Re: CPE/NID options

2023-11-23 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
I believe RAD makes a device similar to the Accedian. There's also the Metro Nid line from Accedian, but while they do a lot, they're pretty spendy. Shawn -Original Message- From: "Tim Burke" Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2023 12:38am To: "Ross Tajvar" Cc: "North American Network O

Strange IPSEC traffic

2023-11-13 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Is anyone else seeing a lot of 'strange' IPSEC traffic? We started seeing logs of IPSEC with invalid spi on Friday. We're seeing it on pretty much all of our PE routers, none of which are setup to do anything VPN related. Most are just routing local customer traffic. decaps: rec'd IPSEC pa

RE: .US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

2023-11-02 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
I personally own a .us domain name -- while it's a personal domain and doesn't do a lot of traffic, it's still a legitimate domain. -Original Message- From: "goemon--- via NANOG" Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2023 4:30pm To: "NANOG list" Subject: .US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shor

Re: Spectrum networks IPv6 access issue

2023-05-02 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
We know the feeling well. Try porting from them….. > On May 2, 2023, at 4:41 PM, Daniel Marks via NANOG wrote: > > My issue was just trying to convince Spectrum to look into the problem in > the first place, I brought the Atlas probe receipts because it’s such a > helpful tool, but wasn’t ab

RE: Can I do this in EVPN? (Multihome to more different CEs)

2023-02-09 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
You should be able to setup a VPLS between 3 (or more) devices. Something like this -- Example: VFI on a PE Device The following example shows a virtual forwarding instance (VFI) configuration: Device(config)# l2 vfi vfi110 manual Device(config-vfi)# vpn id 110 Device(config-vfi)# neighbor 172

Re: Spectrum (legacy TWC) Infrastructure - Contact Off List

2023-01-31 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
All i can say is good luck. We see the 'trash-bag mod' on a lot of AT&T aerial boots and PEDs, as well as Charter/Spectrum/TWC gear. A lot of times, they don't even get that. Unless you know how to get in contact with a local tech, they will most likely not respond until the customer complai

Re: Random shower thought: GBIC with LC connector...

2022-11-15 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Those are Twin Gig Converter Modules. They went in the 3560 series (and probably others). You could either insert a 10 gig module, or the converter module and get 2 1-gig sfp slots. -Original Message- From: "Matt Erculiani" Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 11:26am To: "Mel Beckman"

RE: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
I think they call me around once a week right now. Even after I've told them we're not interested. Every once in a while they switch the numbers they're calling from, just to keep things interesting. Shawn -Original Message- From: "Dennis Burgess" Sent: Friday, August 5, 2022 4:20

RE: Serious Juniper Hardware EoL Announcements

2022-06-14 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
With the current shortages and lead times, I almost feel like I did back in the beginning of my career --- Then it was "what can we do with what we can afford" now it's more like "What can we do with what we have (or can actually get)"? Shawn -Original Message- From: "Adam Thompso

Re: Copper Termination Blocks

2022-04-14 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
I'd still go with telect-style blocks. Wire-wrap on the front and amphenol on the back/bottom depending you application. Way less space than 66 or 110. -Original Message- From: "Dave Phelps" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 4:27pm To: "Mike Hammett" Cc: "NANOG" Subject: Re: Copper T

Re: Any engineers from HE on the list?

2022-03-22 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
ailto:supp...@he.net ) is usually fairly responsive. Owen On Mar 22, 2022, at 05:54, Shawn L via NANOG <[ nanog@nanog.org ]( mailto:nanog@nanog.org )> wrote: Wondering if there are any engineers from HE (Hurricane Electric) on the list that could help with a strange traffic issue throu

Any engineers from HE on the list?

2022-03-22 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Wondering if there are any engineers from HE (Hurricane Electric) on the list that could help with a strange traffic issue through your network If so, please contact me off-list Thanks Shawn

Re: VPN recommendations?

2022-02-10 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Meraki MX series? I don't like the way they do their licensing (your license runs out, the box is a paper-weight) but they do really well at establishing site-to-site VPNs in some pretty challenging scenarios. Dynamic IPs and NATs don't really cause them a problem. Some CGNats do (AT&T I'm

Re: home router battery backup

2022-01-12 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
o preserve battery for the phone portion. Though that behavior can be changed in software. -Original Message- From: "Michael Thomas" Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 2:48pm To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: home router battery backup On 1/12/22 10:54 AM, Shawn L via NANOG

RE: home router battery backup

2022-01-12 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
In $dayjob I work for a telco that deploys fiber to the home. If we are providing voice services over fiber a battery backup is installed (we maintain) that powers the customer's phone in the event of a power outage. It does not power their router, etc. 99% of the customers do not install a

RE: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat?

