Re: [uknof] Widespread JunOS BGP issues today?

2011-11-08 Thread Tom Hill
On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 09:06 +, Neil J. McRae wrote: > This is not a new issue. Juniper issued an advisory for it back in > August. You can imagine why no-one jumped to upgrade, however: "MPCs (Modular Port Concentrators) installed in an MX Series router may crash upon receipt of very specifi

Re: [uknof] PCI DSS and IPv6

2012-01-31 Thread Tom Hill
On 31/01/12 15:35, Leo Vegoda wrote: I note that PCI DSS poses a problem for IPv6, in that section 1.3.8 (my copy is dated October 2010) mandates that private IP addresses (they clearly mean RFC1918) are not revealed to or routable from the internet (my paraphrasing). Are RFC 4193 addresses not

Re: [uknof] L2 DC Interconnect - London - Any suggestions?

2012-06-09 Thread Tom Hill
On 08/06/12 17:44, Rob Parker wrote: We do - IX Reach are in 10 major data centres in London and offer connectivity between them all, and the same in other cities as well (e.g. Manchester, Amsterdam, Frankfurt etc). ... And the service is excellent. :) Tom

Re: [uknof] Media Converters

2013-10-13 Thread Tom Hill
On 11/10/13 15:46, James Bensley wrote: I was wondering if anyone can recommend a small 1-to-2u rack mount unit that is a copper/fibre media converter for 6 or 8 connections. In my head I can imagine a switch with half copper ports and half SFP/SFP+ slots. Something I can drop into a central PoP.

Re: [uknof] Media Converters

2013-10-13 Thread Tom Hill
(Apologies for the useless e-mail, I'll try again...) On 11/10/13 15:46, James Bensley wrote: I was wondering if anyone can recommend a small 1-to-2u rack mount unit that is a copper/fibre media converter for 6 or 8 connections. In my head I can imagine a switch with half copper ports and half S

Re: [uknof] Preconnected 10G SFPs

2013-11-24 Thread Tom Hill
On 21/11/13 22:33, Nat Morris wrote: > Having said that, for connections into compute nodes at 10G with cable runs of perhaps 2m it seems a tad excessive to be putting in a pair of optics at c.a. GBP 75 each when we're picking up the Cisco DA cables for [I think] GBP 25 a *pair*. Think you're b

Re: [uknof] Preconnected 10G SFPs

2013-11-24 Thread Tom Hill
On 21/11/13 19:29, Timothy Creswick wrote: I guess the most important question is what failure mode are you observing? Are the cables effectively DOA? If that's the case then it sounds like the most prudent solution would be to test each cable ourselves before they go into production in future.

Re: [uknof] Preconnected 10G SFPs

2013-11-24 Thread Tom Hill
On 24/11/13 21:40, Nat Morris wrote: Not so, you can get one off optics at that price if you know where to look. Source? Surely we could all benefit from something like this? ;) Tom

Re: [uknof] External monitoring of routes in to your network

2013-12-15 Thread Tom Hill
On 15/12/13 19:30, Gord Slater wrote: ripe atlas probes allow you to do user-defined tests, trading credits for tests, credits build up over time by having it plugged in, you can do some pretty advanced stuff if you get clever with the system. Seems to be used for DNS root reachability tests a l

Re: [uknof] Openreach FibreChannel

2014-02-01 Thread Tom Hill
On 30/01/14 14:25, Robin Williams wrote: Unfortunately they're looking for native FC rather than FCoE and won't budge (which is making life harder). As far as I can tell, OSA is about the only option. I'm fairly used to the Ethernet offerings, but wondered if there is any specialised products g

Re: [uknof] Here is a Challenge

2014-05-01 Thread Tom Hill
On 01/05/14 18:04, John Bourke wrote: As we only have a mandate to distribute to the UK, I am thinking that I can just peer with UK ISPs and deliver the data to their customers. Time to peer with the bigger ISPs might be higher than you expect. Some might not want to peer at all; it will depen

