeting will include invited speakers and contributed presentations. Papers on selected presentations will appear in a special issue of the Journal of High Speed Networks. For more information on the workshop and directions to UMBC, check our home page on WWW.(http://www.mctr.umbc.edu) A registration fee of $325 will include two lunches and conference proceeding. For questions regarding the technical content of the workshop or giving a presentation, please contact the workshop organizer, Dr. Deepinder Sidhu, at Tel: (410) 455-3028 or 3063, Fax: (410) 455-3969, Email: mctr(a)cs.umbc.edu. Mail checks (payable to University of Maryland Foundation) and registration form to Dr. Deepinder Sidhu, Maryland Center for Telecommunications Research, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. All funds for this event will be managed by the UM Foundation. Please DO NOT include hotel accommodation expenses in your payment for the Workshop Registration. Room payment should be made directly to the hotel you selected for stay. The following hotels are closest to the UMBC campus. BWI Airport is approximately five miles from the UMBC Campus. 1. Sheraton International Hotel - BWI Airport. Closest to the airport and the UMBC campus. Tel: (410) 859-3300 or (800) 638-5858 2. Holiday Inn - BWI Airport. Close to the airport and the UMBC campus. Tel: (410) 859-8400 or (800) HOLIDAY 3. Omni Inner Harbor Hotel. Close to Downtown Baltimore / Inner Harbor and about 20 minutes drive to the UMBC campus. Tel: (410) 752-1100 or (800) 843-6664 For more information on the workshop and directions to UMBC, check our home page on WWW: http://www.mctr.umbc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th Maryland Workshop on Very High Speed Networks (November 5-6, 1996) Registration Form Name: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Affiliation: ------------------------------------------------------------- Address: ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: Fax: Email: ---------------- ------------- ------------ Dietary Restriction : Vegetarian Kosher ---------- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Two ASN 99s
by Bill Woodcock 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

This is probably a really stupid question, but why are there two ASN 99s? Was ASN 99 recycled or reassigned or something? I did a really quick uniq through the ASN list, and the only other duplicate registrations I see are more-specifics for ASNs which were assigned in blocks, 1381 and 3933, for example, but this doesn't seem to be such a case. Intel Corporation (ASN-INTEL) 99 University of Maryland (ASN-00) 99 Advanced Networks & Services Inc. (ASN-ANSBB-ASNNET-2-ASNBLOCK) 1381 Merit Computer Network Incorporated (ASN-NSFNETTEST46) 1381 NorthWestNet (ASN-NWNET-ASBLK1-ASNBLOCK) 3933 Oregon Department of Education (ASN-OPEN-NORTH) 3933 -Bill ________________________________________________________________________________ bill woodcock woody(a)zocalo.net woody(a)applelink.apple.com user(a)host.domain.com

1 0

Re: Are there plans to do MBONE broadcasts of the upcoming meeting?
by William B. Norton 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

Yup - Larry Blunk has graciously volunteered to set up the MBone audio and video equipment and multicast the NANOG meeting from the Michigan Union. Bill At 08:58 AM 10/17/96 -0400, Curtis Generous wrote: >..for those of us who might not be able to make it to Michigan? >There was a pretty good turnout on the last NANOG session in DC. > >--curtis >-- >Curtis Generous generous(a)uucom.com Phone: (703) 461-1350 >UUcom Inc., Suite 250, 4875 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304-0797 > >

4 3

Re: Are there plans to do MBONE broadcasts of the upcoming meeting?
by William B. Norton 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

Just like the last IETF - We'll assign a set of IP Addresses to a set of wires on the table. Bill At 11:40 AM 10/17/96 -0400, Paul Ferguson wrote: >Static host addresses, DHCP, what? > >- paul > >At 11:23 AM 10/17/96 -0400, William B. Norton wrote: > >>Randy - >> >>The plan is get a couple of hubs and string a handful of thinnet lines to >>the back of the room for the laptop crowd. People seemed to like this setup >>at D.C. so we're going to do that again. There is also a computer lab down >>the hall in the adjacent building with a hundred or so machines. >> >>Bill >> >>At 07:36 AM 10/17/96 PDT, Randy Bush wrote: >>>> Yup - Larry Blunk has graciously volunteered to set up the MBone audio and >>>> video equipment and multicast the NANOG meeting from the Michigan Union. >>> >>>Cool. Will there be better connectivity than the last Ann Arbor meeting, >>>i.e. places to jack in? Pretty please? >>> >>>randy >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >

1 0

Re: Windows/NT to break the Internet?
by William S. Duncanson 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

At 14:47 10/16/96 UTC, Hank Nussbacher wrote: >How long can the Internet last if every customer needs to get a /24? >That is what appears to be with Windows/NT 4.0. This server has >lately become very popular with small customers that install an NT >server and a few PCs and want a connection. ISPs up to know would assign >a /26 or perhaps a /27 or even a /30 to SOHOs like this. Windows NT 4.0 >when defining the address range as well as the DNS and inverse - only has >space in the form for 3 octets. They assume you are a /24 or larger. I >have had customers come back to me and say that they can't even enter >the 255.255.255.224 mask I gave them on their system since the NT doesn't >support it. Let alone the problems with inverse subnetting that there >is a draft RFC out there that almost everyone follows. Seems to have >slipped by the people in Oregon, though. >-----snip----- >Am I missing something here on WinNT installs? Or is Microsoft gonna >cause the IP address space to expire sooner than we had planned? You're missing something. On the DNS issue, I would agree with you that their implementation has some serious shortcomings. On the other issue, I think there's something wrong with your customers. I have a computer on my home network running Windows NT 4. It's not a /24 network, it's a /29, and NT4 accepts a .248 netmask without any problem. -- William S. Duncanson NeoSoft Operations william(a)neosoft.com (888) NEOSOFT or (713) 968-5800

