Re: SRv6 Capable NOS and Devices

2022-01-16 Thread Colton Conor
based systems to my knowledge, so its just a software router. Extreme charges extra to enable MPLS in their SLX lineup. Ciena, Ribbon, and others do the same. On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 1:47 PM Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 1/15/22 19:22, Colton Conor wrote: > > > True, but in

Re: SRv6 Capable NOS and Devices

2022-01-15 Thread Colton Conor
True, but in general MPLS is more costly. It's available on limited devices, from limited vendors. Infact, many of these vendors, like Extreme, charge you if you want to enable MPLS features on a box. On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 3:11 AM Saku Ytti wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 at 00:31, Colton

Re: SRv6 Capable NOS and Devices

2022-01-12 Thread Colton Conor
premium vendors, like Juniper's EX2200 - EX3400 don't support LDP for example. MPLS switches are very expensive compared to enterprise switches. On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 1:09 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 1/11/22 17:16, Colton Conor wrote: > > > Has > > anyone deployed

SRv6 Capable NOS and Devices

2022-01-11 Thread Colton Conor
I know the SRv6 is a fairly new technology. I am wondering which vendors and network operating systems fully support SRv6 today? Has anyone deployed this new technology? If building a greenfield regional ISP network, would SRv6 be a requirement? My understanding is that because it's using IPv6

Re: PowerSwitch S4100 (S4148-ON) chipset

2021-10-19 Thread Colton Conor
What is the Broadcom Maverick chipset primarily used or designed for? This seems like a not commonly used chip to me. On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:27 AM Steven Shalita via NANOG wrote: > > > > Dell S4148 is based on Broadcom Maverick. S4048 is Trident2 (4048-T is > Trident2+) and S5248 is

Re: 100GbE beyond 40km

2021-09-27 Thread Colton Conor
Kevin, What do these types of boxes cost? Never heard of them, but their tech looks neat. On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 1:54 PM Kevin Menzel via NANOG wrote: > > We’ve had DCP-M boxes in service for a few years now on our +40km links, with > their PAM4 100Gb optics. It’s been SO easy. > > If I had

Re: 100GbE beyond 40km

2021-09-25 Thread Colton Conor
It seems that many of you are recommending the SolidOptics 1U appliances for this application. What do those cost? On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 6:01 PM Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE wrote: > > Above 40km I like coherent systems with FEC. You can feed the juniper into a > pair of SolidOptics

Re: IPv6 woes - RFC

2021-09-23 Thread Colton Conor
> choice of wireline ISP? > > > On 23 Sep 2021, at 09:38, Colton Conor wrote: > > > > Where does this "You can only have about 200-300 subscribers per IPv4 > > address on a CGN." limit come from? I have seen several apartment > > complexes run on a s

Re: IPv6 woes - RFC

2021-09-22 Thread Colton Conor
Where does this "You can only have about 200-300 subscribers per IPv4 address on a CGN." limit come from? I have seen several apartment complexes run on a single static IPv4 address using a Mikrotik with NAT. On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 2:49 PM Baldur Norddahl wrote: > > > > On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-06-09 Thread Colton Conor
8x1 4x10G option. These are > very affordable and reliable MPLS transport devices. You’ll need to contact > your local Nokia rep for pricing. > > > > regards > > > > *From:* Colton Conor > *Sent:* Thursday, 27 May 2021 5:03 am > *To:* Tony Wicks > *Cc:* NANOG &

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-06-01 Thread Colton Conor
Mark, What replacement options are you looking at for the ASR920? On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 7:52 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > > > On 6/1/21 14:37, Fabrizio Fiore Donati wrote: > > > you are right :) > > > > cisco ASR920 is a very good platform here > > We have started hitting its limits on IPv6 TCAM,

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-06-01 Thread Colton Conor
Looks like a great box, but we can't use Huawei in the USA. On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 6:42 AM Fabrizio Fiore Donati < fabrizio.fioredon...@2bite.net> wrote: > You can try also huawei ne8000-M1A they are full MPLS/MEF and have also a > 16x10GE version. > > > > Il giorno mar 1 giu 2021 alle ore 06:34