Re: [uknof] Great IPv6 news from Comcast

2014-07-22 Thread Tom Hill
On 22/07/14 19:50, Tim Chown wrote: http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/comcast-reaches-key-milestone-in-launch-of-ipv6-broadband-network *1Tb/sec* of IPv6 traffic. That is quite some milestone... Tom

Re: [uknof] Dublin Connectivity

2014-08-12 Thread Tom Hill
On 12/08/14 11:31, Nick Hilliard wrote: > what sort of access services are you talking about? And why not backhaul them to your PoP in Manchester? :) (I'm sure there's a reason, but I'm just curious as to why London's preferable.) Tom

Re: [uknof] BT Opeanreah RO2

2014-08-28 Thread Tom Hill
On 28/08/14 08:53, James Bensley wrote: > I couldn't find anywhere in BT documentation a statement saying you > can't use both links simutaneously such as in a LAG but nothing that > said you couldn't either - fear the ambiguity when it comes to all > this BT! BT Wholesale do have a list of approv

Re: [uknof] Belfast

2014-09-10 Thread Tom Hill
On 10/09/14 11:10, Will Hargrave wrote: > Absolutely! I was pleased to see so many folks from south of the > border too, and the interesting Ireland-related content. Yes, this: it was great to have such an interesting & integrated meeting of the two isles. The ION conference added another helping

Re: [uknof] Virgin Media Products

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Hill
On 16/09/14 13:56, Chris Russell wrote: > IPVPN - VM version of IPClear (over 3G, Broadband, etc etc) Including National Ethernet, too. 20Mbit lines terminated on Alcatel NTEs *and* 3900 ISR G2s. *grumbles at rack utilisation* -- Tom

Re: [uknof] Belfast

2014-09-16 Thread Tom Hill
On 15/09/14 10:39, Donal Cunningham wrote: > I propose a variant on Godwin's Law (I suggest "Hilliard's Law") > which states that "As an online discussion grows longer, the > probability of Fr. Ted being quoted approaches 1". Motion seconded. -- Tom

Re: [uknof] router memory

2014-11-16 Thread Tom Hill
On 10/11/14 13:17, Tom Bird wrote: > Who's the current favourite for some memory, 1 gig for a 3bxl sup, and a > 2 gig for a 7201? Crucial appear to cover the 7200..? (So long as it's not NPE-G2, apparently). No luck there for the 3BXL though. -- Tom

Re: [uknof] VM National Ethernet specs

2014-12-05 Thread Tom Hill
On 04/12/14 10:08, James Bensley wrote: > Upon reflection, a more likely scenario is that the support engineer > was wrong or has his facts mixed up. "bio-directional" was the clue. -- Tom

Re: [uknof] Level3 helpful person

2015-01-03 Thread Tom Hill
On 02/01/15 21:12, Michael Banks wrote: > Have you checked PeeringDB for a contact? Have you ever tried peering with Level3? Thomas: ask your AM for the copy of the escalation matrix, and use it to the letter. I've had decent success by politely asking, "Please could you escalate this ticket". :)

Re: [uknof] Level3 helpful person

2015-01-04 Thread Tom Hill
On 04/01/15 09:39, Thomas Greer wrote: > Unknown who account manager is… Trying to find that out :) Do you > have a copy of the escalation matrix? This is more of a formality; just ask support to escalate the ticket. You can find out whom your AM is later (or ask support, or I can put you in the d

Re: [uknof] Layer 2 from Ireland to london

2015-04-11 Thread Tom Hill
On 10/04/15 12:28, Ben King wrote: > Can anyone point me in the direction Irish providers that can provide > layer 2 services from Ireland and hand off in London Telehouse? I've dealt with EUNetworks for this stuff in the past. It was a pleasant experience at the time (~4 years ago). -- Tom

Re: [uknof] [QUAR] Layer 2 from Ireland to london

2015-04-11 Thread Tom Hill
On 11/04/15 01:01, David Croft wrote: > Perhaps if you hadn't hijacked this thread immediately into a tedious > sales pitch, this wouldn't have become an equally tedious pissing match > about the pros and cons of different resilience mechanisms. The very > fact that you've sent 50% of the messages

