Re: End to End testing

2019-12-12 Thread Ben Bartsch
+1 for Accedian If you're looking for more of a homemade solution, I've used the perfSONAR software suite on some cheap-ish servers running CentOS for 10gig testing. It's highly configurable. I had it set up to do scheduled tests so we could see how the network behaved over time. The results are

Re: Suggestion for Layer 3, all SFP+ switches

2018-04-19 Thread Ben Bartsch
I've been testing IPInfusion OcNOS running on Dell Z9100 and S4048. I've run a couple of test cases using MPLS LDP signaled port based and VLAN based VPWS (pseudowire / e-line / xconnect / Juniper CCC) and VPLS (e-lan) over an OSPFv2 IGP. It's working well between Dell/IPI to Dell/IPI boxes. We h

Re: validating reachability via an ISP

2018-04-05 Thread Ben Bartsch
+1 for Route Explorer On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 2:49 AM, Andy Davidson wrote: > > > > > > On 29/03/2018, 00:22, Andy Litzinger > wrote: > > > >> The root cause is that the our prefix is not being adequately > >> re-distributed globally by the regional ISP. This is unexpected and we > are > >> wor

Re: How are you configuring BFD timers?

2018-03-22 Thread Ben Bartsch
No sure if this link has been provided yet, but this is how I learned BFD - https://supportforums.cisco.com/t5/service-providers-documents/bfd-support-on-cisco-asr9000/ta-p/3153191 My only experience with BFD has been with short paths using grey optics and interstate DWDM spans. I found 3x50ms ec

Re: Juniper MX - Routed pseudowire using LDP - VPWS or VPLS

2018-03-22 Thread Ben Bartsch
this has more to do with the behavior of IRB in general on Juniper as I don't see any of the IRB MAC addresses present in the table, even for IRBs not used on the VPLS circuit. It's entirely possible I'm using the wrong commands. :) -ben On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Ben Bartsch

Re: Juniper MX - Routed pseudowire using LDP - VPWS or VPLS

2018-03-19 Thread Ben Bartsch
52786 xe2 262148 2/Up 7 LDP Active On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 4:15 PM, Ben Bartsch wrote: > Absolutely! I'm running a eBGP session over this ATM. We are going to > try to backhaul our customers through a Dell whitebox running IPI OcNOS > confi

Re: Juniper MX - Routed pseudowire using LDP - VPWS or VPLS

2018-03-19 Thread Ben Bartsch
s)? I've stiched a L2 PW using > lt-interfaces. > > Thanks. > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:51:36AM -0500, Ben Bartsch wrote: > > I want to thank everyone who contacted me on and off list on this > request. > > I now have two methods to land a layer 3 endpoint on a

Re: Juniper MX - Routed pseudowire using LDP - VPWS or VPLS

2018-03-19 Thread Ben Bartsch
future NANOG meeting. Thanks again! -ben On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Ben Bartsch wrote: > When we had Cisco ASR 920/903 and ASR9k, I could attach a layer 2 > pseudowire endpoint on that device to a layer 3 BDI/BVI. I'm trying to do > the same thing on a Juniper MX 480/960 a

Juniper MX - Routed pseudowire using LDP - VPWS or VPLS

2018-03-17 Thread Ben Bartsch
When we had Cisco ASR 920/903 and ASR9k, I could attach a layer 2 pseudowire endpoint on that device to a layer 3 BDI/BVI. I'm trying to do the same thing on a Juniper MX 480/960 and it does not appear to be supported (for LDP at least - MP-BGP might be supported). We could do either VPWS or VPL

Anybody with experience with MT IS-IS on multi-vendor integration - JunOS MX to Dell OS9 Z9100

2018-02-16 Thread Ben Bartsch
We are a small transit provider with a Juniper backbone running multi-topology IS-IS in a single area with a very small number of JunOS devices (less than 15 devices). We are attempting to integrate some 100 Gbps top of rack Dell (Force10) switches to do some backhaul in our metro areas. The end