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-31 Thread Colton Conor
; > -Adam > > *Adam Thompson* > Consultant, Infrastructure Services > [image: 1593169877849] > 100 - 135 Innovation Drive > Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8 > (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) > athomp...@merlin.mb.ca > www.merlin.mb.ca > > --

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-31 Thread Colton Conor
ve > Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8 > (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) > athomp...@merlin.mb.ca > www.merlin.mb.ca > > -- > *From:* NANOG on behalf > of Colton Conor > *Sent:* May 26, 2021 11:39 > *To:* NANOG > *Subject:* MPLS/MEF

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-31 Thread Colton Conor
ton, > > This was 6+ years ago, SAOS 6.14, so I don't know it might be better now. > > We changed to Cisco ASR920 and it was a night and day difference - we now > have > 90ish ASR920s in production but are migrating toward the NCS540X. > > Patrick > > Sat, May 29, 2021 at 10:

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-29 Thread Colton Conor
hings have > changed now. These boxes have Nortel vintage and they seemed best delloyed > using PBB TE as it was mature. > > As an NID though they are not a bad option but not in core or aggregation > IMHO. > > On 29 May 2021 08:49:51 Colton Conor wrote: > >> Yes, I was sur

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-28 Thread Colton Conor
Yes, I was surprised as you that they have these routing features. I was also surprised they had multiple boxes that compete with aggregation devices like the ACX5048. The question is how good is Ciena's MPLS, switching, and routing stack compared to the established players of Juniper, Cisco, and

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-28 Thread Colton Conor
sc...@gmail.com > > > On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 7:10 AM Brandon Martin > wrote: > >> On 5/26/21 12:39 PM, Colton Conor wrote: >> > Ciena seems to have multiple options available with Segment Routing, >> > MPLS, and streaming telemetry support. I am probably most

Re: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-26 Thread Colton Conor
at 11:49 AM Tony Wicks wrote: > The Nokia 7250-ixr-e covers exactly the port density and price range you > are looking for. 24x1/10, 8x10/25 and 2x100G with 300G total capacity. > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf Of *Colton > Conor > *Sent:* Thursday, 27 May 2021 4:39 am &

MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-26 Thread Colton Conor
For MPLS and MEF switches, I know Juniper, Cisco, and Nokia are commonly talked about on this list. However, I was wondering if anyone has evaluated other brands? We are not interested in looking at chinese based vendors, so ZTE and Huawei are not an option. Anyone else worth looking into? We

Re: Juniper hardware recommendation

2021-05-16 Thread Colton Conor
Looks like its replacement is the 5120 series. The question is does the 5120 have the same limitations and similar chipset? On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 7:06 AM Jason Healy wrote: > To echo Alain's comments earlier, the Juniper QFX 5100 series is stable, > once you figure out all the shortcomings of

Re: link monitoring

2021-04-30 Thread Colton Conor
What NMS is everyone using to graph and alert on this data? On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 7:49 AM Alain Hebert wrote: > Yes the JNP DOM MIB is what you are looking for. > > It also the traps for warnings and alarms thresholds you can use which > is driven by the optic own parameters. > (

Re: cheap MPLS router recommendations

2020-10-21 Thread Colton Conor
https://www.multicominc.com/wp-content/uploads/DZS-M3000_M.pdf On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 4:08 PM Colton Conor wrote: > Well then Adam I would say the Dasan Zhone fits the budget. The M3000 > seems like a real beast for the price point with 100G ports. > > Yes, other whitebox vendo

Re: cheap MPLS router recommendations

2020-10-21 Thread Colton Conor
t; > > > > adam > > > > *From:* NANOG *On > Behalf Of *Colton Conor > *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2020 4:51 PM > *To:* t...@pelican.org > *Cc:* NANOG > *Subject:* Re: cheap MPLS router recommendations > > > > I haven't tried one myself, but Dasan Zhon

cheap MPLS router recommendations [ID #5475871x3]

2020-10-19 Thread Colton Conor
DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE Assigned to: BuyGoods Support I haven't tried one myself, but Dasan Zhone has the M2400 and M3000. Basically, a whitebox with IP Infusion code on it. New, I think the price point is sub $2000 to $4000 new.