Re: [uknof] [QUAR] Layer 2 from Ireland to london

2015-04-11 Thread Tom Hill
On 11/04/15 19:37, Tom Hill wrote: > I shall echo the sentiments above, Rod. The tangential arguments that > you have frequently "contributed" to various threads in recent times are > rarely helpful or constructive. > > If it were the first time I wouldn't mi

Re: [uknof] [QUAR] Layer 2 from Ireland to london

2015-04-11 Thread Tom Hill
On 11/04/15 20:50, Chris Russell wrote: > Can I remind the list at this point of the UKNOF Respect Policy - > available on the wiki at: > https://wiki.uknof.org.uk/Respect_at_UKNOF > > If you feel an individual is not adhering to the respect policy, > please approach a UKNOF Committee member at an

Re: [uknof] £ per IP

2015-04-13 Thread Tom Hill
On 2015-04-13 13:52, Simon Green wrote: We're just about to go out to try and acquire some more address space. I'm wondering if anyone on the list knows what the going rate is and what I should expect when I start looking around? You probably can't go far wrong firing off some emails to the ve

Re: [uknof] UKNOF31 Manchester - Sunday Curry

2015-04-16 Thread Tom Hill
On 15/04/15 19:31, Lou Ashtonhurst wrote: > If you'd like to come along, please let me know by Friday morning and > I'll get somewhere booked. Count me in :) -- Tom

Re: [uknof] FTTC roll out logic?

2015-06-07 Thread Tom Hill
On 04/06/15 23:26, Robin Williams wrote: > > I've seen it happen in some exchange areas - previously EO lines, new > PCPs dropped outside the exchange (along with an FTTC cab) and the EO > lines pulled back to the cabinet. Seems to be a way around the ANFP not > allowing VDSL directly from the ex

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

2015-09-09 Thread Tom Hill
On 07/09/15 15:27, Robin Williams wrote: > Of course, it may just be us that doesn't like it :) Oh, of course not: http://www.revk.uk/2013/12/wires-only-fttc.html http://www.revk.uk/2014/10/bt-losing-plot-on-fttc.html I did just wonder if it's worth the time of a few of the smaller ISPs to g

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

2015-09-09 Thread Tom Hill
On 09/09/15 22:37, Brandon Butterworth wrote: > This is a game you can't win, best not play it with them In principle, I agree on the fact that Openreach are reducing the service that existed - and was improved upon - when FTTC was first introduced. I also empathise with anyone that has to deal wi

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

2015-09-09 Thread Tom Hill
On 09/09/15 23:37, Paul Mansfield wrote: > And if you did this, could you force BT Openreach to accept a change > of demarc to the ether socket on the modem rather than the phone > master socket, because you're using equipment they have fully tested > and approved of? I was thinking more along the

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

2015-09-09 Thread Tom Hill
On 10/09/15 00:03, Dave Bell wrote: > With ADSL a lot of faults got passed back to the CP with a message > along the lines of "fault not on our network, its on the customers > network". They would then threaten with a charge (£150?) to send an > engineer out to go look at the fault. FTTC fixed this

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

2015-09-09 Thread Tom Hill
On 10/09/15 00:05, Brandon Butterworth wrote: >> 2. Unifying such a CPE/NTE product could also serve to provide a >>> unified voice with which to deal with Openreach over faults > Might be a hard battle, what % of lines aren't the big 5? How many do > we need to have an effect? Good point... >>>

Re: [uknof] Openreach withdrawal of FTTC CPEs

2015-09-14 Thread Tom Hill
On 14/09/15 13:32, Robin Williams wrote: > I'm sure there's a sound technical reason, but again, it disadvantages > smaller CPs disproportionately who may only have a few customers on each > switch. I know if I were building it, I'd be avoiding switch stacking at _any_ cost. -- Tom

Re: [uknof] Wavelengths to NextGen, Newport?

