Weekly Global IPv4 Routing Table Report

2022-05-20 Thread Routing Table Analysis Role Account
This is an automated weekly mailing describing the state of the Global IPv4 Routing Table as seen from APNIC's router in Japan. The posting is sent to APOPS, NANOG, AfNOG, SANOG, PacNOG, SAFNOG TZNOG, MENOG, BJNOG, SDNOG, CMNOG, LACNOG and the RIPE Routing WG. Daily listings are sent to

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Jason Biel
Simon, That is correct in most cases. Fabs are changing and the time needed to manufacture is limited and most vendors are opt’ing to EoL/EoS gear early to move to newer tech and cannot risk the time to manufacture older silicon and spares that could be used for newer silicon. On Fri, May 20,

APNIC 54 Call for Presentations

2022-05-20 Thread Muhammad Moinur Rahman
_ APNIC 54 Conference - Call for Papers _ The APNIC Program Committee is seeking presentations for the APNIC 54 Conference in Singapore (13-15 September 2022).

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/20/22 14:44, Simon Lockhart wrote: I've heard that some vendors are prematurely EoS/EoL'ing kit as a result of the silicon shortages - and redesigning kit to use silicon that's easier to get hold of. This was my suspicion, because we started using this box in 2017. I can't remember

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Simon Lockhart
On Fri May 20, 2022 at 10:15:14am +0200, Mark Tinka wrote: > We suddenly got told that they are now EoS/EoL some time back (I probably > should have done a better job tracking this, but I tend to rely on vendor > notifications for that based on my Cisco/Juniper experience). I've heard that some

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/19/22 16:07, NetEquity Sales wrote: As someone who works within the "secondary market" for networking hardware, there is a ton of demand spilling over into the "pre-owned/vendor refurbished" market. Market prices on pre-owned equipment are rapidly increasing in step with increased

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/19/22 15:27, Dave Taht wrote: As I've been saying for a while, instead of buying new kit, perhaps we could spend some time on getting better software onto our older kit? Getting stuff to multiplex better, be more reliable, last longer? So we've been running Arista's 7508E devices as

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/19/22 18:15, Dave Taht wrote: So I kind of view recycling routers, with newer software, as a great way to clean up the present ecosystem. And if you looked at the first url I pasted above, with 4x more throughput, and 10x less latency, on "obsolete", hw. When I had my battle with

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Saku Ytti
On Fri, 20 May 2022 at 11:21, Mark Tinka wrote: > I can't fathom why a box like that has already been EoL'ed. It isn't long in > the tooth, and still has plenty of bite in it. But, we also need to use > common sense, and for us, swapping it out just to maintain "support" isn't > worth the

Re: MSA’s and network architecture

2022-05-20 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/18/22 11:30, Etienne-Victor Depasquale wrote: Agreed - but wouldn't it be fair to say that, nonetheless, the availability of an MSA supports the development of network architecture? Of course, it would. After all, we want two sides to be able to speak to each other, to create this

Re: Any sign of supply chain returning to normal?

2022-05-20 Thread Mark Tinka
On 5/20/22 10:24, Saku Ytti wrote: That's engineering, understanding what risks and compromises are worth carrying. If you do it by the book, you're not even needed, just 0-rate AS/PS services to your RFP and the vendor is happy to do it by the book for you. And fully agreed, in many cases