Re: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread sthaug
Best case, you blow 12 bytes on IFG in gig, 20 bytes on fast-e/slow-e. As far as I know Gig and 10 Gig (with LAN PHY) are exactly the same as 10 and 100 Mbps in this respect, i.e. 8 bytes of preamble and 12 bytes of IFG. So you always have an overhead of 20 bytes, no matter what. 10 Gig with

RE: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Tomas L. Byrnes
Overhead shmoverhead. Seriously, we're fighting over the non-issue. It's not the wasted 0.02% of bandwidth (@ 1Gbps) that's the issue. It's the utility of a come as you are plug and play network that Ethernet (which really loosely means all IEEE 802 protocols) provides, which the current carrier

Re: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Saqib Ilyas
For the sake of my knowledge (and perhaps that of some others on the list), I would like to ask if the current work on standards by IETF, ITU and IEEE not a step to address the issue of seamlessly using Ethernet in the metro/core? IETF is working on GMPLS Ethernet Label Switching (GELS), which

RE: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Tomas L. Byrnes wrote: There's plenty of fiber in the ground. Light dark stuff with the new network, plug it into IEEE 802* compliant layer 2, and IETF compliant layer 3 infrastructure; and leave the dying Bellcore/ITU network on the old copper and SONET. Have you built

Call for Presentations - AusNOG-03

2009-07-09 Thread David Hughes
Call for Presentations - AusNOG-03 - AusNOG-03 is to be held in Sydney, Australia between 31st August and 1st of September 2009 The AusNOG meeting provides the Australian community with a forum to exchange information and experiences on a number of issues

Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Mikael Lind
Hi, I've seen a big drop in IPv6 traffic volume on our Freenet6 IPv6 service last night and it seems to be the same on AMS-IX. Has anyone else seen the same? Any idea why? Thanks, Mikael

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Marco Hogewoning
On 9 jul 2009, at 12:24, Mikael Lind wrote: Hi, I've seen a big drop in IPv6 traffic volume on our Freenet6 IPv6 service last night and it seems to be the same on AMS-IX. Has anyone else seen the same? Any idea why? Multiple options, but it must have something todo with a free usenet

Re: Traffic Statistics for Yesterday

2009-07-09 Thread Craig Labovitz
It was big (flash traffic roughly doubled globally at the peak), but not in the same ballpark as Obama inauguration. A graph of July 7 flash traffic across 97 tier1/2 ISPs compared with the daily average: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3704208402_34ca00597d.jpg?v=0 - Craig On

RE: Traffic Statistics for Yesterday

2009-07-09 Thread Eric Van Tol
-Original Message- From: Craig Labovitz [mailto:labo...@arbor.net] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:10 AM To: Shon Elliott Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Traffic Statistics for Yesterday It was big (flash traffic roughly doubled globally at the peak), but not in the same

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Jeroen Wunnink
Same here, we usually do 40-100Mbit of teredo 2001::/32 anycast traffic (a lot of which is news traffic over IPv6 to artrato/XSnews) and that dropped to an all-time low a bit before 0:00 CET. I know XSnews had a free IPv6 news account service, perhaps they closed that ? Marco Hogewoning

Re: OT: Bringing Cisco equipment to US

2009-07-09 Thread Glen Turner
On 30/06/09 07:59, John Edwards wrote: The courier will likely charge you less than a customs broker will for a single item - the brokers are mainly used for large transactions. While you're legally entitled to bring this equipment in carry-on luggage, proving and authenticating your right can

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Vincent Hoffman
Jeroen Wunnink wrote: Same here, we usually do 40-100Mbit of teredo 2001::/32 anycast traffic (a lot of which is news traffic over IPv6 to artrato/XSnews) and that dropped to an all-time low a bit before 0:00 CET. I know XSnews had a free IPv6 news account service, perhaps they closed that

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Jeroen Wunnink
Just spoke with Michiel of Atrato / XSnews, they had some issues with an internal part of XSnews which also affected their IPv6 enabled services. Jeroen Wunnink wrote: Same here, we usually do 40-100Mbit of teredo 2001::/32 anycast traffic (a lot of which is news traffic over IPv6 to

