Re: Rack rails on network equipment

2021-09-24 Thread Wayne Bouchard
lly > limiting myself by excluding vendors who don't ship with toolless rails > (which is all of them now except Dell)? > > Thanks for your time in advance! > --Andrey --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

2021-05-28 Thread Wayne Bouchard
n major cities, but also rural areas > > Note, the official broadband definition only means service providers can't > advertise it as "broadband" or qualify for subsidies; not that they must > deliver better service. --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Parler

2021-01-10 Thread Wayne Bouchard
ithout labeling it as edititorializing. At some point, that breaks down. It has to. -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Parler

2021-01-10 Thread Wayne Bouchard
t; > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/amazon-parler-suspension/ > > > > Regards, > > Bill HErrin --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Are the days of the showpiece NOC office display gone forever?

2020-12-22 Thread Wayne Bouchard
customer service (or excessive emphasis on procedures) is a really nice way of taking a five minute problem and turning it into an hour long ordeal. (pet peeve) -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: IPv4 Mismanagement

2020-10-03 Thread Wayne Bouchard
d > >> to us. > >> > >> This is really confusing and concerning. I know it's not the > >> end-all-be-all, but I wonder how much IPv4 exhaustion is being caused by > >> this type of IPv4 mis-management, where IPs are still shown as > >> "allocated" to a customer who hasn't used them in years. > >> > >> I've seen this behavior from Frontier and CenturyLink to name just a few. > >> > >> Any thoughts on this? > >> > > > > --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: questions asked during network engineer interview

2020-07-24 Thread Wayne Bouchard
re are plenty of network engineers out there who, in going about their job--and especially when trying out new features, figuratively mashed their figures with that hammer. Curiosity, yes, but also self-discipline. -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: 60 ms cross-continent

2020-06-20 Thread Wayne Bouchard
les/second > 2742 miles from Seattle to Washington DC mainly driving I-90 > > 2742/186282 ~= 0.015 seconds > > Thanks, > Bill Herrin > > -- > William Herrin > b...@herrin.us<mailto:b...@herrin.us> > https://bill.herrin.us/ > > > -- > Tim:> > > > -- > Tim:> --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Huawei on Mount Everest

2020-05-01 Thread Wayne Bouchard
is, I would think it would be a good > thing for climbers to be able to check in and say whether they are OK. > > I agree it's mostly a publicity stunt, though. --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Are underground utility markers essential workers?

2020-04-21 Thread Wayne Bouchard
you're always going to get it wrong. On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 02:57:15PM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote: > > Utility markers don't get the recognition they deserve. If they aren't > essential workers, they should be and get hazard pay. > > They help protect every

Re: Tell me about AS19111

2020-02-05 Thread Wayne Bouchard
s (they just don't feel warm and fuzzy to me), his meaning was pretty clear. So to be pedantic, just tack "WRT other engineers" on the end of that and the statement holds. -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic

2019-11-18 Thread Wayne Bouchard
; > Its very practical for a country to cut 95%+ of its Internet connectivity. > Its not a complete cut-off, there is some limited connectivity. But for > most ordinary individuals, their communication channels are cut-off. > > https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1196366347938

Re: Disney+ Streaming

2019-11-12 Thread Wayne Bouchard
h source getting payment for the specific program viewed. Hard to tell, but the fragmentation thing will start to come to the forefront before too much longer, IMO. -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Weekly Routing Table Report

2019-08-30 Thread Wayne Bouchard
wn"? :) > > scott > bgp since ~50k Hah! "The internet woulda been perfect, if not for those meddling kids!" --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Weekly Routing Table Report

2019-08-30 Thread Wayne Bouchard
out 32,000 prefixes and we were panicked about that. "CIDRize or die", I think Sean Doran said. I remember well the memory and cam struggles to keep up with growth. Its phenomenal, yes, but also, "WTF, PEOPLE??? CAN'T ANYONE AGGREGATE ANYMORE???" :) -Wayne --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Power cut if temps are too high

2019-05-28 Thread Wayne Bouchard
cut the power if the room goes above > >> X > >> degrees? I am looking for something as a just in case. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Dovid > >> --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: It's been 20 years today (Oct 16, UTC). Hard to believe.

2018-10-16 Thread Wayne Bouchard
dealing with complex > matters, no matter how much thought went into it. People are > fallible, and the standards they write are inevitably flawed in > some way, so a realistic implementor has to allow some slack or be > continually engaged in finger-pointing when somethin

Re: It's been 20 years today (Oct 16, UTC). Hard to believe.

2018-10-15 Thread Wayne Bouchard
ools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468 > > Oct 16, 1998. --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: (perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers

2018-07-15 Thread Wayne Bouchard
They > pretty much follow the East-West rail line - where I'd expect there's a > lot of fiber buried. > > Struck me as somewhat interesting. > > It also struck me that folks here might have some comments. > > Miles Fidelman > > -- > In theory,

Re: is odd number of links in lag group ok

2018-05-16 Thread Wayne Bouchard
gt; > > > I'm asking since I heard in the past something negative about odd numbers of > lag members. .but I also have heard that it's not a big deal. Let me know > please > > > > -Aaron > > > > --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: 60 Hudson Woes

2018-02-18 Thread Wayne Bouchard
e ID badges > > for our employees but for anyone else that wants access we need to request > > it 48 hours in advance to get approval. So if we plan on having an > > unexpected outage and we need to have a have a vendor come on site (e.g. a > > Dell tech) we will need to let t