1 0

Re: Are there plans to do MBONE broadcasts of the upcoming meeting?
by Paul Ferguson 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

Static host addresses, DHCP, what? - paul At 11:23 AM 10/17/96 -0400, William B. Norton wrote: >Randy - > >The plan is get a couple of hubs and string a handful of thinnet lines to >the back of the room for the laptop crowd. People seemed to like this setup >at D.C. so we're going to do that again. There is also a computer lab down >the hall in the adjacent building with a hundred or so machines. > >Bill > >At 07:36 AM 10/17/96 PDT, Randy Bush wrote: >>> Yup - Larry Blunk has graciously volunteered to set up the MBone audio and >>> video equipment and multicast the NANOG meeting from the Michigan Union. >> >>Cool. Will there be better connectivity than the last Ann Arbor meeting, >>i.e. places to jack in? Pretty please? >> >>randy >> >> > > >

1 0

Re: Are there plans to do MBONE broadcasts of the upcoming meeting?
by William B. Norton 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

Randy - The plan is get a couple of hubs and string a handful of thinnet lines to the back of the room for the laptop crowd. People seemed to like this setup at D.C. so we're going to do that again. There is also a computer lab down the hall in the adjacent building with a hundred or so machines. Bill At 07:36 AM 10/17/96 PDT, Randy Bush wrote: >> Yup - Larry Blunk has graciously volunteered to set up the MBone audio and >> video equipment and multicast the NANOG meeting from the Michigan Union. > >Cool. Will there be better connectivity than the last Ann Arbor meeting, >i.e. places to jack in? Pretty please? > >randy > >

2 1

Re: generators, etc....
by Peter Lothberg 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

> > Even when you have generators, there are still a myriad of things which > > can and do go wrong no matter how hard you try, even with trebly > > redundant backups, etc. etc. > > > > A fuel supplier accidently puts half a load of jet fuel instead of #2 > > diesel in your storage tank, which you won't find until it reloads the > > run tank from the day tank. > > Run the generator under load periodically. Have your gen maintenance > contractor do fuel tests quarterly. Water is just as bad in the Diesel > tank. This can be solved, it's a matter of logistics and procedures, when did you last hear that an airline filled with diesel instead of Jet-A1? -Peter Before anyone statrs to build a very expensive pop, revisit the idea of several locations and geograpghical diversity, as it is close to defend a single locataion, a competing ISP could go around and cut all your wires....

1 0

Re: generators, etc....
by Peter Lothberg 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

> > Sure, Mike, but how do you protect against an airplane falling > > out of the sky? Build the pop by blasting out a tunnel deep into a mountain and out again on the other side. Then a 90 degree shaft in the middle into the pop rom itself. (So, if somwone wan't to create a shockwave in the pop, they have to have two blasts, and it's hard to do rigt) > > or having the building that houses your generators flattened by > > a runaway semi? You have 2+2 generators, two in a backroom with it's own proper ventilation shaft, and one in each end of the tunnel that goes across the mountain. (You might concider Jet-turbines). Each generator has it's own fuel supply, and power wiring is redundant. The pop itself should be a -48V DC plant. > > Or the ever present possibility that the building next > > door will have a gas leak and explode? Explosions in the access tunnel is non fatal, and probably some gas- detectors and proper fans would be a good thing to have. > > And what about that house-sized meteor that could come hurtling down? Likely to shake the mountain, so, we build a house inside the cave, and put this house on suspenders (that will provide proper shock absortion). Airconditioning is a separate problem, usally the mountain leeks enough wather (+5 centigrades) that you can run through your heat-exchanger, or you have to drill for wather. If we have several of those locations, all with 24*7 staffin, I think it would be produce a good service, even when there are no customers left. --Peter Ps: Make sure that your external connections are redundant enough, microwave towers ontop are likely to be wiped out.. --::))

1 0

RE: Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI)
by Chris A. Icide 17 Oct '96

17 Oct '96

>One of the reasons that cisco has earned its place as Number One is >that, to my knowledge, cisco has never terminally screwed a client. >No other contender can make that claim with me. I've been screwed by >all of them, except cisco. They don't always give me what I want when >I want it, but they don't do fundamentally bad things like walking >away from the ISP market as Proteon did or wiping out their upper >management team as Wellfleet did from time to time. > > >--Kent I've had my problems with Cisco, and there have been many, however, I must say that when you poke them in the eye and say, "uhm, I've got a problem that needs fixing now!", the engineers pop out of the walls like that green thing in Ghostbusters. They slime things all up, and quickly pull a working solution out of the muck. In fact, I found myself at O'Hare Airport in Chicago early Sunday morning picking up two routers and a bunch of interface cards. Cisco had been working on an unidentifiable prblem, and decided that we may need to unload a couple of our routers so they zipped out a couple of extra routers to us, along with an engineer. Anyway, I know that I can count on their customer support organization to immediately respond to my needs. The ONLY other company I ever worked with that offered (and met) this level of support was HP. Chris

1 0