2015-10-30 Thread Tom Hill
On 26/10/15 11:46, Charlie Boisseau wrote: > I’ve already tried the usual suspects; Virgin Media do have their HCS > platform there, but it’s super expensive. SSE aren’t on-net for > their own WDM platform. Surf Telecom have a lot in the area, right? The NextGen website suggests they're already d

Re: [uknof] Trimming the Routing Table

2015-11-02 Thread Tom Hill
On 02/11/15 14:31, Alistair Key wrote: > My current supervisors hold up to 1 million routes and each have 1GB > DRAM each for the route and switch processors. Sounds like Cisco SUP720 3BXL? Whilst there's a bit of headroom left in the TCAM, the 1GB RP memory they sport is beginning to look straine

Re: [uknof] Trimming the Routing Table

2015-11-02 Thread Tom Hill
On 02/11/15 22:51, Neil J. McRae wrote: > NHR (they have a new name) Indeed, they're now called Curvature - and to help with the transition, everyone's tame account manager (Neil) also moved on to another business. (I can provide contact details for his replacement off-list if anyone needs them,

Re: [uknof] BGP configuration best practices from ANSSI and others

2015-12-17 Thread Tom Hill
On 17/12/15 13:51, Matthew Walster wrote: > 1. Don't use uRPF on a peering router, and if you are, loose mode seems > pretty dumb on a full transit router. Spoofed source, to the point where there isn't even a route for it in the DFZ, is a thing you'll see without loose-mode URPF enabled on your t

Re: [uknof] Vital/Luminet

2016-01-08 Thread Tom Hill
t hosts its Tier 3 standard data centre inside Equinix’s London Park Royal facility." - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWj+rkAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ6X7gH/0CsDm6Vg9lR0RHMvmwt

Re: [uknof] 1G/10G Layer2/Layer3 Testers - Fluke, JDSU, Exfo?

2016-01-08 Thread Tom Hill
nt, but then I've never had the luxury of having any of that. :) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWj/QUAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ6ck8IAI6t51ad11NZYA9AEJeTFv1e I68Y6kfvF8BL4

Re: [uknof] 1G/10G Layer2/Layer3 Testers - Fluke, JDSU, Exfo?

2016-01-08 Thread Tom Hill
ake it less annoying. Still, RFC2544 produced some accurate results I think - it was nice having it baked into the CPE, as it could be ran whenever we needed it. :) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: [uknof] Fwd: internet connection record

2016-01-20 Thread Tom Hill
On 20/01/16 17:14, Brian Candler wrote: > Maybe that's true for mobile phone networks, who often funnel clients > through their own NAT/proxy devices for the purposes of saving IP > addresses and compressing content. But it's clearly not the case for > fixed-line ISPs. You may have forgotten that

Re: [uknof] Fwd: internet connection record

2016-01-20 Thread Tom Hill
On 20/01/16 13:01, Neil J. McRae wrote: > How many customers will buy VPNs though? How many actually have a clue what > DNS is? I was quite surprised to see just how many Netflix customers have learnt about VPNs, just by the prevalence of "hey if you run this at the same time as watching Netflix,

Re: [uknof] Fwd: internet connection record

2016-01-20 Thread Tom Hill
ommon sense. -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 (0) 1904 890 890

Re: [uknof] Fwd: internet connection record

2016-01-20 Thread Tom Hill
On 20/01/16 21:18, Neil J. McRae wrote: >> And of course, the age-old argument; criminals. The minute the >>> Government realise that they can't see 'into' VPNs terminating >>> in $other_country, is the minute they'll want to mitigate their >>> use. "We're not breaking encryption, we're just blocki

Re: [uknof] FTTC Wires only

2016-02-09 Thread Tom Hill
more lines closer to 80Mbit. I also wonder (as it isn't mentioned on the product page) as to whether that 100Mbit port also supports baby jumbos, for PPPoE support without resorting to a 1492b MTU. You'd hope so, but... - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.c

Re: [uknof] OOB Access // Telecity^WEquinix AMS6

2016-03-18 Thread Tom Hill
ble, I guess) :) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJW6+YfAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ6Zy8IAIM4QnUCE/bYhctIIZaoHqeg mI6J7e7o7nrl/daNp2GWYvSTfv0DLXZrl1pQ5/GLNqs105/uniRu1TI4Vifh

Re: [uknof] Dark Fibre - Manchester

2016-04-14 Thread Tom Hill
speak to at those. (The Geo people I knew left when Zayo took over...) -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 (0) 1904 890 890

Re: [uknof] curry anyone?

