Re: WAAS CIFS Optimisation

2011-01-20 Thread Chris Russell
Do i need to disable default Microsoft SMB signature to get optimal CIFS optimisation? Thanks for any feedback or recommandation Manu IIRC Yes. Also ensure you're on one of the newer versions, older ones ( 4.1.7 maybe ?) have some known issues with Windows sharing. Chris

Re: Possibly a little OT, has spam in theme

2012-12-09 Thread Chris Russell
Actually it's in Japanese. Nifty is one of the oldest (and at one From here it looks like it's originated by AS2510, which is also Fujistsu. So it is legitimate, even if the unwanted traffic your receiving is not. Owning and using a domain name with 1 character difference from Nifty,

RE: Power Analysis/Management Tools

2009-10-27 Thread Chris Russell
Cacti is a cracking bit of software, but I found this difficult to integrate and customize to what we required. I ended up writing our own, custom pollers, Database backend, web frontend and rrd to generate the graphing. We were quoted something like £50k for something awfully similar..

Re: Barracuda Networks is at it again: Any Suggestions as to an Alternative?

2011-04-11 Thread Chris Russell
We have just as many -- and yes, it's great. The only thing I'd prefer would be Exim over Postfix, but Mailscanner does make things very pleasant to use. +1 for Exim, although development stalled for a while when Philip Hazel retired its now back on track. Also not happy with Barracuda,

Re: Cogent IPv6

2011-06-08 Thread Chris Russell
Do they issue you a small IPv6 block for your interface, just like they do for IPv4? Is it a separate session? Any things to be aware of before pulling the trigger on it? (Other then them not having connectivity to Hi Nick, They issued a /112 for our interface with a separate BGP

Re: Need Help - Cisco ASA 8.4.1 to Juniper SSG-550 6.2.0r1.0VPN Configuration

2011-07-08 Thread Chris Russell
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.4.81, timeout is 2 seconds: IPSEC(crypto_map_check)-3: Looking for crypto map matching 5-tuple: Prot=1, saddr=10.20.1.2, sport=29733, daddr=10.1.4.81, dport=29733 IPSEC(crypto_map_check)-5: Checking crypto map CARIBOU-VPN-1 10: skipping incomplete map.

Re: Open source hardware

2014-01-02 Thread Chris Russell
haven't been able to find anything that would fulfill the requirements that a smallish ISP might have. The Cumulus guys might be able to provide some pointers ? http://cumulusnetworks.com/ Chris

Re: World Cup Streaming

2014-06-09 Thread Chris Russell
3. British (English) humor is popular in the US. Very four years, the Three Lions comedy troupe put on a performance that has them rolling in the aisles. With cult performers Rooney, Gerrard, Welbeck, and Hart, hijinks will ensue and fun will be had by all![1] 1. Except the

Re: Transit Options in the UK?

2015-09-17 Thread Chris Russell
On 17/09/2015 21:49, Gary T. Giesen wrote: Can anyone offer any recommendations? you may wish to also post to the UKNOF (UK Network Operators Forum) list Thanks Chris

Request for contact from KPN

2015-10-06 Thread Chris Russell
Hi Apologies for using the list - is anyone from KPN around and can drop me a line off-list ? Ta Chris

Re: Questions on IPv6 deployment

2017-01-16 Thread Chris Russell
I have a /32 assigned from ARIN (2001:4918::/32) I’m looking for some direction/reading list of how to properly configure IPv6. I’ve read to use a /64 for PtP interfaces and I’ve read use a /128 instead.Assign all loopbacks from the same /64, use a different /64 for each loopback. Ect,

Re: BGP Route Reflector - Route Server, Router, etc

2017-01-13 Thread Chris Russell
The CSR1000v (IOS-XE),IOS-XRv and vMX are production ready. People are deploying these in production and its increasing in popularity. Mark Tinka gave a good preso at a recent Nanog: https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/2_Tinka_21st_Century_iBGP_Route_Reflection.pdf

Re: Conference Videos

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Russell
We record and put on youtube the uknof.org.uk meetings and it still gets bigger every time (around 3x growth since we started streaming). - and we at UKNOF are grateful for Brandon for doing this... :) In terms of UKNOF, we get complaints when we DON'T webcast content or make video's

Re: Conference Videos

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Russell
Speakers are informed they are going to be recorded. If they have sensitive information, they can choose a track and ask it not be recorded. NANOG has done this in the past, but you should talk to the Program Committee if you are interested in this. We've had this within UKNOF ... sometimes