October 1998 - Test - lists.nanog.org

Update on fiber cut
by Richard Irving 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

WC recently showed me the error of my ways. :( The IXC, was, and is, "IXC", not "IXE". (Sorry, to both parties) (I should have known, I *know* IX"C"... good people) There are technicals on site now. Patches are being installed, and cable prep is occurring..... However, no promises yet.... My thanks to WC for the prompt update ! Possible affected regions: Dallas, Phoenix, El Paso, San Diego, LA. I am actually getting to *like* WC ... I *know* it's time to go home. Where is my hive... Er... :}

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Did the west coast slide into the sea?
by Paul Ferguson 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

Man, everything transiting the west coast seems completely foo bar'd this afternoon. What's up? - paul

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Fiber OUTAGE
by Richard Irving 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

Fiber Outage, Dallas (???) Circuits to Dallas, and San-Francisco have gone down. The extent of the outage is, as of yet, unknown.... Expect more notifications....(From other providers) Someone *Kill* a Back-Hoe for me..... :( Richard Irving One Call Communications, Inc. 6402

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the fibercut
by steve＠altrina.exodus.net 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

Since either a.) Jill Smith's posts are not geting through or b.) nanog is really lagged, the information is such : (sorry if you saw her post too) Worldcom has a fibercut between wortham and fort worth texas. Worldcom trouble ticket # 308353 and # 215383 -- Steven O. Noble -- Sr. Backbone Engineer, Exodus Communications (EXDS) -- Work:408.346.2333 -- All my love to the Canadian Mooing Frog.

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Fibercut....
by jrs＠exodus.net 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

IXC fibercut between wortham and Ft Worth, TX. Approximately a half hour ago...... cross country circuits appear to be out in the lower half of the country. No ETA on a fix yet..... --Jill

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USENIX Conference on Network Administration--Call for Papers
by Cynthia Deno 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

The networking administration community is expanding at an ever increasing pace. Now, USENIX and SAGE have created a conference just for it. The conference will enable dialogue among peers and experts in our field. 1st USENIX Conference on Network Administration April 7-9, 1999 Santa Clara, California Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association Co-sponsored by SAGE, the System Administrators Guild The conference is designed to create an environment allowing network administrators to come together and share ideas and techniques for managing all facets of the networking world. For the full Call for Papers, visit the conference Web site: http://www.usenix.org/events/neta99 Submission deadline: November 6, 1998 Notification to authors: December 1, 1998 Camera-ready papers due: February 23, 1999 We invite you to submit proposals to enhance the refereed papers, invited talks, Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, and tutorials. Please review the Call for Papers, make a submission, and join us in creating the first open network administration conference specifically designed to help you. We look forward to your participation. To facilitate these discussions, we encourage you to consider this partial topics list: The Enterprise Switching solutions for large LANs Choosing a network architecture Network management tools that work How to integrate multiple vendors in one seamless network Managing IP address space The Internet How to get on the Internet Firewalls and security integration Routing in the Internet Choosing and dealing with an ISP Remote Access Creating secure integrated dialup services DSL, ISDN, and other acronyms: what they mean The Future IPv6, and what it means to you Gigabit and beyond: high speed networking Quality of Service and ATM Voice and data integration Routing vs. Layer-3 switching -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ USENIX is the Advanced Computing Systems Association, a not-for-profit society with a membership drawn from the international community of systems and software professionals. SAGE, the System Administrators Guild, is a Special Technical Group within the USENIX Association dedicated to the recognition and advancement of system administration as a profession. USENIX and SAGE are co-sponsors of the well-known LISA, Systems Administration Conference.

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Re: Sprint's filtering
by Sean M. Doran 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

Patrick Gilmore wrote: | Sean and Sprint still act publicly as if they are guardians of the route | table and without their wisdom and restraint, the rest of us would all die On the contrary, Sean has always maintained that the filtering was put in place to protect Sprint's customers from growth -- long-term or instant -- in the global routing system. The filters are an intelligent self-defence against misconfiguration, whether diffuse (across many ISPs) or localized (e.g. UUNET's de-aggregation). Limiting the number of prefixes one listens to must be done arbitrarily; one could draw the line in many different ways, and the way I chose was to draw it at the 18-bit level in what was then as-yet-unallocated address space. Moreover, when experience showed that when the filters were imposed people were actually using some of that address space, the filters were relaxed across that space. Even further, when, after vigorous discussion with several registries, it turned out that filtering anything longer than 18 bits was perhaps too harsh, the filters were further relaxed to something very much like what is in place now. That people other than Sprint and its immediate customers might benefit from a decision to limit the number of prefixes Sprint could hear from its non-customers was always a secondary motivation. Is there any particular reason why you keep banging on this drum this way? I don't understand why you are so frequently so thoroughly UNPLEASANT in your tone whenever you return to the issue, and I don't understand why you return to the issue with such frequency. Perhaps you might pause to reflect on that before people write you off entirely as a wingnut, and miss the occasional useful point you make (e.g., why isn't everyone filtering?) and the occasional useful response made in reply (e.g., Sprint is not the only network filtering at the /19 level across newer address space). Sean.