2016-04-20 Thread Tom Hill
068748181/permalink/10153614073363182/ ... But you might be too late for it. Perhaps there'll be a second-string pick-up group (not me though!) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Ver

Re: [uknof] Virginmedia

2016-05-05 Thread Tom Hill
er with you.) Also, please do join Peering DB. You don't have to be at a public exchange to this any more! :) All the best, - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEB

Re: [uknof] Virginmedia

2016-05-05 Thread Tom Hill
is likely yet to change further). - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXK4pyAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ6lbIIAL4Qr3c54Dla5nY/T6lN9wWW 3EMQ0W2wmNy9by5GncpB4wShiabIiDAEOD7BgYh28eQj6ZfvSItBhjw2wiU

Re: [uknof] Virginmedia

2016-05-05 Thread Tom Hill
) interconnection. Based on what you've said above, I'd hazard a guess that this is now the "official" method. It's a shame, but it's not entirely surprising at this point. Prerequisite reading: http://www.libertyglobal.com/oo-bs-ip-interconnection-portfolio.html

Re: [uknof] Telecity Williams - Full Rack

2016-05-14 Thread Tom Hill
;t have any racks and/or power, but they recently converted a very large suite (3A I believe) to shared colo space. Lots of shiny new Rital racks therein, and "about 4kW" was mentioned as the upper power limit. YMMV :) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark

Re: [uknof] IPv6 usage explosion

2016-05-20 Thread Tom Hill
over the last 12 months, most recently at LINX, and prior to that UKNOF in London if I recall correctly. See: http://www.worldipv6launch.org/measurements/ for more figures. :) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP

Re: [uknof] IPv6 usage explosion

2016-05-20 Thread Tom Hill
here they running IPv6-only here on this LAN? Surely dual-stack wouldn't have been an issue with regards to AWS? - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Ver

Re: [uknof] IPv6 usage explosion

2016-05-20 Thread Tom Hill
ces go, easier > without than with. I think it's the lack of external IPv6 that makes their decision to use IPv6-only internally a pretty weird idea in the first place. Whilst I'm glad someone's tried it, it's not overly representative of the dual-stack environment that Sky is r

Re: [uknof] IPv6 usage explosion

2016-05-20 Thread Tom Hill
oved much in this area. There were definitely better options back in 2012 - even OpenBSD would've done a better job, where feature parity is concerned anyway. - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNA

Re: [uknof] IPv6 usage explosion

2016-05-24 Thread Tom Hill
ures that indicate far more traffic by volume to these sites - and with IPv4 in decline. It also speaks to what Neil's said elsewhere in the thread; use of IPv6 doesn't yet remove your requirement for IPv4, and thus extending v4's life (eg. CGN) and implementing IPv6 are concurrent

[uknof] EU IXP Pricing

2016-05-24 Thread Tom Hill
over 36 months 5) With the exception of INEX, all the prices used are publicly available 6) The average utilization of an IXP port is 40% [1] http://mailman.nlnog.net/pipermail/nlnog/2016-May/002593.html [2] https://www.peeringforum.com/the-real-cost-of-public-ixps - -- Tom Hill -BEGI

Re: [uknof] vendor-neutral json representation of firewall rules...

2016-06-07 Thread Tom Hill
unk of the industry seems to be converging on YANG for automation of network hardware, so that might be your best bet. (I am *not* an expert on this subject matter; I will defer to someone that's actually used it and tells us that it's rubbish...) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark

Re: [uknof] IOS Mail App (was Re: vendor-neutral json representation of firewall rules...)

