Re: Equipment Supporting 2.5gbps and 5gbps

2016-01-28 Thread Matthew Newton
witches did a few years ago, so it's only the optics that are pricey. Unless you get them from one of the many cheap suppliers around, in which case there's essentially no difference in cost. Cheers, Matthew -- Matthew Newton, Ph.D. <m...@le.ac.uk> Systems Specialist, Infrastructure Se

Re: Nat

2015-12-21 Thread Matthew Newton
with IPv4. I've been running IPv6 for over 10 years. RAs and SLAAC. Doesn't affect my previous comment. :) IPv6 should by all means recommend certain technologies that are "better" in an idealogical world. Not having one small feature that makes it harder for people to deploy (for whatever th

Re: Nat

2015-12-18 Thread Matthew Newton
pful for persuading people to move to IPv6. Especially when everyone already understands DHCP in the v4 world. Both RAs and DHCP have their place and can be really useful together or apart in different situations, but witholding key functionality from DHCP "beacuse you can do it in a RA instead"

Re: How to force rapid ipv6 adoption

2015-10-02 Thread Matthew Newton
t rollout at work yet is that there are always other things that take priority, not that it's actually that difficult to do. Matthew -- Matthew Newton, Ph.D. <m...@le.ac.uk> Systems Specialist, Infrastructure Services, I.T. Services, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United K

Re: How to force rapid ipv6 adoption

2015-10-01 Thread Matthew Newton
to this new incompatible format. :-) Matthew -- Matthew Newton, Ph.D. <m...@le.ac.uk> Systems Specialist, Infrastructure Services, I.T. Services, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom For IT help contact helpdesk extn. 2253, <ith...@le.ac.uk>

Re: The state of TACACS+

2015-01-05 Thread Matthew Newton
-to-site proxying. I don't know whether any switches/NASes can do it at present, though. Matthew -- Matthew Newton, Ph.D. m...@le.ac.uk Systems Specialist, Infrastructure Services, I.T. Services, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom For IT help contact helpdesk extn. 2253, ith

Re: Network configuration archiving

2013-10-25 Thread Matthew Newton
rare. The only possible issue being that we're 100% Cisco, so I don't know if other vendors support the same MIBs. I'll try and post the script (250 lines) somewhere if anyone's interested. Cheers, Matthew -- Matthew Newton, Ph.D. m...@le.ac.uk Systems Specialist, Infrastructure Services

Re: Network configuration archiving

2013-10-25 Thread Matthew Newton
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 02:27:42PM +0200, Job Snijders wrote: On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:59:48PM +0100, Matthew Newton wrote: I'll try and post the script (250 lines) somewhere if anyone's interested. It is almost always good to open source your tools, for others to learn and benefit

Re: Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.

2012-12-14 Thread Matthew Newton
infrastructure, at a time when most I think that /was/ the advance notification - you've got 6 months :) The old address will continue to work for at least six months after the transition, but will ultimately be retired from service. Cheers, Matthew -- Matthew Newton, Ph.D. m...@le.ac.uk

Re: www.nist.gov over v6 trouble Was: Microsoft's participation in World IPv6 day

2011-06-09 Thread Matthew Newton
be good... ;) Matthew -- Matthew Newton, Ph.D. m...@le.ac.uk Systems Architect (UNIX and Networks), Network Services, I.T. Services, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom For IT help contact helpdesk extn. 2253, ith...@le.ac.uk