Re: cheap MPLS router recommendations

2020-10-19 Thread Colton Conor
I haven't tried one myself, but Dasan Zhone has the M2400 and M3000. Basically, a whitebox with IP Infusion code on it. New, I think the price point is sub $2000 to $4000 new. That's a ton of ports for that price point. Anyone tried these yet? https://dzsi.com/product-category/mobile-xhaul/ On

Re: Telecom billing in 2020

2020-08-17 Thread Colton Conor
Depends on what you are looking for. Do you need radius authentication? Workforce management and scheduling? Trouble ticketing? Integrated network monitoring? WISPS use Sonar, Powercode, or VISP.NET CLEC's user Rev.io, OneBill, Logisense On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:02 PM Ben Cannon wrote: > If

Router Suggestions

2020-06-15 Thread Colton Conor
For around $11,000 right now, you can get a brand new Juniper MX204 router. Alternatively, you can get a used MX240 / MX480 with quad power supplies, redundant quad core RE's, and 2 16X10G MIC cards for around $12,000. My question, is there anything else worth looking at in this price range /

Re: alternative to voip gateways

2020-05-11 Thread Colton Conor
"Integrated metallic testing on the combo cards helps reduce truck rolls" I can't stress this feature enough. Being mainly a data only CLEC, we wanted to buy the cheaper, non-combo, data only DSL cards. However, Adtran, Calix, Zhone, and Nokia confirmed that without the SIP to FXS combo function,

Re: alternative to voip gateways

2020-05-04 Thread Colton Conor
Adtran has a built in web interface too. I it slow, but it does work. I like CLI better. Overall, the SIP configuration is easy, and ideal for large setups. You define a sip trunk (not system only supports 1 unfortunately) and then each port you just add the sip username and password to that

Re: alternative to voip gateways

2020-05-03 Thread Colton Conor
Agreed I would do the Adtran Total Access 5000. What you want is the "combo" cards. They combine a SIP FXS gateway and DSL port on one port, aka a Combo port. This would be the way to go, as it doesn't require external splitters to combine a DSL and Voice signal as you are talking about with two

FlowSpec

2020-04-23 Thread Colton Conor
Do any of the large transit providers support FlowSpec to transit customers / other carriers, or is that not a thing since they want to sell DDoS protection services? FlowSpec sounds much better than RTBH (remotely triggered blackhole), but I am not sure if FlowSpec is widely implemented. I see

Re: Recommended DDoS mitigation appliance?

2020-02-04 Thread Colton Conor
Phil, This sounds like a different model to me. Kentik I think averages out around $500 per 10G per month. Kentik doesn't do any scrubbing however. Does anyone have guide to DDoS services? Seems like there is a wide array of pricing and technology options. On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 7:50 AM Phil

Re: Recommended DDoS mitigation appliance?

2020-02-04 Thread Colton Conor
Javier, So is Imperva similar to how Kentik operates? What was it priced liked? I like the Kentik solution, but their per router per month pricing is too expensive even for a small network. On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 11:01 AM Javier Juan wrote: > Hi ! > > I was looking around (a couple years ago)

Re: Backup over 4G/LTE

2020-01-29 Thread Colton Conor
Does Velcloud make an actual LTE box? On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 6:44 AM K. Scott Helms wrote: > There are lots of options to solve that problem. > > Peplink, 128T, Viptela (Cisco), Velocloud (VMWare), etc. > > Scott Helms > > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 6:31 PM K MEKKAOUI wrote: > >> Dear NANOG

Re: Recommended DDoS mitigation appliance?