Re: BGP AS# migration from IOS to IOS-XR

2017-08-31 Thread Ben Bartsch
Get in touch with your Cisco SE or partner. Cisco SE's have access to a conversion tool that takes in an IOS config and spits out an XR config. It's usually about 80-95% correct. It even shows you sections that are not in use and can be removed. On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Nick Hilliard wr

Cellular enabled console server

2017-02-24 Thread Ben Bartsch
NANOG - Are any of you running a console server to access your network equipment via a serial connection at a remote site? If so, what are you using and how much do you like it? I have a project where I need to stand up over 100 remote sites and would like a backdoor to the console just to be abl

Re: mrtg alternative

2016-03-23 Thread Ben Bartsch
Consultant here... We used StatSeeker at a large state government WAN (my last gig before turning consultant) and I personally loved it for graphs and to point customers to (you can easily set up user accounts where they can log in via a web portal and they can see the graphs you assign them). I

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Re: iOS 7 update traffic

2013-09-18 Thread Ben Bartsch
We are seeing Akamai traffic up about 100-300% since noon CDT. Seeing similar increased from our participants - colleges and universities mainly. AS32440 -ben On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou < ach...@forthnetgroup.gr> wrote: > We also noticed an interesting spike (+

Cymru Bogon AS path change

2013-09-16 Thread Ben Bartsch
Did anyone else notice that the path changed from 65332 to 65332 65331 earlier today? We certainly did when we starting advertising all the bogons to our ISP peers. Probably should have had an inbound AS path filter on that cymru peering...

Re: [Q] What is your favorite Network Tools Live CD / USB, which you could have running in remote offices?

2013-08-22 Thread Ben Bartsch
perfSONAR-PS project - http://www.perfsonar.net/ On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Michael Shuler wrote: > > > On 08/22/2013 12:06 PM, Stefan wrote: > > > I've been toying with Live distros (CD, then USB) for many years, in > > > support of security too

BGP Route Recorder suggestions

2013-05-02 Thread Ben Bartsch
Hi all: I am curious what you RENs out there are using for BGP (and IGP) route recording. We did a demo of Packet Design's Route Explorer. While I loved the functionality and ease of use, we simply can not afford it. I am attracted to iBGPlay since we use the BGPlayer at routeviews all the time

Re: What are y'all doing for CALEA compliance?

2013-03-15 Thread Ben Bartsch
s placated > with an excel sheet. > > As far as monitoring your connection, if your 10gig is coming in over > fiber you should just buy a vampire tap and be done with it. > > I hope this helps, but CALEA is inherently messy. > > Cheers, > Joshua > > Sent from my iPad > > On

What are y'all doing for CALEA compliance?

2013-03-15 Thread Ben Bartsch
What are you RENs out there doing for CALEA compliance? Is there actually any teeth to the law? Our systems guys have tried a product called 'Open CALEA' but the router and the server simply can't keep up with mirroring from a 10Gbps connection into a 1Gbps link. I'm no legal expert eitheran

Intermapper vs NetBrain vs some other for NMS

2013-03-08 Thread Ben Bartsch
Hi all: I'm looking for information anyone might have comparing Intermapper to NetBrain for NMS. Stuff like devices up/down, interface utilization, building maps for documentation, etc. IMO, Intermapper works great, when it works. Tech support has been slow and often cannot fix the problems, no

Re: L3 East cost maint / fiber 05FEB2012 maintenance

2013-02-05 Thread Ben Bartsch
We lost our peering with them in Baton Rouge (Houston) but not in Jackson MS (Atlanta). It was less than 10 minutes. No advanced notification. On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:06 AM, <2asx1y...@sneakemail.com> wrote: > I acknowledge sliding past the maintenance window, and we're seeing > similar bumps

BGP / ISIS route recorder advice

2013-01-30 Thread Ben Bartsch
Greetings: I work for a REN and we are looking for advice on a route recorder. We have been working with Packet Design and I absolutely love their product RouteExplorer (well, everything except the price tag). I was wondering if anyone out there in NANOG land had any suggestions or recommendatio

