November 1999 - Test - lists.nanog.org

Is there a PSI.NET person in the house?
by Roeland M.J. Meyer 11 Apr '00

11 Apr '00

I just got half a hundred of these (and 123 of these last Friday) and all e-mail, to the usual locations, bounces or gets ignored. I am livid, I am pissed, I am *really* wanting to SMURF PSI.NET because they have been a spam-harbor for *years*! PSI.NET should have made it into the RBL a long time ago. >Return-Path: <admin1(a)fnmail.com> >Received: from beta.pragmatix.com (epsilon.pragmatix.com [205.166.32.6] (may >be forged)) > by condor.lvrmr.mhsc.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAA18857 > for <rmeyer(a)mhsc.com>; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 05:04:57 -0800 >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 05:04:57 -0800 >From: admin1(a)fnmail.com >Message-Id: <199903011304.FAA18857(a)condor.lvrmr.mhsc.com> >Received: from jgroves (ip33.phoenix8.az.pub-ip.psi.net [38.29.61.33]) by >beta.pragmatix.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service >Version 5.5.1960.3) > id FS46B0Z3; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:33:11 -0500 >To: travelers(a)ibm.net >Subject: Make $$, Travel and Have Fun! >X-UIDL: 2ddab26e92763572b29a9545c30b592f ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer - e-mail: mailto:rmeyer@mhsc.com Internet phone: hawk.lvrmr.mhsc.com Personal web pages: http://staff.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: http://www.mhsc.com ___________________________________________________ KISS ... gotta love it!

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Re: Perceived Y2K problems
by David Lesher 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Alan Clegg said: > > But the phone system in Raleigh, North Carolina crashed for a day when > Garth Brooks tickets went on sale by phone. No matter where you called, > you got a busy signal IF you managed to get a dial-tone at all. Crashed?? Or just got molassas-slow? It's *designed* to do that, to protect itself.... (If M$ was as reliable as telco switches, then Jill Winecooler's UAE/GPF would be a lead story on the TV news....) -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz(a)nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

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Equal time among gamers?
by Sean Donelan 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

I keep a close eye on the game sites because serious gamers tend to be very serious about the quality of their network connections, and aren't shy about expressing their opinions. I've found them a usefull early warning of network problems. For the same reason I watch the on-line stock trading sites. However, I should have kept quiet about Everquest's network status page. Gamers hold some strong views. I was flooded with comments about Microsoft's Game Zone problems over the weekend. They had some network problems with their new Asheron's multi-player game. From what I could tell Microsoft's www.zone.com site was inaccessiable for part of Sunday Night. After my post about Everquest, several gamers asked what I knew about Microsofts's problems. The simple answer is not much. It didn't appear to be a general Internet problem, but specific to Microsoft's site. Yes, Randy, I did ask Microsoft's customer service and NOC. I got back answers either they didn't see a problem, or they saw a problem but their customer service people couldn't find out from their their technical staff what was happening either. Microsoft's Game Zone does have some status pages, but as far as I could tell, unlike Everquest, Microsoft doesn't actually update their status when there is a problem.

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gTLD DNS RFP
by Newell, Tom 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

NSI recently released an RFP seeking hosts for gTLD DNS servers for COM/NET/ORG. As it likely reached the "sales" people at the organizations many of you represent, I thought it appropriate to send a "heads-up" to this list. Those parties interested in receiving a copy of the RFP should send an email request to gTLD(a)nsiregistry.net. All requests for copies of the RFP should be received no later than December 2, 1999. The request should include a mailing address, technical point of contact, a contractual point of contact, and an e-mail address. A copy of the RFP and associated terms and conditions will be provided. thanks --Tom

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Does Teleglobe implements QoS ?
by Dmitry S. Esakov 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