2020-01-29 Thread Colton Conor
it did not and I gave up. > Would still love to have this style of solution in my network and still > open to other solutions, just haven't really found anything else. > > > On 1/28/20 2:46 PM, Colton Conor wrote: > > Mike, > > What did you end up going with if not fastne

Re: Backup over 4G/LTE

2020-01-28 Thread Colton Conor
Cradlepoint is probably the biggest player in this space. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 5:31 PM K MEKKAOUI wrote: > Dear NANOG Community, > > > > Can anyone help with any device information that provides redundancy for > business internet access? In other words when the internet provided through >

Re: Recommended DDoS mitigation appliance?

2020-01-28 Thread Colton Conor
Mike, What did you end up going with if not fastnetmon? Were you using their paid or free version? On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 4:45 PM Mike wrote: > > On 12/5/19 1:43 PM, Hugo Slabbert wrote: > >> FastNetMon is awesome, but its a detection tool with no mitigation > >> capacity whatsoever. > > > >

Re: AT released DANOS code to Linux Foundation

2019-11-26 Thread Colton Conor
Robert, What ASICs are supported by DANOS? On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 7:52 PM Tim Jackson wrote: > Just curious what ASICs/platforms/NICs are supported? I didn't see any > information about anything on the wiki. > > -- > Tim > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019, 7:31 PM Robert Bays wrote: > >> For the open

Re: VDSL

2019-10-18 Thread Colton Conor
We bond 8 VDSL2 pairs together, so getting 500Mbps is easily possible if they are close to the DSLAM. On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 5:28 PM Ryland Kremeier wrote: > We provide between 250Mb/s and 1Gb/s fiber-to-the-home services to all our > subscribers. We do not use VDSL. > > I personally do not

Re: Free Open Source Network Operating Systems

2019-03-10 Thread Colton Conor
Are either of you using SONiC in production? Seems to be well backed, and have good feature support. On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 10:42 PM Tim Jackson wrote: > SONiC > > https://azure.github.io/SONiC/ > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2019, 10:09 AM Colton Conor wrote: > >> What

Re: Free Open Source Network Operating Systems

2019-03-10 Thread Colton Conor
sed with it but Vyatta may be worth looking > at. > > https://vyos.io/ > > > > > On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 09:09 Colton Conor wrote: > >> What free, opensouce, network operating systems currently exist that run >> on whitebox broadcom or other merchant sili

Free Open Source Network Operating Systems

2019-03-09 Thread Colton Conor
What free, opensouce, network operating systems currently exist that run on whitebox broadcom or other merchant silicon switches? I know Cumulus is very popular, but I don't believe they have a free version that runs on whitebox switches right? Only on a virtual machine from what I can tell. I

Re: Arista Layer3

2019-03-07 Thread Colton Conor
tin > wrote: > >> On 3/6/19 12:36 AM, Colton Conor wrote: >> > How much do these boxes cost? >> >> List is about $100k in North America for a 9640 with all the ports >> "unlocked", full hardware kit (PSUs, fans, etc.) and some >> maintenance/sup

Re: Arista Layer3

2019-03-05 Thread Colton Conor
How much do these boxes cost? On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 5:24 PM Kaiser, Erich wrote: > It would be worth your time to look at Extreme SLX9640 with advanced > routing license. > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 4:47 PM Roel Parijs wrote: > >> We have been using the 7280SR-48C6 for 2.5 years now. Just

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-02-18 Thread Colton Conor
cally meaningless and leave ISP's with the burden of explaining > things they can't control. > > Mark. > > On 16/Jan/19 18:52, Colton Conor wrote: > > As an internet service provider with many small business and residential > customers, our most common tech support calls

Re: Last Mile Design

2019-02-15 Thread Colton Conor
Well the CES is EOLed. ACX5048 can be had for around $10k, so not cheap for residential customers but fine for upstream aggregation. On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:00 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > > > On 14/Feb/19 23:25, Brandon Martin wrote: > > > > > > > The CES is...wonky. My Foundry/Brocade/Extreme