Re: looking glass for Level 3

2013-01-15 Thread Ben Bartsch
http://lg.level3.net/ is online from Baton Rouge, LA. Any official word from Level3? -bb On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Siegel, David wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The site is offline as a result of some security issues that were > discovered. As soon as we've got it patched we'll put it back online

Re: Indonesian ISP Moratel announces Google's prefixes

2012-11-07 Thread Ben Bartsch
http://bgplay.routeviews.org/bgplay/ gives a good idea of what happened On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Eric Osterweil wrote: > > > As for the, ``what is a leak'' question, a few of us just put a draft > together to describe it, in the IETF: > < > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-foo-si

Re: AS 1668 BGP contact - possible prefix hijacking

2012-11-07 Thread Ben Bartsch
13703 were suspect AS 13703 for isolating the issue and fixing it NANOG is a great community and I hope to see y'all in NOLA next year. -Ben AS 32440 On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Ben Bartsch wrote: > Hi: > > Is there anyone here who can help us with a possible prefix hijacki

AS 1668 BGP contact - possible prefix hijacking

2012-11-06 Thread Ben Bartsch
Hi: Is there anyone here who can help us with a possible prefix hijacking situation through ATDN? Please contact me off list if you (or you know somebody) that can help us. I've tried the ATDN NOC and Vikas, but they have been no help whatsoever. The hijacked prefix appears to be sent to AS 166

Re: 100.100.0.0/24

2012-10-05 Thread Ben Bartsch
use this: http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/bgp.html On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Oct 5, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:29 AM, joel jaeggli wrote: > > > >> by all accounts this has been advertised since 8/24. >

Re: guys != gender neutral

2012-09-27 Thread Ben Bartsch
y'all youse ye do not use 'gals'.i've been told that is offensive here in the south (i'm a yankee transplant) On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Kevin Carmical wrote: > So say we all. > > > Kevin Carmical > Network Support > UCA > BBA 107 > 501-450-3107>>> 9/27/2012 1:52 PM >>> > Maybe one

TWTC BGP IPv6 /40 prefix

2012-09-21 Thread Ben Bartsch
I am trying to add a /40 prefix to be accepted by a couple of TWTC circuits we have in Louisiana (Shreveport and Baton Rouge). My only options available are /32, /48, /56, /64 in the web portal. Is there somebody from TWTC that could contact me off list? Thanks. -bb

Re: MTU mismatch on one link

2012-08-31 Thread Ben Bartsch
mturoute.exe works great http://www.elifulkerson.com/projects/mturoute.php On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Justin M. Streiner wrote: > On Fri, 31 Aug 2012, Andrew K. wrote: > > Besides routing protocol convergence is there any service issues with >> running mismatched MTU? Assuming the pac

Re: Verizon's New Repair Method: Plastic Garbage Bags

2012-08-22 Thread Ben Bartsch
Temporary Fix + It Works = Permanent Fix On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Pedersen, Sean wrote: > What's the bubble-wrap for? Protection in case of bird collision? > > Looks like they borrowed from Qwest's repair manual. We have a lot of > pedestals around the city that are covered in Hefty bags

Juniper advertises ::/0 Cisco hears ::/3

2012-05-11 Thread Ben Bartsch
This one is very strange... Has anyone seen this behavior with BGP IPv6 between Juniper (owned by Level 3, advertising routes correctly, sending default ::/0) and Cisco (6509 running 12.2.58.SXI6 advipservices, receiving all routes fine except default, hearing ::/3)? I worked with Level 3 and the

Re: Network diagram app that shows realtime link utilizatin

2012-05-01 Thread Ben Bartsch
on intermapper, simply right click the link, select 'status window' and you will get all kinds of nice info. be sure to use the bandwidth command on the interface if you are not using the default 10/100/1000/10gig. also, the links turn yellow and orange as the line becomes more saturated (and the