August 2004 - Test - lists.nanog.org

Precise per GB traffic calculations.
by Drew Weaver 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Does anyone know of a solution that offers precise methods of tracking bandwidth utilizations at the per Megabyte or Gigabyte level and not at the rate of transfer level? Some people are asking me if we can bill them in this manner, and I'm questioning whether the stats that the switch are giving us are that accurate. Hit me off-list. Thanks, -Drew

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Call for Presentations - NZNOG '05
by Simon Lyall 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

[ Apologies if you receive multiple copies ] Call for Presentations NZNOG '05 The next conference of the New Zealand Network Operators' Group is to be held in Hamilton, New Zealand between February 2nd and 4th 2005. Our hosts are the University of Waikato's WAND Network research group. NZNOG meetings provide opportunities for the exchange of technical information and discussion of issues relating to the operation of network services, with particular emphasis on New Zealand. NZNOG invites presentations on relevant topics. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: Carrier IP network architectures; Internet exchange activities; VoIP deployment; IP Routing theory or practice; Peering policy; Access technologies including mobile and other wireless; Network and service management tools and practices; Other software relevant to network operation. Presentations from researchers and from practitioners are welcomed. Presentations don't need to fit any particular fixed length. Possible formats range from day-long tutorials to very short presentations floating an idea or reporting on a discovery in a less formal manner. Suggestions for topics for presentations or discussions are also welcome. Prospective presenters should in the first case send email to talks(a)nznog.org describing their intended presentation topic, and giving some idea of the level of detail and length of presentation which would suit them. We'd prefer to receive offers to present sooner rather than later, but there is a timetable: By 22 October 2004: All offers to present received By 31 October 2004: All acceptances of presentations notified. By 24 December 2004: Draft presentation slides received By 9 January 2005: Final presentation slides received A limited number of presentation slots may be available after the closing date for topics of unusual timeliness or importance. Further information, as it becomes available, will be posted at http://www.nznog.org/ .

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More telecommunication equipment thefts
by Sean Donelan 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Thieves recently stole expensive telecommunications equipment from 26 sites in the city, temporarily knocking out service to thousands of Comcast customers. BY ALAN SKOLNICK In a caper eerily similar to the the theft of $200,000 worth of AT&T Broadband equipment in 2000, high-tech thieves raided 26 outdoor amplifier sites in Cooper City, causing as many as 14,000 Comcast customers to lose cable service for up to two hours. [...] Thieves used the same method to steal 11 amplifiers in The Landings in Pembroke Pines two to three weeks ago, and there were prior thefts in Miramar. ''As soon as we upgrade an area and put new equipment in, it seems to get hit,'' Tamas said. [...] http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/bro…

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Sri Lanka Internet submarine cable cut
by Sean Donelan 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

In a message to it's users, SLTnet said: "We have lost connectivity to global Internet due to failure in the international submarine cable system. All measures have been taken to normalise this as early as possible." "An additional but limited capacity satellite uplink has been made to manage the information flow crisis caused by the crash, particularly when people go to their offices, banks universities etc.," SLTnet officials said.

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bandwidth test
by Bubba Parker 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

Recently my DS3 has been turned up to 8 megabits. How can I test to see if I can actually achieve that throughput? Online bandwidth test sites are only good for up to 5mb at the most, and my upstream doesn't have a method to test that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Bubba Parker sysadmin(a)citynetwireless.net CityNet LLC http://www.citynetinfo.com/

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Re: OT - 3 Free Gmail invites
by Joe Shen 21 Aug '04

21 Aug '04

At least three months. I use IE 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2( Chinese Version). And, this problem does not come up on my notebook which runs the same version of WinXP & IE. Maybe they could not remake the situation Joe --- "Dre G." <enabled(a)linuxjunkies.com> wrote: > How long has it been since you have used it? > What browsers were you using? > > I have had a few issues but they have all been > resolved so Im unsure as > to were your problems stem from. > > Just curious. > > Andre > > On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 02:28, Joe Shen wrote: > > Gmail seems to be in Beta stage. I got a Gmail > account > > months ago, but I do not use it by now. > > The reason is it does not solve two bugs I met. > > The first is, after logining into gmail it will > prompt > > with "Ooops, the system was unable to perform your > > operation. Please try again in a few seconds" if I > > click "Compose Mail". Sometime this message comes > up > > after I FINALLY succeed with "Compose MAIL" and > click > > "Send". > > > > Another thing I met is, when trying to log in. > After > > typing in username/password, it shows "Gmail is > not > > available by now", and I have to reload one or two > > times to log in. > > > > This is really contrast to what Yahoo! could > provide. > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > --- Brett <bretton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > WOW! Overwhelming response. Haven't sent them > all > > > out yet, but all > > > accounted for. > > > > > > Brett > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:51:43 -0700, Brett > > > <bretton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've got a few to give out as well. Email me > > > off-list and if I have > > > > any left, I'll send an invite. > > > > > > > > Brett > > > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:43:30 -0400, Joshua > Brady > > > <somitho(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > All gone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Download the latest ringtones, games, and more! > > http://sg.mobile.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Download the latest ringtones, games, and more! http://sg.mobile.yahoo.com