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SUMMARY: IP allocations, renumbering, and RFC 2050
by Scott Gifford 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

Much thanks to all who responded. I seemed to get a pretty consistent response from everybody who replied: Your Milage May Vary. Some people had had no problem with getting renumbering time, some people had had tons of problems. Some people said MCI had been very reasonable, some said that CW changed their policies. At any rate, once I knew I wasn't being that unrealistic, I emailed the IP allocation people at MCI, and got this response (which they asked me to post back to this list): > Scott, > > This is the correct email address for such requests. The only problem > being the length of time you are requesting. Our normal policy is to allow > 15 days which can be extended to 30 days. Of course this all depends on > the number of addresses and types of applications that require > renumbering. Please send all the information regarding this request to > include circuit ID's of both customers to ipadmin(a)cw.net. Also I would > like to know who you talk to at Cable & Wireless that gave you the > impresssion that we were unwilling to work with our customers. Please do > me a favor and spread the word on all the mailing lists that are bashing > us right now that we will negotiate a reasonable time for renumbering for > any customers that leave Cable & Wireless (with emphasis on reasonable). > Thank you. (I have omitted the name and telephone number of the technician that sent this response). So it sounds like our customer just talked to a butthead salesperson who didn't want them to know what they could do. Thanks again, --------Scott.

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Re: MAE NY?
by Chris Mauritz 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

The real problem here is that Telehouse either doesn't want or doesn't have the ability to give you floor tiles that have holes cut to your spec. They basically rummage round and get you a tile with a random-sized hole in it. If you're lucky, you get a big hole in the middle. If you're not, you get one just big enough to fit your hand through (and risk the jaggies on the bottom) at some random spot on the tile. I've thought about keeping a sawzall in cabinets there just for the purpose of "customizing floor tiles" in the wee hours of the night. 8-) C Chris Mauritz Technical Manager, Systems Administration Rare Medium, Inc. chrism(a)raremedium.com -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Lisk <glisk(a)digisle.net> To: TTSG <ttsg(a)ttsg.com>; <alex(a)nac.net> Cc: <rpa(a)insnet.net>; <amb(a)gxn.net>; <randy(a)psg.com>; <redhead(a)cloudy.lightning.net>; <nanog(a)merit.edu> Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 11:10 AM Subject: Re: MAE NY? >I've had really good luck with a very large hole underneath the cabinet and >a several hundred CFM fan at the top. Telehouse has good underfloor >pressure so the larger the hole the better for the cabinet. I haven't had >good luck putting vented tiles behind - most of our equipment vents front >to rear inside the cabinets. My routers are very happy with the large >holes though: > > card inlet hotpoint exhaust >RSP(2) 18C/64F 23C/73F 21C/69F > >Although after seeing the rats nest of wires in some of the cabinets I've >seen over the years it's no wonder there are hotspots - nowhere for the air >to go. ;) > >-Geoff > > >At 08:10 PM 10/6/98 -0400, TTSG wrote: >>Also make sure that there is a "vented tile" inback of your cabinets. >>Not every one I see there does. Just put in a work order to the >>CAC and they'll put them behind your cabinet. This should help with the >>air flow around the cabinet so the air pumped out has somewhere to go >>(Or help blow into the back vents) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Geoff Lisk Phone: 415-228-4170 >Network Engineer E-mail:glisk@digisle.net >Digital Island Pager: glisk(a)airnote.net >One hop to the world... www.digisle.net >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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NANOG 14 HOTEL
by Pam Ciesla 08 Oct '98

08 Oct '98

I checked with the hotel today there are still some rooms available under the NANOG room block. The block ends on Friday, 10/9. The hotel will honor the block room rate beyon Friday as long as rooms are available. However, they did say that the hotel is almost full. Hotel info can be found on the NANOG webpage http://www.nanog.org or call the Marriott 404-521-000 be sure to mention NANOG Meeting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pam Ciesla 734-936-0172 - phone Merit Network, Inc. 734-647-3185 - fax University of Michigan 4251 Plymouth Road Bldg. I, Suite C Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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