2016-06-07 Thread Tom Hill
; inline PGP messages. I've turned that off for now and will see what > everything makes of it now. *moo* - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXVtXXAAoJEH2fK

Re: [uknof] Virgin Media in Pulsant Maidenhead 2 (Bluesquare)

2016-06-10 Thread Tom Hill
more likely to be aware of the correct incantations to use when dealing with VM. - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXWpP9AAoJEH2fKbrp2s

Re: [uknof] Peering with Limelight Networks

2016-06-17 Thread Tom Hill
hurt by this, learns from this and pre-empts the streaming of major sporting events in the future. - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXZAiJAAoJE

Re: [uknof] Peering with Limelight Networks

2016-06-17 Thread Tom Hill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 17/06/16 16:20, Martin J. Levy wrote: > So ... what is your ASN? Inquiring minds want to know. letmepeeringdbthatforyou.com should really exist. ;D -> https://www.peeringdb.com/net/8027 - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hostin

Re: [uknof] Peering with Limelight Networks

2016-06-17 Thread Tom Hill
and forever. Particularly football World/Euro Cups, and the Olympics . Talking of which, Rio 2016 starts in August... :) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXZBiXAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ68T

[uknof] An invitation to NetMcr #1

2016-06-19 Thread Tom Hill
evening will start with some short presentations (~10 mins each) to hopefully break the ice and stimulate some conversation, followed by plenty of time thereafter to network with your fellow attendees. Some of the presentations confirmed thus far are: * An Overview of Internet Peering in Europ

Re: [uknof] An invitation to NetMcr #1

2016-06-19 Thread Tom Hill
On 20/06/16 00:39, Tom Hill wrote: > it is hoped that we will be able to run this every third Thursday of > the month. Second Thursday, *second* Thursday of the month. It's like I don't even proof read... :) -- Tom

Re: [uknof] An invitation to NetMcr #1

2016-06-20 Thread Tom Hill
Mcr and UKNOF. :) - -- Tom Hill Network Engineer Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXaB7aAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ6Dx8H/2n9HygAuwcQPG6whO1IoXsf 6p+SWDW/IfxI8T5PJMG/hcHKLsZNlfa+hNNqNd/sLIGHYI9wKyZsEPBe6KycSyI7 izzKDbt

Re: [uknof] BT Outage?

2016-07-20 Thread Tom Hill
back up again now, so these are > supposedly all residual problems caused by the initial power loss. Did you mean Telehouse, rather than Telec^WEquinix? - -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN P

[uknof] NetMcr #2

2016-08-03 Thread Tom Hill
Hello UKNOF, Following on from the great success of NetMcr's inaugural event, which was very well attended by the community, we're rolling on with our 2nd event as planned. When: Thursday 11th August, 2016 Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the bar upstairs) Time: 19:00 - ~21:30 (the

Re: [uknof] Telecity/Equinix

2016-08-09 Thread Tom Hill
bout some > Rackspace without any luck. Sure, I'll respond off list. :) - -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXqdrlAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ6ofAIAIeIQZR

Re: [uknof] IOS XR tcpdump

2016-08-17 Thread Tom Hill
boxes. But not if you're running Typhoon. :) - -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJXtFnNAAoJEH2fKbrp2sQ6d8YIAMK6W57tyVf

Re: [uknof] MTP Single Mode cables - Wanted

2016-08-23 Thread Tom Hill
tion of Ethernet begets a new generation of MMF. Wouldn't it be better if we didn't have multi-mode standards any more? - -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJX

[uknof] Whisky!