Re: Last Mile Design

2019-02-14 Thread Colton Conor
Aaron, Indeed the ACX5048 is a great box but expensive. I was talking about using the Gig-e ports of a 48 port switch to face subscribers, and asking what low cost IP-Capable MPLS capable 48 port switch fits that role. Basically an access switch for AE. On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 9:10 AM Aaron

Re: Last Mile Design

2019-02-13 Thread Colton Conor
Just wondering, but what IP-capable MPLS switches are people using to deploy AE to residential internet connections? Most 48 port AE switches from repetuable vendors are crazy expensive, and I can't see how the ROI would ever work compared to GPON. On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 4:25 PM Mark Tinka

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
test's built into their sub $100 CPEs. On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 11:35 AM Tim J wrote: > On 2019-01-18 10:37, Colton Conor wrote: > > Aaron, > > > > How does the https://account.speedtestcustom.com/login [2] differ > > from hosting a speedtest.net [3] server as an ISP,

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
Aaron, How does the https://account.speedtestcustom.com/login differ from hosting a speedtest.net server as an ISP, and letting anyone test through it? Seems the speedtest custom is a paid option, but hosting a speedtest.net server is free if you allow it to the public domain. Sure it uses up

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
can easily discover with a quick search. > > > > Regards, > > Philip Loenneker | Network Engineer | TasmaNet > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf Of *Colton Conor > *Sent:* Friday, 18 January 2019 12:17 AM > *To:* James Bensley > *Cc:* NANOG > *Subject:*

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
helpdesk guys can > just click a few buttons to trigger it, it only talks to the CPE (nothing > on customer LAN), and people don’t need to know how to configure the test > other than “click here”. TR-069 also has a lot of other advantages which > you can easily discover with a quick sea

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Colton Conor
n Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:59 AM James Bensley wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 16:54, Colton Conor wrote: > > > > As an internet service provider with many small business and residential > customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers > complaining

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Colton Conor
that? On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:55 AM David Guo wrote: > We ask our customers use iperf3 to test speed. > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > -- > *From:* NANOG on behalf of Colton Conor < > colton.co...@gmail.com> > *Sen

Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Colton Conor
As an internet service provider with many small business and residential customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers complaining on slow speeds, slowdowns, etc. We have a SNMP and ping monitoring platform today, but that mainly tells us up-time and if data is

Re: IP Dslams

2019-01-01 Thread Colton Conor
illing, although if they do what do at >> other places they run, residents are usually given a 30 dollar a month call >> credit which is likely included in their monthly "complex maintenance" fees. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 8:12 AM Colton Conor >

Re: Service Provider NetFlow Collectors

2018-12-31 Thread Colton Conor
Doesn't Kentik cost like $2000 a month minimum? On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 11:57 AM Matthew Crocker wrote: > +1 Kentik as well, DDoS, RTBH, Netflow. Cloud based so I don't have to > worry about it. > > On 12/31/18, 11:37 AM, "NANOG on behalf of Bryan Holloway" < > nanog-boun...@nanog.org on

Re: IP Dslams

2018-12-31 Thread Colton Conor
Carl, What did you select to replace your MX BNG? To Nick, we use Adtran Total Access 5000's today. They work fine, but if I was doing a new install I would do Calix with their newer lines that have SDN BNG functions. Calix just has better CPE to go along with it, but they are just G.Fast and

Re: Pinging a Device Every Second

2018-12-15 Thread Colton Conor
this will tell me if any data was flowing to this customers IP on a second by second basis, but won't necessarily give us an up or down indicator. Requires nothing from the consumer's router. On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:51 AM Stephen Satchell wrote: > On 12/15/18 7:48 AM, Colton Conor wrote: > >

Pinging a Device Every Second

2018-12-15 Thread Colton Conor
How much compute and network resources does it take for a NMS to: 1. ICMP ping a device every second 2. Record these results. 3. Report an alarm after so many seconds of missed pings. We are looking for a system to in near real-time monitor if an end customers router is up or down. SNMP I assume