Hello! Macomnet (ISP, AS8470, Moscow, Russia) uses world connectivity via Teleglobe. We have a router, managed by us, in NY. The interface pointing to America uses Teleglobe's address and another one, pointing to Moscow - ours. Regullary I see a quite strange heavy delays on Teleglobe to Alternet interconnect point. I traced the route to several destinations with SRC addresses from Teleglobe's and Macomnet's IP blocks. The problem is that packets with SRC from Teleglobe address space passes through with lower delays than packets with Macomnet's SRC addresses. The first thing what people expect is assymetric routing (i.e. route from Alternet goes another way back to us). But it's not possible. Our backup provider (AS8342) plugs into Teleglobe also. So Teleglobe advertises the right route to Alternet and it's quite impossible for Alternet to have another route to Macomnet. I believe it's not a routing problem. I contacted Teleglobe and they said that it could be a temporary congestion. I wonder how could congestion exist for Macomnet addresses and not to appear for Teleglobe itself!!! That is the question. Look at the traces below. The first one uses Teleglobe SRC address, the second - ours. ----------------------------------------- Trace with Teleglobe_SRC_ADDRESS : ----------------------------------------- nyy-1#trace Protocol [ip]: Target IP address: 204.71.127.3 Source address: 207.45.205.14 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Teleglobe's address Numeric display [n]: Timeout in seconds [3]: Probe count [3]: Minimum Time to Live [1]: Maximum Time to Live [30]: Port Number [33434]: Loose, Strict, Record, Timestamp, Verbose[none]: Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to intrepid.net (204.71.127.3) 1 if-0-1-0.bb6.NewYork.Teleglobe.net (207.45.205.13) [AS 6453] 0 msec 4 msec 0 msec 2 if-6-0-0.bb1.NewYork.Teleglobe.net (207.45.221.67) [AS 6453] 0 msec 0 msec 4 msec 3 Serial0-1-0.GW2.NYC2.ALTER.NET (157.130.4.165) [AS 701] 0 msec 4 msec ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Teleglobe goes fine. 157.130.5.217 [AS 701] 4 msec 4 144.ATM2-0.XR2.NYC1.ALTER.NET (146.188.178.150) [AS 701] 4 msec 0 msec 4 msec 5 194.ATM3-0.TR2.NYC1.ALTER.NET (146.188.178.198) [AS 701] 0 msec 4 msec 0 msec 6 104.ATM7-0.TR2.DCA8.ALTER.NET (146.188.138.169) [AS 701] 8 msec 4 msec 12 msec 7 152.63.32.217 [AS 701] 4 msec 8 msec 8 msec 8 192.ATM6-0.GW5.TCO1.ALTER.NET (146.188.162.165) [AS 701] 8 msec 8 msec 8 msec 9 intrepid-gw2.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.36.214) [AS 701] 20 msec 20 msec 32 msec 10 office-shep.intrepid.net (209.190.129.38) [AS 6359] 20 msec 20 msec 28 msec 11 intrepid.net (204.71.127.3) [AS 6359] 20 msec 16 msec 20 msec ---------------------------------------------------- AT THE SAME TIME Trace with Macomnet_SRC_ADDRESS : ---------------------------------------------------- nyy-1#trace Protocol [ip]: Target IP address: 204.71.127.3 Source address: 195.128.65.33 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Macomnet's address Numeric display [n]: Timeout in seconds [3]: Probe count [3]: Minimum Time to Live [1]: Maximum Time to Live [30]: Port Number [33434]: Loose, Strict, Record, Timestamp, Verbose[none]: Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to intrepid.net (204.71.127.3) 1 if-0-1-0.bb6.NewYork.Teleglobe.net (207.45.205.13) [AS 6453] 0 msec 0 msec 4 msec 2 Teleglobe.net (207.45.221.99) [AS 6453] 0 msec 0 msec 0 msec 3 * Serial0-1-0.GW2.NYC2.ALTER.NET (157.130.4.165) [AS 701] 1248 msec ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ !!!!!! 157.130.5.217 [AS 701] 1276 msec 4 144.ATM2-0.XR1.EWR1.ALTER.NET (146.188.178.146) [AS 701] 1220 msec 1268 msec * 5 * * * 6 * * 105.ATM6-0.TR1.DCA8.ALTER.NET (146.188.138.121) [AS 701] 1272 msec 7 152.63.32.201 [AS 701] 1284 msec 1288 msec * 8 * 193.ATM6-0.GW5.TCO1.ALTER.NET (146.188.162.169) [AS 701] 2716 msec * 9 intrepid-gw2.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.36.214) [AS 701] 1392 msec * 1356 msec 10 office-shep.intrepid.net (209.190.129.38) [AS 6359] 1244 msec 1244 msec 1328 msec 11 intrepid.net (204.71.127.3) [AS 6359] 1284 msec 1324 msec 1392 msec ---------------- Have a nice day! Esakov Dmitriy, Macomnet Internet Dpt.

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I like Patrick no longer have enable (read NSI is ok, I am broke)
by John M. Brown 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Given the recent (10 minutes ago) making of a fool before my peers and several other (classified) stewpids, my network people tell me to go play business man and leave the real work to them. my enable.rights have been revoked. I am just a!@# manager. And a manager that can't spell. as sage and wise person said (in private) "I am doomed". Yours in spirit John Brown iHighway.net

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NSI's Biz parter dom reg broken??
by John M. Brown 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

We have not gotten a single reply from registerations(a)networksolutions.com since last wendesday. Anyone know whats up??? (please save the usual rant about NSI for later) tia jmbrown

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question about PLCP T3 ATM interface
by Zheng Chen 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Is any ISP using PLCP T3 ATM interface in the router to connect to ATM backbone? Thanks. Jane

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Outage postings
by Ryan Bek 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Hello all. Quick question - is there/are there mailing list(s) that I can join that will give me timely outage reports that may affect our network connectivity? Our ISP (Time Warner Telecom), as far as we know, doesn't offer any lists to their customers. Thanks for the help - -Ryan- Ryan Bek Help Desk Manager Office of Information Technology, Greensboro College Phone - (336) 272-7102 x354 FAX - (336) 271-6634

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ATT fiber cut in Sokie, IL
by Steve Gibbard 29 Nov '99

29 Nov '99

Frontier is telling us that there is an ATT (probably former TCG) fiber cut in Skokie, IL. This sounds like it might be the same TCG run between Chicago and Milwaukee that was getting cut a lot a year or so ago. Anybody have any more information? -Steve Gibbard WWNet

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