2016-08-25 Thread Tom Hill
Right, now that I've got your attention... Would anyone be interested in popping along to the Auchentoshan distillery, North West of Glasgow? Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/cT6QsPpBDKT2 Disclaimer: I'm not organising anything, nor sponsoring it, but if anyone fancies a few wee drams we can p

[uknof] NetMcr #3

2016-09-02 Thread Tom Hill
Hello UKNOF, For those of you in & around Manchester and *not* attending UKNOF next week, NetMcr will be running on the 2nd Thursday as normal: When: Thursday 8th September, 2016 Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the bar upstairs) Time: 19:00 - ~21:30 (the venue stays open until mid

[uknof] NetMcr #4, 13th October

2016-10-06 Thread Tom Hill
Hello UKNOF, As is now tradition, NetMcr will be on the 2nd Thursday again! When: Thursday 13th October, 2016 Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the bar upstairs) Time: 19:00 - ~21:30 (the venue stays open until midnight) Cost: Nil We're aiming to provide a regular, friendl

Re: [uknof] Cisco IPv6 NTP on access point

2016-10-24 Thread Tom Hill
On 24/10/16 23:11, Tom Bird wrote: > I've got some Cisco 3502i access points which are running an up to date > standalone image, and I've given them all IPv6 only addresses for > management as they are a purely layer 2 device and shouldn't need a v4 > address so why bother. My experience with this

Re: [uknof] Cisco IPv6 NTP on access point

2016-10-31 Thread Tom Hill
On 29/10/16 23:14, Chris Russell wrote: > That's been true for quite a while ... Cisco datasheets I now treat as > more a generic "might" over "will" guide, plus there is often confusing > terminology. I was really just referring to IPv6/IPv4 feature parity, tbf. But, I'm sure there are countless

[uknof] NetMcr #5, 10th November

2016-10-31 Thread Tom Hill
Hello UKNOF, As is now tradition, NetMcr will be on the 2nd Thursday again! When: Thursday 10th October, 2016 Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the bar upstairs) Time: 19:00 - 22:00 (the venue stays open until midnight) Cost: Nil We're aiming to provide a regular, friendly

Re: [uknof] NetMcr #5, 10th November

2016-11-01 Thread Tom Hill
On 01/11/16 01:50, Tom Hill wrote: >When: Thursday 10th October, 2016 > Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the bar upstairs) >Time: 19:00 - 22:00 (the venue stays open until midnight) >Cost: Nil Oopsie, that should be Thursday 10th of November 2016, as per

Re: [uknof] IPv6 adoption approaching 16% in UK

2016-11-07 Thread Tom Hill
On 07/11/16 19:43, Neil J. McRae wrote: > Come on TalkTalk!! It's just you guys left!! What's the date?! Out of interest, what sort of coverage is BT up to now? You're aiming for full availability by the end of April 2017, right? -- Tom Hill Network Manager Byt

Re: [uknof] IPv6 adoption approaching 16% in UK

2016-11-07 Thread Tom Hill
ess of course it's just me that the peering team don't like - in which case I'd be happy to bake the prerequisite IPv6 peering cake. :) -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 (0) 1904 890 890

Re: [uknof] UK IPv6 Council meeting - slides and video available

2016-11-09 Thread Tom Hill
stands - it's great for those of us that couldn't attend in person. -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[uknof] NetMcr #6, 8th December

2016-11-28 Thread Tom Hill
Hello, tl;dr: NetMcr, 8th December, good social, please submit talks. When: Thursday 8th December, 2016 Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the room upstairs) Time: 19:00 sharp, until ~22:00 (bar open until midnight!) Cost: Nil We're aiming to provide a regular, friendly en

[uknof] NetMcr #7, 12th January

2017-01-03 Thread Tom Hill
Hello, tl;dr: NetMcr, 12th Jan, good social, please submit talks. When: Thursday 12th January, 2016 Where: 57 Thomas Street, Manchester (the room upstairs) Time: 19:00 sharp, until ~22:00 (bar open until midnight!) Cost: Nil We're aiming to provide a regular, friendly enviro

Re: [uknof] IPv6 adoption approaching 16% in UK

2017-01-05 Thread Tom Hill
flawlessly on both address families for the foreseeable future. (The people on this list that also happen to be our customers are going to be among the exceptions to this, I'd expect - so thank you all. If I can help you add some records on a Bytemark service, please let me know offlist