2021-10-19 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
we received it as well -Original Message- From: "Matt Hoppes" Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 8:21am To: "North American Network Operators' Group" Subject: Anyone else getting the 'spam' bomb threat? I've now heard from several operators - our selves included - about getting an e-ma

Re: Rack rails on network equipment

2021-09-25 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Why about thinks like the Cisco 4500 switch series that are almost as long as a 1u server. But yet only has mounts for a relay type rack. As far as boot times, try a Asr920. Wait 15 minutes and decide if it’s time to power cycle again or wait 5 more minutes Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 25,

Re: Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

2021-09-22 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
This one is always a bit tricky. For example, if you have an apartment building with say 8 apartments, the provider can install a larger MDU in a centralized location and potentially utilized existing internal cabling in the building to get to each apartment that would like service. It's a

Anyone from an ISP that is part of ACAM / ACAM II ?

2021-08-02 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Is there anyone on the list that's from an ISP that's participating in the ACAM or ACAM II programs? If so, I'd like to ask a couple of questions (off-list) specifically about the speed testing requirements. Thanks Shawn

RE: Email and Web Hosting

2021-07-09 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
There's also Rackspace. They have e-mail and web hosting, etc. -Original Message- From: "Ryan Finnesey via NANOG" Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2021 10:56pm To: "Steve Saner" , "nanog@nanog.org" Subject: RE: Email and Web Hosting If the client base wants to stick with basic IMAP/POP3 em

RE: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

2021-06-01 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
2.4 gbps down, 1.2 up. So yes, you could -Original Message- From: aar...@gvtc.com Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:18pm To: "'Mark Tinka'" , nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Yeah I thought gpon was 2.4 ghz down and 1.2 ghz up... so you could o

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

2021-06-01 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
From the ISP side, I can tell you that when a customer signs up for service and you offer them a couple of choices of wireless routers, they almost always pick the cheapest one. If you give them a reasonable / good router when you hook-up their service, some will still put their old 15-year

RE: MPLS/MEF Switches and NIDs

2021-05-28 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
The Accedian boxes are nice, as long as you remember they're not switches or routers. We've used them for specific use cases, but have to remember that there's things you just can't do on them. Though things may have changed on them since we used them. -Original Message- From: a

Re: Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...?

2021-03-20 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Agreed. Don't fix what isn't broken. -Original Message- From: "Mark Tinka" Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2021 4:33pm To: "Randy Bush" , "Rod Beck" Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" Subject: Re: Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...? On 3/20/21

Re: Famous operational issues

2021-02-23 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
That brings back memoriesI had a similar experience. First month on the job, large Sun raid array storing ~ 5k of mailboxes dies in the middle of the afternoon. So, I start troubleshooting and determine it's most likely a bad disk. The CEO walked into the server room right about the time

Re: Cogent Layer 2

2020-10-14 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
When I last spoke to them, it sounded like they were using a bunch of LAG groups based on ip address because they _really_ wanted to know how many ip addresses we had and what kind of traffic we would be expecting (eyeball networks, big data transport, etc). -Original Message- From: "

Re: Centurylink having a bad morning?

2020-09-02 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
We once moved a 3u server 30 miles between data centers this way. Plug redundant psu into a ups and 2 people carried it out and put them in a vehicle. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 1, 2020, at 11:58 PM, Christopher Morrow > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:53 PM Alain Hebert wrote:

Re: questions asked during network engineer interview

2020-07-14 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
I completely agree. One of the people I used to do interviews with would look through the resume, etc. and then say something like "this all looks good. Tell me about something you've done". And we'd move on to talk about projects and how they tackled it, etc. We didn't give tests, just qu

Re: Router Suggestions

2020-06-17 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
We _always_ have at least one spare, or something that could be (relatively) easily pressed into service as one. Even in the Midwest, we've had times where 'guaranteed next day replacement' is more like 2nd or third day due to weather conditions, the carrier routing it weird, or just plain t

Re: alternative to voip gateways

2020-05-02 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Innomedia is decent as well, but again it all depends on loop lengths. Might want to look at more of a carrier system. Something like a Calix E7, E5 or C7 line. You could probably pick up a C7 chassis on the used market and fill it up with ADSL or VDSL cards that will push dial-tone at least

Re: Best way to get foreign ISPs to shut down DDoS reflectors?

