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Your considered opinion
by Olivier Beauchemin (gmail) 28 Jun '05

28 Jun '05

I'm in the process of building a NOC for my current employer, and I'm interested in knowing if any folks on this list have ever worked with a product called Unity, by Singlestep? (www.singlestep.com) If so, I'd love to hear about your experiences. Please reply off-list, and if there's any interest I'll summarize to the list after the comments are in. Regards, Olivier

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On a lighter note (for DataCenter operators)...
by Henry Yen 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

http ://www.jebba.net/ gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Cheap-Data-Center&page=1 (Beware the ./ effect) -- Henry Yen Aegis Information Systems, Inc. Senior Systems Programmer Hicksville, New York

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RE: High court hands big victory to cable
by Kuhtz, Christian 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

This opinion is actually a fascinating read, particularly the dissent, and if you have the time you should definitely read all 59 pages of the PDF. Thanks, Christian (speaking - as always - expressly not for my employer, and rather only for myself) -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog(a)merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Curtis Doty Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 1:27 PM To: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Re: High court hands big victory to cable Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: >Via CNN/Money: > >http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/broadband_ruling/index.htm > > I find the popular media's coverage on the Supreme Court lacking. (Although the brevity is convenient.) Here <http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04slipopinion.html> is the straight dope on *both* of today's opinions that affect nanoggers. /Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd./ <http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/04-480.pdf>, 545 U. S. ___ (2005) R079; No. 04-480; 6/27/05. One who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, going beyond mere distribution with knowledge of third-party action, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties using the device, regardless of the device's lawful uses. /National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services/ <http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/04pdf/04-277.pdf>, 545 U. S. ___ (2005) R080; No. 04-277; 6/27/05. The Federal Communications Commission's conclusion that broadband cable modem companies are exempt from mandatory common-carrier regulation under the Communications Act of 1934 is a lawful construction of the Act under /Chevron U. S. A. Inc./ v. /Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.,/ 467 U. S. 837, and the Administrative Procedure Act. ../C ***** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. 162

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RE: Equinix Chicago Power Outage
by Joel Perez 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

I also lost connection to my equipment there. No official word yet either. ________________________________ From: owner-nanog(a)merit.edu on behalf of Malayter, Christopher Sent: Sat 6/25/2005 12:51 AM To: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Equinix Chicago Power Outage Does anyone have any information as to what is going on at Equinix Chicago, other than a power vault a few blocks away catching fire. ERC has no information, we've had both AC and DC systems fail there. Any information is appreciated. Chris Malayter TDS Telecom - Network Services Data Network Engineering chris.malayter(a)tdstelecom.com Phone: (608) 664-4878 FAX: (608) 664-4644

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High court hands big victory to cable
by Fergie (Paul Ferguson) 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Via CNN/Money: http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/broadband_ruling/index.htm - ferg [snip] The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling Monday that required cable operators to open up their high-speed Internet lines to rivals. The decision is a big victory for the Federal Communications Commission and major telecommunications companies, including Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable and SBC Communications. On the losing side are small Internet service providers, including Earthlink, and a host of local governments. [snip] -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(a)netzero.net or fergdawg(a)sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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OSPF -vs- ISIS
by Dan Evans 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

All, Can anyone point me to information on what the top N service providers are using for their IGP? I'm trying to build a case for switching from OSPF to IS-IS. Those on this list who are currently running IS-IS, do you find better scalability and stability running IS-IS than OSPF? I understand that this question is a lot more complex than a simple yes or no since factors like design and routing policy will certainly affect the protocols behavior. Any insights or experiences that you can share would be most helpful. Thanks, Daniel Evans Alltel Communications

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[OT] network monitoring/visibility appliance
by Aaron Glenn 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

I apologize for the off-topic post, but I'm at my wits end trying to "rediscover" a peice of equipment I came across a few months ago but some how lost the datasheet/bookmark too. The appliance was a standard 1U rackmount "pizzabox" that spoke a whole variety of protocols (IS-IS, BGP, OSPF, MPLS + TE, etc). Basically, the pitch was you plugged the box into your network, and it spat out a pretty map with all sorts of interesting information without having to poll (much). I realize there might be more than a few of these products, but I've somehow managed to avoid all of them in my search. Please contact me offlist if you might be familiar with a/the device described above. Thanks Regards, aaron.glenn

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rackmount DC power inverters?
by matthew zeier 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

I have no idea if this is on or off topic (apolgies if the latter). Right now we're running 48 1u servers in a cabinet off AC. We're considering switching to DC power supplies with the hope that any cost increase in the power supply and rectifier would be more than offset by the cost savings in electrical and cooling. So I'm looking for a rack mountable DC rectifier but since I've never shopped for one, I don't know "good" ones. Any help would be great. -- matthew zeier - "But if you only have love for your own race, Then you only leave space to discriminate, And to discriminate only generates hate." - BEP

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Equinix Chicago Power Outage
by Malayter, Christopher 25 Jun '05

25 Jun '05

Does anyone have any information as to what is going on at Equinix Chicago, other than a power vault a few blocks away catching fire. ERC has no information, we've had both AC and DC systems fail there. Any information is appreciated. Chris Malayter TDS Telecom - Network Services Data Network Engineering chris.malayter(a)tdstelecom.com Phone: (608) 664-4878 FAX: (608) 664-4644

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RE: [OT] authorize.net down for any of you?
by Jason L. Schwab 24 Jun '05

24 Jun '05

I am able to reach it as of right this moment, but I did see a few transactions time out earlier this afternoon, not sure if a networking issue or if auth.net was just simply down? Any one else have issues? -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog(a)merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Bazan Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 4:16 PM To: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: [OT] authorize.net down for any of you? we're not able to get to it, anyone else?

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