Re: Cheap switch with a couple 100G

2018-11-25 Thread Colton Conor
Mike, Are you saying that you can buy a new Cisco Nexus 3064 or Arista 7050sx for $1,000 new from these vendors, or are you talking about used stuff on eBay? If you are comparing to used stuff on ebay pricing good luck. I doubt you will find many used 100G switches as they are too new of a

Re: Brocade SLX Internet Edge

2018-11-01 Thread Colton Conor
I think Extreme is doing the same thing with their Extreme OptiScale™ that Arista is doing with their Arista FlexRoute™ and EOS NetDB™. They are both using Broadcom Jericho /Qurman with extenal TCAM, but still has a hardware limitiation on route table size. Then in software they filer right?

uCPE or SD-WAN Devices with LTE Support

2018-09-08 Thread Colton Conor
We have been using cradlepoint routers, but we want a device that has the functionality of a cradlepoint with the ability to run own own applications naively on Linux. cradlepoint does not allow you to run your own apps on the device itself eventhogh the newer cradlepoint has a quad core

Re: Web UI DHCP Option 82

2018-08-18 Thread Colton Conor
Mike, I am looking for the same thing. Does Mikrotik have the ability to do what you are requesting? On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 5:11 PM Ryan Hamel wrote: > Mike, > > Take a look into Kea from ISC. The config is JSON based, which allows for > nearly any scripting language to make changes, or you

What NMS do you use and why?

2018-08-15 Thread Colton Conor
We are looking for a new network monitoring system. Since there are so many operators on this list, I would like to know which NMS do you use and why? Is there one that you really like, and others that you hate? For free options (opensouce), LibreNMS and NetXMS come highly recommended by many

Re: USB Ethernet Adapters

2018-05-15 Thread Colton Conor
full gigabit, in > Windows. I have had this for a while now, I would hope there are more > things on the market. > > > -ME > -- > *From:* NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Colton Conor < > colton.co...@gmail.com> >

Re: USB Ethernet Adapters

2018-05-14 Thread Colton Conor
is the best, and why? On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > Our new laptops like most do not have an Ethernet adapter build in as they > are too slim. What USB to Ethernet adapter do you recommend and why? > Ideally it would be compatible

USB Ethernet Adapters

2018-05-14 Thread Colton Conor
Our new laptops like most do not have an Ethernet adapter build in as they are too slim. What USB to Ethernet adapter do you recommend and why? Ideally it would be compatible with Windows 10, and have the ability to set speed, duplex and VLAN IDs if possible.

Re: China Showdown Huawei vs ZTE

2018-04-24 Thread Colton Conor
, and is $3500 with a lifetime warranty. Please let me know if anyone else comes close to this number. On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Saku Ytti <s...@ytti.fi> wrote: > On 20 April 2018 at 16:44, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes looks like they are both un

Re: China Showdown Huawei vs ZTE

2018-04-20 Thread Colton Conor
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/technology/huawei-trade-war.html > > I don't think I would recommend either in todays political climate. > > -Original Message- > From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian > Sent: Friday, Apri

Re: China Showdown Huawei vs ZTE

2018-04-20 Thread Colton Conor
r, and far more flexible. > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 7:28 AM Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Of the two large Chinese Vendors, which has the better network operating >> system? Huawei is much larger that ZTE is my understanding, but larger >

China Showdown Huawei vs ZTE

2018-04-20 Thread Colton Conor
Of the two large Chinese Vendors, which has the better network operating system? Huawei is much larger that ZTE is my understanding, but larger does not always mean better. Both of these manufactures have switches and routers. I doubt we will use their routing products anytime soon, but the

Re: Suggestion for Layer 3, all SFP+ switches

2018-04-19 Thread Colton Conor
, but that is supposedly > supported in OcNOS as well. > > -ben > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 8:32 PM, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What is your budget? >> >> I know on the low end many operators are using the >> Huawei S67