2020-04-23 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
This brings up an interesting question -- what is "good DDoS protection" on an ISP scale? Apart from having enough bandwidth to weather the attack and having upstream providers attempt to filter it for you/ -Original Message- From: "Bottiger" Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:30pm T

Re: rack rails

2020-03-30 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
That's a tough one. In the telco space, the common sizes are 19" and 23". 19" for gear, 23" for fiber patch panels, etc. There are also some 25" floating around (Nortel, I'm looking at you). Unfortunately, 19" gear fits in 19" racks. It fits in 23" sometimes -- if the manufacture makes b

Re: [EXT] Shining a light on ambulance chasers - Noction

2020-03-25 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
And here I actually went to their website (not Cogent -- they still call me all the time as well) to see what they sell. -Original Message- From: "Kaiser, Erich" Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:50pm To: "NANOG list" Subject: Re: [EXT] Shining a light on ambulance chasers - Nocti

Re: DSLAMs

2019-12-31 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
That's a tough one. 48 port dslams with internal splitters are easy. When you're looking for more density you're almost always looking at external splitter shelves. Could also look at the calix c7 platform -- tons around on the used market -- but then again, no splitters. -Original Me

Re: Elephant in the room - Akamai

2019-12-07 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Same -- we had an Akamai cache for 15+ years. Then we were notified that it was done and were sent boxes to pack our stuff up and send it back. -Original Message- From: "Jared Mauch" Sent: Saturday, December 7, 2019 2:05pm To: "Seth Mattinen" Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Elepha

Re: Cogent sales reps who actually respond

2019-09-16 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
I have one who calls me bi-weekly even though we have declined to purchase service from them at this time. I'd be happy to provide contact details off-line. -Original Message- From: "Jon Sands" Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 9:30am To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Cogent sales re

Re: IP Dslams

2019-01-04 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
s and DSL modems could be maintained by a local admin through the pfSense web interface with no need to touch the DSLAMs or anything CLI. --Blake Shawn L via NANOG wrote on 1/4/2019 8:59 AM: Might want to look for old Zhone ip bitstorm dslams. There should be a bunch on the used market

Re: IP Dslams

2019-01-04 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Might want to look for old Zhone ip bitstorm dslams. There should be a bunch on the used market. They do all of the ATM conversions internally so you just need to feed them with ethernet. -Original Message- From: "Nick Edwards" Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 9:36am To: "Brandon Mart

Re: CenturyLink

2018-12-30 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Speaking of GPS-enabled NTP appliances, etc. wondering what hardware people are using for this. thanks -Original Message- From: "Raymond Burkholder" Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 12:01pm To: "Matthew Huff" , "l...@satchell.net" , "nanog@nanog.org" Subject: Re: CenturyLink O

Re: Extending network over a dry pair

2018-12-12 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Actellis also makes some ethernet over dry pair gear. The only issue is that they require repeaters like a T1 (different spacing though). I'm guessing if you're doing T1 at that distance you already have repeater housings in the field at least. -Original Message- From: "Alfie Pa

RE: Are any of you starting to get AI robocalls?

2018-04-04 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Honestly, most carriers I've talked to are fed up as well, and just want to find a way to make it stop. As some one said, it's exactly like BCP38 --- the carriers that care keep their clients from spoofing caller id, etc. The ones that don't make everyone else look bad. -Original Messag

Re: DSL CPE

2018-01-24 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
Sorry -- this got lost in the shuffle. We were specifically comparing Comtrend AR5381u vs Zyxel 660HN being fed with either Calix ADSL 2+ or Paradyne/Zhone Bitstorm ADSL2+. All use the broadcom chipset but seem to interop slightly differently. From our limited testing we determined that fo

RE: DSL CPE

2018-01-09 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
At $dayjob we use both Comtrend and Zyxel modems. Both have a 1-port modem that can be deployed in bridged mode. They both seem to work well with Calix gear. We've found the Zyxel modems tend to work a little better at longer loop lengths. But, for us at least, it's very easy to get custom f

Re: RFC2544 Testing Equipment

2017-05-30 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
JDSU make some nice ones that we use to qualify cell tower back haul. Not cheap though -Original Message- From: "Jeremy Austin" Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:29am To: "James Breeden" , "n...@flhsi.com" , "nanog@nanog.org" Subject: Re: RFC2544 Testing Equipment JW, have you mov