Re: 60 Hudson Woes

2018-02-18 Thread Wayne Bouchard
> for our employees but for anyone else that wants access we need to > > request > > > it 48 hours in advance to get approval. So if we plan on having an > > > unexpected outage and we need to have a have a vendor come on site (e.g. > > a > > > Dell tech) we will need to let them know in advance. > > > > > > What are peoples experiences with 111 8th and 165 Halsey? We really like > > > the connectivity options at 60 Hudson but at some point the hassle > > becomes > > > not worth it. > > > > > > > --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Broadcast television in an IP world

2017-11-18 Thread Wayne Bouchard
system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or > > error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, > > arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Luke Guillory therefore does > > not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this > > message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. . > > > > --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Broadcast television in an IP world

2017-11-17 Thread Wayne Bouchard
doesn't rely on OTA. Hell, even STL links these days are often packet based. (It's often a lot simpler and cheaper than trying to operate a microwave feed.) So if you've already done the encoding, the OTA setup is simply one branch among several possible paths. -Wayne --- Wayne Bouc

Re: Puerto Rico: Lack of electricity threatens telephone and internet services

2017-10-19 Thread Wayne Bouchard
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Re: 4 or smaller digit ASNs

2017-10-12 Thread Wayne Bouchard
> > I'm curious what your client's rationale is for wanting a low ASN. Dare I say it? Nerds often get overly excited at things that are generally pretty small... ;) --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: replacing compromised biometric authenticators

2017-10-11 Thread Wayne Bouchard
lan for replacing that > > hand? > > > > > >Regards, > > >Bill Herrin > > > > > > > > >-- > > >William Herrin her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > > >Dirtside Systems . Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> > > > > -- > > Ken Chase - m...@sizone.org Guelph Canada > > > > > > -- > Matt Harris - Chief Security Officer > Main: +1 855.696.3834 ext 103 > Mobile: +1 908.590.9472 > Email: m...@netfire.net --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

2017-10-09 Thread Wayne Bouchard
icipalities have all 3 services. It is possible that some customers > of Claro served by these OCs do not have internet. This is possible as > there could be cables and posts broken and / or VRADs without AEE > service." > > https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2017/10/06/senal-claro-esta-ya-accesible-34-municipios.html --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

2017-10-01 Thread Wayne Bouchard
power and > didn't realise how life changes when you have no power, queue up for > wood provided by city etc. (and that is nothing compared to what people > on Puerto Rico are dealing with). --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Hurricane Maria: Summary of communication status - and lack of

2017-09-25 Thread Wayne Bouchard
thing can start coming back together. First and foremost, this means making the place habitable again so you actually have customers to serve. So any time spent doing something like what is related above is extremely worth while and can only serve to facilitate future work for everyone on the isl

Re: Hurricane Harvey - Network Status (FCC)

2017-08-28 Thread Wayne Bouchard
's at) > > seems to be back on the air, but with all production from WFAA out of > > Dallas. > > > KHOU had a tweet with video showing the water flooding into their > offices/studios and staff having to leave. > > https://twitter.com/sallykhou11/status/9018055

Re: OSPF vs ISIS - Which do you prefer & why?

2016-11-09 Thread Wayne Bouchard
t/apricot2009/images/lecture_files/isis_deployment.pdf > > Ultimately, router CPU's are way faster now, and I could see a case for > running a single-area OSPFv2. So I'd likely not be religious about > forcing you down the IS-IS path. > > Mark. > --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Dyn DDoS this AM?

2016-10-24 Thread Wayne Bouchard
this war. If we are apathetic, we have already lost. > >> > >> > >> OK, enough motivational speaking for today. But take this to heart. Our > >> biggest problem is people thinking they cannot or do not want to help. > >> > >> -- > >> TTFN,

Re: MPLS in the campus Network?

2016-10-24 Thread Wayne Bouchard
> What we're not seeing anymore is l3vpn requirements, particularly on the > back of on-premise IT infrastructure moving into the cloud. We see this > driving a lot of regular IP growth. > > Mark. --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: 18 years ago today - rfc 2468

2016-10-19 Thread Wayne Bouchard
19 AM, Rodney Joffe wrote: > > > > To be clear - Oct 16. Which has just tolled in the APAC region. For most of > > you it will be tomorrow. But no matter. You get the point. > > > >> On Oct 15, 2016, at 9:08 AM, Rodney Joffe wrote: > >> > >> How time flies > --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: ISP License in the USA?

2016-05-31 Thread Wayne Bouchard
t; and/or residential). > > > > I am aware that there are some CALEA requirements of ISPs that seem to kick > in once a CALEA request is made, but is that different from a license. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Lorell Hathcock > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: ISP License in the USA?

2016-05-31 Thread Wayne Bouchard
t; I am familiar with CLEC status filed with our state. But it is not a > >> requirement to pass traffic. > >> > >> He is suggesting COALS with which I am completely unfamiliar. > >> > >> Can anyone tell me if there is a Texas state and/or USA Federal l

Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences

2016-04-11 Thread Wayne Bouchard
l favor setting the generic location as a certain set of roundish holes in the ground up in the northern plains. Let the government raid itself for once. --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Colocation Server Lifts

2016-04-04 Thread Wayne Bouchard
hem or provide > an operator? > 3. Is it a free offering or something they rent out? > 4. What would be the typical device weight you would lift? > 5. What would be the max device weight you would lift? > > Thanks, > > Jason --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/

Re: Oh dear, we've all been made redundant...

2016-03-23 Thread Wayne Bouchard
-rich equipment as he walked in > the area. > > Then, after some coffee and a cigarette, he would go through the > trouble-ticket collection, retest the item, mark the ticket "NTF" and > proceed to the next item. I love that! Just goes to show the vast range of techni