Re: Suggestion for Layer 3, all SFP+ switches

2018-04-19 Thread Colton Conor
Yes, there are issues/concerns with using Huawei in the USA, but in the rest of the world they are the number 2 vendor. Also, $3500 for that box with lifetime support and warranty (their TAC is in Plano, Texas) vs $10,000 for an ACX5048 onetime plus at least $1500 a year for JTAC seems like a big

Re: Suggestion for Layer 3, all SFP+ switches

2018-04-19 Thread Colton Conor
50) and newer (C9xxx)? The Catalyst UADP based platforms seem nice, but most are requiring DNA licensing driving up initial cost. On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Łukasz Bromirski <luk...@bromirski.net> wrote: > Colton, > > On 19 Apr 2018, at 03:32, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gm

Re: Suggestion for Layer 3, all SFP+ switches

2018-04-18 Thread Colton Conor
What is your budget? I know on the low end many operators are using the Huawei S6720S-26Q-EI-24S-AC. You can get these new for $2500 to $3500, and the support all the features and port counts you requested. The also have a lifetime warranty that includes advanced replacement (10 days), TAC

Re: Open Souce Network Operating Systems

2018-01-20 Thread Colton Conor
Peter, Thanks for the information. Do you have a recommendation of which distribution of Linux to use for this? Is there one that is more network centric than another? On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Peter Phaal <peter.ph...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Col

Re: Open Souce Network Operating Systems

2018-01-20 Thread Colton Conor
a DIY approach, however. > > - Original Message - > From: "Colton Conor" <colton.co...@gmail.com> > To: "nanog" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 9:28:13 AM > Subject: Open Souce Network Operating Systems > > If one wer

Open Souce Network Operating Systems

2018-01-17 Thread Colton Conor
If one were to deploy whitebox switches, X86 servers, low cost ARM and MIBPS CPE devices, and basically anything that can run linux today, what network operating system would you recommend? The goal would be to have a universal network operating system that runs across a variety of devices. >From

Re: DSL CPE

2018-01-14 Thread Colton Conor
Mike, You want to look at what Broadcom chipsets are in this DSL CPEs. Broadcom is the king and leader in the DSL space. We used the Comtrend 3120 as it has one of the latest Broadcom chipsets on the market. I know you love to check FCC ID's so this should be helpful for you:

Re: Any experience with FS hardware out there?

2018-01-08 Thread Colton Conor
Where do you get wholesale pricing from Edgecore? Simple google searches only bring up https://bm-switch.com/index.php/edge-core-as7712-32x-100g-bm-switch-preloaded-with-onie.html On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Hugo Slabbert wrote: > > On Fri 2018-Jan-05 12:50:42 -0600,

Re: DSL Operators Mailing List?

2018-01-08 Thread Colton Conor
Mike, Lots of people on this list have DSL experience. What are you looking for? On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 8:21 AM, James Bensley wrote: > On 7 January 2018 at 17:10, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Is there a good mailing list for DSL operators? A cursory search

Re: Arista Layer3

2017-11-30 Thread Colton Conor
Jared, Which Arista box do you use for FTTH features? Whats the cost like as FTTH boxes are usually inexpensive, and Arista is not know to be inexpensive compared to something like Calix or Adtran. On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: > > > > On Nov 30,

Re: Application Layer Gateways

2017-09-23 Thread Colton Conor
So you do recommend we disable them all? Just not sure why big vendors like Alcatel and Comtrend would have them enabled by default if they do more harm than good? On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:02 PM, Ca By <cb.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:12 PM Colton Cono

Application Layer Gateways

2017-09-21 Thread Colton Conor
Working with an ISP, we recently deployed Comtrend VDSL routers, and Alcatel-Lucent GPON ONTs. Both of these devices uses chipsets made by Broadcom, and as such probably use the same underlying Broadcom operating system if I had to guess. They are different chipsets though as one is from VDSL2,

