Re: Migrating from PPP to DHCPo82

2010-11-09 Thread Mark Smith
Hi Jack, On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:36:45 -0600 Jack Bates wrote: > On 11/8/2010 9:40 AM, MKS wrote: > > I work for an small ISP, which does traditional xDSL service with PPPoE. > > Currently we are in the process of migrating most of our customers to > > DHCP (some customers are getting new CPEs an

Re: Migrating from PPP to DHCPo82

2010-11-09 Thread MKS
> a pitfal is, when you try to give a dslam port a static ip with a isc-dhcpd, > thats not possible. (I have modfied isc-dhcpd to have a fixed size option82 > hardware type). > > also pools and leasetimes could be problematic, when getting low. Can you elaborate a bit more on this issue? What is th

Hotmail Operations

2010-11-09 Thread David Hooton
Hi All, Could someone from Hotmail operations please contact me offlist, a couple of your outbound SMTP relays are trying to wipe one of our customers off the face of the earth. -- Kind Regards, David Hooton Managing Director Platform Networks www.platformnetworks.net

Re: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)

2010-11-09 Thread Niels Bakker
* gbon...@seven.com (George Bonser) [Mon 08 Nov 2010, 17:54 CET]: I wasn't talking about changing anything at any of the edges. The idea was just to get the "middle" portion of the internet, the peering points to a place that would support frames larger than 1500. It is practically impossible

RE: Cleveland or Columbus Colocation?

2010-11-09 Thread Graham, Darel
_http://bluemilecloud.com Good People -Original Message- From: Charles Mills [mailto:w3y...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 5:58 AM To: NANOG list Subject: Cleveland or Columbus Colocation? Can anyone from these areas recommend someone? I know Expedient is in Cleveland but

Cleveland or Columbus Colocation?

2010-11-09 Thread Charles Mills
Can anyone from these areas recommend someone? I know Expedient is in Cleveland but would like others to look at as well. Feel free to contact me off list. Chuck

RE: Cleveland or Columbus Colocation?

2010-11-09 Thread Richard Graves (RHT)
There are several options in Columbus. The only one that I've personally had dealings with is the Scherer's DC. They seem to be decent, but since my experiences with them were limited to interactions via clients, I can't give a yay or nay on them. There is another Columbus engineer on here fr

Re: Migrating from PPP to DHCPo82

2010-11-09 Thread Jack Bates
On 11/9/2010 3:24 AM, MKS wrote: Can you elaborate a bit more on this issue? What is the difference between a low pool for PPPoE and DHCP? That may be implementation specific, or a reference to high IP rotation rates (which I like). PPPoE doesn't change it's IP as long as a connection is est

Re: Migrating from PPP to DHCPo82

2010-11-09 Thread Jack Bates
On 11/9/2010 3:01 AM, Mark Smith wrote: Firstly, is your customer base primarily residential or is it SOHO/SME business (or something else entirely) ? At that level, the customers are those of a traditional rural ILEC, which means all of the above. Secondly, would I be right if I assume th

Re: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)

2010-11-09 Thread Tony Finch
On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Scott Weeks wrote: > > The mapping server idea that several proposals use do not appear to keep > the smartness at the edges, rather they seem try to make a smarter core > network. Is a DNS server core or edge? ILNP aims to use the DNS as its mapping service. Tony. -- f.antho

Re: OT: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Greg Whynott
if you are using KVM (or even VMware) and you can write shell scripts, you can do this in house.both have the ability to create VMs from the command line. in KVM you can create a VM with a one liner. -g On Nov 9, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Brandon Kim wrote: > > Hey gents: > > As always I val

RE: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Holmes,David A
We've been looking at Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) blade server, which appears to have great potential. Very fast, and eliminates almost all top-of-rack copper cabling from servers to top-of-rack switch. Custom-built for VMWare optimization, but other virtualization OS's will run also fro

OT: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Brandon Kim
Hey gents: As always I value your input. Best resource on the planet! =) I'm hoping this isn't too off-topic if so please respond to me offline if so. I figured since most of everyone here are operators working in a datacenter, you may or may not have experience with virtualization software tha

RE: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Tim Burke
I'm a big fan of Citrix's XenServer system - I've only created VMs using their XenCenter software, but from what I've heard, their API is easy to work with. Tim Burke t...@tburke.us 815.556.2000 From: Brandon Kim [brandon@brandontek.com] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: OT: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread chaim rieger
Kvm, opensource and closed Virt-manager will be your open source manager for this Also look into proxmox.

Re: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread chaim rieger
I use ucs, its hardware, still need the virtualization kernel somewhere in the mix. That said ucs is rock solid and imho beats hp and ibm blades hands down.

Re: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Greg Whynott
no copper cables 10G and FC is all you need to deploy images. 8) -g On Nov 9, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Holmes,David A wrote: > We've been looking at Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) blade > server, which appears to have great potential. Very fast, and eliminates > almost all top-of-rack copper

Re: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)

2010-11-09 Thread Scott Weeks
--- b...@herrin.us wrote: really would. Maybe you can tell me the page number, 'cause I just can't wade through the rest of it. - Don't read anything until around chapter 6 or 7. Also, skip the last one. Thanks for the responses. scott

Re: [nanog] OT: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Aaron Peterson
Hello: On 11/9/10 11:17 AM, Brandon Kim wrote: I figured since most of everyone here are operators working in a datacenter, you may or may not have experience with virtualization software that allows you to configure VM's on the fly. I'm not looking for companies that offer this service, but

Re: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)

2010-11-09 Thread Scott Weeks
--- d...@dotat.at wrote: From: Tony Finch On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Scott Weeks wrote: > The mapping server idea that several proposals use do not appear to keep > the smartness at the edges, rather they seem try to make a smarter core > network. Is a DNS server core or edge? ILNP aims to use the DN

RE: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)

2010-11-09 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
> If you think peering points are the "middle" portion of the internet that all > packets have to traverse, then this thread is beyond hope. > > > -- Niels. Making sweeping generalizations at thin air is fun! This statement could be easily true, just as it could be easily false. Nathan

RE: OT: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Brandon Kim
Thanks everyone for your input today on this topic. I wanted to recap with a list of sites that everyone has suggested both online and offline for FYI purposes. http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-director/ http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/default.aspx http://cloud.com http://ww

Re: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)

2010-11-09 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 09/11/2010 13:46, Tony Finch wrote: > Is a DNS server core or edge? ILNP aims to use the DNS as its mapping > service. This is one of several reasons that ILNP is destined to fail - imho. Nick

RE: VM slicing and dicing

2010-11-09 Thread Ryan Finnesey
I am just about to look into the Cisco's Unified Computing System. Everyone I talk to is very happy with it. Cheers Ryan -Original Message- From: chaim rieger [mailto:chaim.rie...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:44 AM To: Holmes, David A; Brandon Kim; nanog group Subject:

RE: GRE Tunnels and MPLS

2010-11-09 Thread Rettke, Brian
It appears that about half of our web traffic is now being dropped, so problems continue. I'll have to double check MTU and TCP adjust-mss settings, but other than that I have no idea. I've heard that there are some issues with MPLS using some of the 67xx linecards, and apparently this is going

Current trends in capacity planning and oversubscription

2010-11-09 Thread Sean Donelan
While the answer is always it depends, I was wondering what the current rules of thumb university network engineers are using for capacity planning and oversubscription for resnets and admin networks? For K-12, SETDA (http://www.setda.org/web/guest/2020/broadband) is recommending: - An exter