Re: [uknof] IPv6 adoption approaching 16% in UK

2017-01-06 Thread Tom Hill
ecause - amongst other things - most people won't (shouldn't) be on Netflix or Youtube whilst in the meeting hall. :) -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [uknof] Easynet / HE (maybe SixXS?) issue

2017-01-22 Thread Tom Hill
a very similar issue that I had with IPv6 from Easynet in Germany, recently. Drop me a mail offlist and we'll compare output... I got some way to finding a responsive contact, but it's all disappeared into a black hole as it stands; if it's related, it would be worth joining force

[uknof] NetMcr #8, 9th February

2017-02-09 Thread Tom Hill
Hello, tl;dr: NetMcr, TONIGHT, 9th Feb. Good social, with some clueful talks. We're also now running our own mailing list, for announcements. Future event announcements will be made from that list *only*, so please do sign up to it if you are interested in attending NetMcr: https://www.netmcr

Re: [uknof] Public Speaking / Media training ... (by Women for Women)

2017-02-09 Thread Tom Hill
ir stories with younger women, their peers, the UK business community – perhaps, even, the rest of the world – get them to apply here by Wednesday 8th February." So it's a day late to apply, but here's hoping that they re-run it. :) Thanks for sharing, Chris! -- Tom

Re: [uknof] Remote Hands in Manchester

2017-02-14 Thread Tom Hill
On 14/02/17 17:21, Catalin Dominte wrote: > Tom (Hill) do you know anyone? I do! I've a few good contacts that can help in that respect. I'll send you a list, offlist, in case I forget anyone and they stop talking to me. :) -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark

Re: [uknof] CoLo - Coventry

2017-04-12 Thread Tom Hill
wn the road towards 6DG in Studleigh? (Or Digbeth, in fact). -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [uknof] Virgin Media fibre expansion

2017-06-01 Thread Tom Hill
On 01/06/17 09:11, Chris Russell wrote: > On 01/06/2017 09:00, Catalin Dominte wrote: >> Are we past Hyper yet? Or Supersonic? > > I'm a fan of 'Tremendous'. Clearly, none of you have played Unreal Tournament in a while. 'MONSTER FAST!' -- Tom

Re: [uknof] Example of total DC loss

2017-06-02 Thread Tom Hill
the building. Someone commented (at the > time) somebody “put their foot in it” – quite literally, in badly > managed fibre alongside one of the ODFs and ripped a bunch out. This bodes well for DFA! -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 89

Re: [uknof] Hosting Firewall Advice

2017-06-02 Thread Tom Hill
On 02/06/17 15:02, James Bensley wrote: > virtual m0n0wawll boxes per customer m0n0wall was discontinued, and its replacement - OPNSense - is a far cry from the lovely, lightweight release that was m0n0wall. I'm very sad to see the end of it! -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Host

Re: [uknof] Hosting Firewall Advice

2017-06-02 Thread Tom Hill
age all of my competitors to use it.) -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [uknof] Article: "IPv6 update: A look at the security and privacy improvements"

2017-06-14 Thread Tom Hill
On 14/06/17 14:54, Fernando Gont wrote: > You can scroll down and read the whole article even without registering Why should we read this? "FYI" doesn't quite cut it on a public mailing list... :/ -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel

Re: [uknof] 1/4 Rack in Equinix Joule House

2017-07-18 Thread Tom Hill
filling it with quarters and halves). But instead of speculating, generally you do find that the OP had a specific reason to ask about the DC they did - hence there aren't a flurry of "why that DC? Why not this DC?" responses. :) -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http

Re: [uknof] Fibre to remote areas

2017-08-22 Thread Tom Hill
basis, are you *certain* that it isn't Openreach that are difficult to deal with, rather than the landlords? -- Tom Hill Network Manager Bytemark Hosting http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ tel. +44 1904 890 890 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [uknof] Fibre to remote areas

2017-08-22 Thread Tom Hill
; There was a long, long period where Manchester city centre was coated with FTTC cabinets that weren't serving MDUs <100m away, and Hyperoptic have been doing rather well connecting those buildings with something more than ADSL2+. It's played rather well into their hands. -- Tom H

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