Creating a Circuit ID Format

2017-08-21 Thread Colton Conor
We are building a new fiber network, and need help creating a circuit ID format to for new fiber circuits. Is there a guide or standard for fiber circuit formats? Does the circuit ID change when say a customer upgrades for 100Mbps to 1Gbps port? What do the larger carriers do? Any advice on

Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-07-25 Thread Colton Conor
with a 40/100G-LR4 port on there and > these work pretty good. > > > > > Jeroen Wunnink > IP Engineering manager > office: +31.208.200.622 ext. 1011 > Amsterdam Office > www.gtt.net <http://www.gtt.net/> > > > > > On 20/06/2017, 01:14, "NANOG on behalf

Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-06-19 Thread Colton Conor
ike a Cisco CWDM OADM with monitor ports, > you will see that they are on both sides east & west. > > > Regards. > > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <(305)%20663-5518> > > He

Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-06-19 Thread Colton Conor
> > > -Original Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+lguillory=reservetele@nanog.org] On > Behalf Of Colton Conor > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 3:32 PM > To: Mike Hammett > Cc: nanog list > Subject: Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics > > I guess

Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-06-19 Thread Colton Conor
). > > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > - Original Message - > > From: "Colton Conor" <colton.co...@gmail.com> > To: "Faisal

Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-06-19 Thread Colton Conor
t > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <(305)%20663-5518> > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <(305)%20663-5518> Option 2 or Email: > supp...@snappytelecom.net > > -- > > *From: *"Colton Conor" <colton.co...@gmail.c

Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-06-19 Thread Colton Conor
your email which I took as he can use his current setup along > with a 40g 1310, though I'm thinking you're saying he can use 1310 40g with > colored up 10gs alongside of it. > > > > -----Original Message- > From: Faisal Imtiaz [mailto:fai...@snappytelecom.net] >

Re: DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-06-19 Thread Colton Conor
ngle channel. > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > -- > *From: *"Luke Guillory" <lguill...@reservetele.com> > *To: *&q

DWDM Mux/Demux using 40G Optics

2017-06-19 Thread Colton Conor
We are building a 40G metro ring using 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ Transceivers. Specifically, we are using Juniper JNP-QSFP-40G-LR4. This is a QSFP+ Transceiver with a LC duplex head. We only have one pair of single mode dark fibers around the ring. Our distance between nodes around the ring are

Re: SD-WAN for enlightened

2017-05-06 Thread Colton Conor
s their wins differently. >> >> There are definitely a few making more noise than others. >> >> Doug Marschke >> >> CTO >> >> <http://www.sdnessentials.com> www.sdnessentials.com >> >> JNCIE-SP #41, JNCIE-ENT #3 >> >> 415-9

Re: SD-WAN for enlightened

2017-04-27 Thread Colton Conor
So who are the big SD-WAN players out there? On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Doug Marschke wrote: > Hello Kasper, > > I will do my best to answer your SD-WAN question, but as you mentioned it > is a buzzword that has a bit of confusion in its definitions. I would say

Re: 10G MetroE 1-2U Switch

2017-04-13 Thread Colton Conor
I looked at all three of these solutions, and ended up going with the Juniper ACX5048. Similar hardware wise to the NCS as it has the Broadcom chipset, but much more feature rich than Cisco. On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Erik Sundberg wrote: > Hey Nanog, > > Looking

Re: DWDM Optics cheaper than CWDM Optics?

2017-01-31 Thread Colton Conor
Just so you know, FS.com now stocks many of the common optics in Seattle Washington for next day delivery. So they now are stocking more and more items in the USA. When we order an item from China on Monday USA time, we get it it Thursday morning USA time if its in stock in China! On Tue, Jan

Bonded VDSL2 / ADSL2+ Modems with 4 or more lines bonded

2017-01-09 Thread Colton Conor
What options are out there to bond 4 or more DSL lines together? I know Positron has a 4 and 8 pair VDSL2 modem http://www.positronaccess.com/AK626LC.php Adtran has a 8 port VDSL2 modem https://portal.adtran.com/web/page/portal/Adtran/product/1172868F1/470 and an Adtran 12 port ADSL2+ modem

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