Distributed DNS/etc checking

2012-04-02 Thread Todd Snyder
Good day all, There have been a few instances where we've wanted to check our external DNS servers from various external networks, so we've utilized the existing looking glass tools provided by many of you. However, it's a very manual process, given that all LG's I've found say no automating/scri

Re: Common operational misconceptions

2012-02-17 Thread Todd Snyder
as a 33 year old, I'm looking forward to hitting 35 so I can finally understand what you guys are talking about! Will I get some sort of glow or achievement? think I'll get a raise when I can add 'troubleshooting' to my resume? :) On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Ray Soucy wrote: > As someone

Re: General Internet Instability

2011-11-07 Thread Todd Snyder
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Richard Golodner < rgolod...@infratection.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 11:09 -0500, Todd Snyder wrote: > > Can anyone point to any authoritative updates about this? > > I think Jared's suggestion was about as close as your

Re: General Internet Instability

2011-11-07 Thread Todd Snyder
Can anyone point to any authoritative updates about this? On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: > On Nov 7, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Tom Hill wrote: > > > On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 10:00 -0500, Todd Snyder wrote: > >> We seem to be having some problems with our tata

TATA problems?

2011-11-07 Thread Todd Snyder
We seem to be having some problems with our tata links - first seen in EU about 45 minutes ago, now we're seeing problems in NA. I'm focused on DNS, so I'm seeing a lot of timeouts/servfails, but our networking folks are talking about links dropping. Anyone else seeing oddness on the NA Internet

IPv6 Conventions

2011-05-18 Thread Todd Snyder
As I start working more and more with IPv6 and find myself having to address services, I am wondering if there are any sort of written or unwritten 'conventions'/best practices that are being adopted about how to address devices/servers/services. Specifically: 1) Is there a general convention abo

RE: US hunters shoot down Google fibre

2010-09-21 Thread Todd Snyder
"Fiber Week"? -Original Message- From: Leslie [mailto:les...@craigslist.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:29 AM To: Christopher Morrow Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: US hunters shoot down Google fibre Hunters, backhoes, and ship anchors are all fiber's natural enemies - I'm surp