Re: happy birthday, jon

[Celeste Anderson]

He'd be 78 today.  Still miss him, he was a great mentor and human being.

--celeste

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From: NANOG  on behalf of Randy Bush 

Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 11:48:18 AM
To: North American Network Operators' Group 
Subject: happy birthday, jon

RE: RIP: Bill Manning

[Celeste Anderson]

Definitely sad news.  I worked with Bill at ISI when we were forming the 
MAE-LA-LAAP Internet Exchange and owe a lot of my current contributions to his 
efforts back then. He had some of the most interesting (and funny 
after-the-fact) stories surrounding his many international trips, including the 
time a travel agent forgot to get him a visa to transit from the domestic 
airport in China to the international one.  He definitely touched many people 
and shared his knowledge and expertise for many next generation network 
engineers and computer scientists.

--celeste

-Original Message-
From: NANOG  On Behalf Of Brett Watson
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2020 12:35 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: RIP: Bill Manning

I was saddened to see this yesterday, that Bill Manning had passed. I was 
surprised this morning that it hadn’t hit NANOG yet but thought I’d post 
something because I have a ton of respect for Bill as I’m sure many here do.

I met Bill as a very young, thought-I-knew-everything network engineer around 
’92 when I was starting my internet life at a small ISP in Houston. Bill was 
visiting Stan Barber @ Sesquinet, which was my upstream provider at the time 
via T1, if I remember it all correctly.

I was young, fresh out of college with a CS degree, and learning this “internet 
thing.” I met with Bill on campus at Rice University to discuss 
networking/routing, and Bill taught me CIDR, which I had no f-ing idea at that 
time what it was. Bill was always gracious and willing to share/teach. We 
always chatted and stayed in touch at NANOG and IETF conferences and through 
his relationship with Los Nettos over the years. Most notable, to me, was 2007 
when my youngest daughter was diagnosed with cancer, and I believe Bill’s wife 
had (or previously battled) cancer as well. I hadn’t seen Bill for a few years, 
but he immediately reached out, shared his positive thoughts/prayers, and kept 
in touch during the battle we went through. Bill cared about people, and as 
noted below, he was smart as hell, and always had a crazy idea for how to solve 
a problem. Also as noted in Rod’s note below, Bill had a wealth of music 
knowledge and could always recommend something new and interesting to listen to.

I’ll definitely miss Bill, and his passing makes me feel the years, and the 
mileage, but in a good way. 

-b

>> This morning I talked to Julie Manning, Bill's wife. Bill died early 
>> Saturday morning, at home in Oregon.  Most of you know Bill was 
>> waiting for a new heart. He would perhaps have gotten one next month. 
>> I guess the old one just wouldn't hold out long enough.
>> 
>> I first met Bill in about 1995, when I returned to ISI after my first 
>> stint in Japan.  He had taken a position in the Los Nettos project at 
>> ISI, a regional network project in the days when Internet service and 
>> operations work was still heavily shared between business and 
>> academia.  Bill brought an operator's eye to the project, often 
>> seeing things differently from the researchers in the group.
>> 
>> Bill kept the most erratic hours of any non-student I've ever met.  
>> He might be in the office at 2am or at 2pm, either was equally likely.
>> I'd ask, "Bill, what time did you come in?" He'd reply, "10am."  "I 
>> was here before that, and you were already here, it must have been 
>> earlier."  "Greenwich Mean Time."
>> 
>> And in one phase of life, "Bill, where do you live?" "Seat 4A."  He 
>> would speculate about his average altitude and speed over the 
>> previous month.
>> 
>> And, like any good geek, Bill had a spectacular collection of tie-dye 
>> t-shirts.  He came by the look honestly: growing up in the Bay Area, 
>> he had actually snuck into Grateful Dead rehearsals held in a barn, 
>> and had traveled as a deadhead for a while.
>> 
>> At ISI, we called Bill "the bad idea fairy".  He always brought a 
>> slightly-off-kilter view of technical problems, which triggered 
>> endless discussions of fascinating, if usually implausible, 
>> alternatives.
>> 
>> He had the most broad-ranging musical tastes of anyone I knew, and 
>> would eat almost anything (though, like me, he didn't drink alcohol).
>> I was often envious of his eating and musical experiences.  He 
>> certainly lived life to its fullest.
>> 
>> On one occasion, I recall, we were eating lunch in a Thai restaurant 
>> for the first time.  Bill called for the food "the way you'd make it 
>> in Thailand".  The waiter went back into the kitchen and came out 
>> with a few raw Thai chiles.  Bill ate one whole, without even 
>> breaking a sweat.  The owner of the restaurant immediately came out 
>> to see who was eating them.  Pam became a friend to our group.
>> 
>> On other occasions, when the waiter asked for his order, Bill would 
>> point to another person at the table, and say, "I'll have what she's 
>> having."  "Well, what is she having?" "I don't know, I haven't heard 
>> her say."  Once in a while, he would point to someone 

Re: IPv6 Addressing Help

[Celeste Anderson]

Sounds like an excellent topic for a tutorial/talk/panel at the next NANOG.

--celeste.

- Original Message -
From: Chris Gotstein ch...@uplogon.com
Date: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:04 am
Subject: IPv6 Addressing Help
To: Nanog nanog@nanog.org

 We are a small ISP that is in the process of setting up IPv6 on our 
 network.  We already have the ARIN allocation and i have a couple 
 routers and servers running dual stack.  Wondering if someone out 
 there 
 would be willing to give me a few pointers on setting up my 
 addressing 
 scheme?  I've been mulling over how to do it, and i think i'm 
 making it 
 more complicated than it needs to be.  You can hit me offlist if 
 you 
 wish to help.  Thanks.
 
 -- 
 Chris Gotstein
 Sr Network Engineer
 UP Logon/Computer Connection UP
 500 N Stephenson Ave
 Iron Mountain, MI 49801
 Phone: 906-774-4847
 Fax: 906-774-0335
 ch...@uplogon.com
 
 

Upcoming NANOG44 - Hockey in Los Angeles

[Celeste Anderson]

If you are planning on attending the upcoming NANOG44 conference in Los Angeles 
and are interested in attending a hockey game.

The Los Angeles Kings opening night is against the San Jose Sharks at Staples 
center Sunday Night.,October 12 at 6PM  If there is enough interest Ralph 
Whitmore will arrange for tickets for all that want to go. He will need a count 
and money by Wednesday at the latest.  Tickets will be priced based on the 
interest. He will have some ballpark numbers tomorrow after the Kings call him 
back.  

If the numbers are enough for a suite (15?), he will get a suite with a NO-Host 
bar in it. If not he will get good seats for all, though he cannot tell where 
they will be yet.  If you are interested please e-mail Ralph at [EMAIL 
PROTECTED] ASAP so he can get a ballpark number.

I'll be sending another email shortly for other activities in the Los Angeles 
area for those who have some extra time for sightseeing before or after the 
NANOG/ARIN meetings.

Hope to see you all in Los Angeles.

Celeste.