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OT - 3 Free Gmail invites
by Joshua Brady 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

I've got 2 Gmail invites up for grabs for the first 2 to email me offlist. Somitho(a)gmail.com Josh Brady

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Has postini been taken over?
by Hank Nussbacher 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Lately, I am getting more and more spam coming via postini.com. See below: >Received: from source ([206.190.38.111]) by exprod5mx128.postini.com >([12.158.34.245]) with SMTP; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 04:40:47 CDT >Received: from psmtp.com (exprod5mx30.postini.com [12.158.34.185]) > by psmtp.preferred.com (8.12.9-20030924/8.12.9) with SMTP id > i6VB468i000751 >Received: from source ([192.116.80.38]) by exprod5mx32.postini.com >([12.158.34.245]) with SMTP;Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:45:45 PDT >Received: from psmtp.com (exprod6mx122.postini.com [12.158.36.114]) > by mta-3.gci.net > (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003)) with SMTP id > <0I2F00HE8XHSVF(a)mta-3.gci.net> for x; Sat, > 14 Aug 2004 06:27:31 -0800 (AKDT) >Received: from source ([80.253.126.147]) by exprod5mx115.postini.com >([12.158.34.245]) with SMTP; > Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:08:37 CDT Does anyone know whether Postini has been bought out by Alan Ralsky perhaps? :-) Thanks, Hank

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Re: BANANOG [Re: Specialty Technical Publishers]
by Joshua Brady 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:04:57 +0100, Per Gregers Bilse <pgb(a)networksignature.com> wrote: > On Aug 20, 1:07pm, Joshua Brady <somitho(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > been a core part of the network? I am all for Matt talking about the > > litigation of this case, its a quite common thing now in the wonderful > > world of the internet, so does that now not fall under rules? > > The point is that NANOG is supposed to focus on network operational issues > (and by implication also issues of architecture and engineering); issues > of a tangential or personal interest water down the contents, whether or > not they are important for the Internet and/or your business. Including > cashflow, litigation, world peace, and falling asteroids. Sure understood there, however...NANOG is a discussion list which I believe needs to focus on more than just the strict network operational issues. (a user on AS12345 is announcing my IP's can someone purdy please go smack him and make him stop), such as we do at the NANOG confrences, discuss everything in and around the network operations field, which deals with cashflow, litigation, world peace if your an ISP in say iraq or afghanistan right now, and falling asteroids headed to your satellites or your datacenters or god forbid your CEO's Porsche. > > The reason for trying to maintain focus is simple: few people deeply > involved in core Internet issues have the time to sift through heaps of > "interesting" discussion that has no relevance for their work. In the > end, everybody who might make a difference will have written NANOG off > and simply not take part. This has to a large extent already happened, > but it would be good not to make the situation worse. Then I guess the solution is simple...don't sift through it. Everything eventually evolves from the original reason it was created and we can't just sit around and not conform to that. > There used to be a mailing list called com-priv, the original purpose > being discussion about commercialisation and privatisation of the > Internet. Maybe NANOG/Merit as a group/organisation should revive > it, and discuss non-technical matters on that? Business Associated > NANOG (BANANOG) discussion would be much happier on a separate list. > Could even sit on a Merit server I guess, it would simply shift traffic > from one list to another. I suppose, but then we get the complaints of "Grrr *grumble* I have to sign up for another mailing list just to discuss issues which can easily be discussed in one location?" but if you can get Merit to create a BANANOG I guess we can see how it goes. > In the meantime, a tried and tested relevance test for NANOG is very > simple: How do I configure my router for that? Step 1: Kick the router out of the rack. Step 2: Bring in big lumberjacks to beat the router until it conforms, if it conforms skip to step 5, if not go on to step 3. Step 3: Hire someone who didn't have to ask that question. Step 4: Get a roll of duct tape and gently slide the router back into place. Step 5: Plug router in and enjoy! > Best, > > -- Per > > -- Joshua Brady

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Savvis/C&W
by Micah McNelly 20 Aug '04

20 Aug '04

Can someone from the savvis / c&w IP routing contact me offlist quickly? Thanks, /micah

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