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread michiel . muhlenbaumer
Hi Jeroen others, Yep, looks like we are doing a great portion of AMSIX's IPv6 traffic and our (free) IPv6 service was affected because of an internal error last night around 00.30 am. I'll put it up in a few hours for you free leechers :-) Cheers, Michiel Just spoke with Michiel of Atrato /

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 9, 2009, at 9:58 AM, michiel.muhlenbau...@atratoip.net wrote: Hi Jeroen others, Yep, looks like we are doing a great portion of AMSIX's IPv6 traffic and our (free) IPv6 service was affected because of an internal error last night around 00.30 am. Michiel, Thank you for the

Re: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Cayle Spandon
I frequently run into scenarios where two devices (two routers, or a router and a host) need a point-to-point connection to each other with a capacity of (much) more than 10 Gbps. For cost reasons, Ethernet is often used. Since more than 10 Gbps is needed, we end up with multiple parallel 10GE

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Marco Hogewoning
Hi Patrick , On 9 jul 2009, at 16:10, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: On Jul 9, 2009, at 9:58 AM, michiel.muhlenbau...@atratoip.net wrote: Hi Jeroen others, Yep, looks like we are doing a great portion of AMSIX's IPv6 traffic and our (free) IPv6 service was affected because of an internal

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread michiel . muhlenbaumer
Michiel, Thank you for the information. Could you let us know if XS4All's free v6 news feed went to zero, or was just dropped by some percentage? I ask because the AMS-IX is frequently used as an example that v6 is being heavily adopted. If it is all one source for one application, that

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Jeroen Wunnink
If I look at a tcpdump of our teredo relay which is announced to all our AMS-IX peers (and some partial and full transits), there's a lot of nntp and quite some torrent packets going over there, so it seems the majority of IPv6 traffic is due to content providers like XSnews providing

Re: OT: Bringing Cisco equipment to US

2009-07-09 Thread JC Dill
Glen Turner wrote: I wouldn't recommend importing the switches through your luggage. The few times I've tried that arranging all of the documentation prior to travel has really sucked. YMMV - I had no problems arranging the documentation. As a trivial example of what can go wrong, if you

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Jeroen Massar
Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: [..] I ask because the AMS-IX is frequently used as an example that v6 is being heavily adopted. If it is all one source for one application, that is important information to the people fighting for v6 adoption. Going from peaks of 1.4 Gbps to 0.4 Gbps is

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Mikael Lind
Freenet6 went from about 200Mb/s to less than 10Mb/s when we lost both XSnews and XS4all. I thought it would be more torrent traffic but I guess we now know what it actually is. Cheers, Mikael On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Jeroen Wunnink jer...@easyhosting.nlwrote: If I look at a tcpdump of

Re: Drop in IPv6 traffic

2009-07-09 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Jeroen Massar wrote: Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: [..] I ask because the AMS-IX is frequently used as an example that v6 is being heavily adopted. If it is all one source for one application, that is important information to the people fighting for v6 adoption. Going

Re: Traffic Statistics for Yesterday

2009-07-09 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Jul 9, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Craig Labovitz wrote: It was big (flash traffic roughly doubled globally at the peak), but not in the same ballpark as Obama inauguration. A graph of July 7 flash traffic across 97 tier1/2 ISPs compared with the daily average:

Re: Bandcon

2009-07-09 Thread Paul Wall
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Robin Rodriguezrrodrig...@ifbyphone.com wrote: I don't have any usage experience, but would be very interested from anyone who does as well. We have spoken with them about long-haul circuits (with small to no commit) and their prices are indeed incredible. The

Re: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Zartash Uzmi
Cayle, This may be partial hijack of the thread or even a trivial query but I ask this since you mentioned For cost reasons, Ethernet is often used. We hear this argument all the time. The standard unabridged reason I have learned is the ubiquity of Ethernet devices, whatever that means. Can you

Re: Bandcon

2009-07-09 Thread tb
Hi All, My name is Todd Braning, I work on the technical side of the BandCon house. I am afraid Paul's email is inaccurate. Here are a few facts: BandCon offers transport services that can be configured as unprotected or protected. If you buy an unprotected circuit, and the underlying

Re: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Zartash Uzmi wrote: Can you say why precisely the cost of Ethernet is low compared to other viable alternatives? The components going into ethernet devices are cheaper because of high volume, but it's also that the SONET/SDH stuff is grossly overpriced because we can by

Re: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Ricky Beam
On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:33:10 -0400, Zartash Uzmi zart...@gmail.com wrote: ... Can you say why precisely the cost of Ethernet is low compared to other viable alternatives? Volume. Economies of scale. Etc. Ethernet is cheap because it's everywhere, and built into almost everything.

Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Charles Wyble
All, I'm currently experiencing a DDOS attack on my home DSL connection. Thousands of requests to port 80. I'm on an SBC business class account. I'm guessing that calling the regular customer support won't get me anywhere. Any suggestions?

Re: Point to Point Ethernet

2009-07-09 Thread Joel Jaeggli
Zartash Uzmi wrote: Can you say why precisely the cost of Ethernet is low compared to other viable alternatives? Becuase there's a lot of it? Gigabit ethernet ports cost less than 9600bps terminal server ports.

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Jeffrey Lyon
Charles, You're going to need an enterprise grade DDoS protection provider and should expect to spend anywhere from hundreds to thousands per month for this service. This is not a service the majority of transit providers are capable of offering. Best regards, Jeff On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:35

Bandcon

2009-07-09 Thread keith tokash
We've run our circuits pretty hot and not noticed anything that would indicate a lack of shaping/policing. And while the flame war with the attrition guys was pretty funny (I'm a sucker for classics) I wouldn't really use that as any type of barometer of ... well anything really. This email

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Mark Price
Turn off your DSL modem for awhile, and hope for a new dynamic IP? Mark On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Charles Wyblechar...@thewybles.com wrote: All, I'm currently experiencing a DDOS attack on my home DSL connection. Thousands of requests to port 80. I'm on an SBC business class

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread John Peach
Turn off whatever you have listening on port 80. On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:25:48 -0400 Mark Price mpr...@tqhosting.com wrote: Turn off your DSL modem for awhile, and hope for a new dynamic IP? Mark On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Charles Wyblechar...@thewybles.com wrote: All, I'm

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Charles Wyble
I have a static range. :( Mark Price wrote: Turn off your DSL modem for awhile, and hope for a new dynamic IP? Mark

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Charles Wyble
I did. Still getting pounded. John Peach wrote: Turn off whatever you have listening on port 80. On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:25:48 -0400 Mark Price mpr...@tqhosting.com wrote: Turn off your DSL modem for awhile, and hope for a new dynamic IP? Mark On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Charles

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009, Charles Wyble wrote: I did. Still getting pounded. And its not covered by your SLA? Adrian

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Dan White
Have you spoken with your provider? They should be giving you options, like changing your static address, or null routing the attackers upstream, or perhaps blocking port 80 to you, to limit your ingress traffic. - Dan Charles Wyble wrote: I did. Still getting pounded. John Peach wrote:

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread William McCall
Dude, he's on SBC man. They're not going to do anything but tell him to restart the modem. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Dan Whitedwh...@olp.net wrote: Have you spoken with your provider? They should be giving you options, like changing your static address, or null routing the attackers

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Seth Mattinen
Dan White wrote: Have you spoken with your provider? They should be giving you options, like changing your static address, or null routing the attackers upstream, or perhaps blocking port 80 to you, to limit your ingress traffic. For DSL? I've never had that kind of luck with SBC's (now

Re: Bandcon

2009-07-09 Thread Alan Hannan
In a former life, I used Bandcon for point to point transport between POPs. We did not use them for IP Transit. I found Bandcon to be professional, responsive, and their technical design and delivery quality very high. Problems were extremely rare, and when they occurred they were dealt with

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread JC Dill
Good, Fast, Cheap, pick any two. Consumer grade ATT DSL is fast and cheap, and now you realize why Good is not included when you go with Fast and Cheap. jc Charles Wyble wrote: All, I'm currently experiencing a DDOS attack on my home DSL connection. Thousands of requests to port 80. I'm

Re: Request for contact and procedure information

2009-07-09 Thread Jon Kibler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jon Kibler wrote: Charles Wyble wrote: All, I'm currently experiencing a DDOS attack on my home DSL connection. Thousands of requests to port 80. I'm on an SBC business class account. I'm guessing that calling the regular customer