Re: Digitalocean and recent issues

2015-06-07 Thread Stefan Larsson
On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Randy wrote: > > Now I'm blocked by... Pizzahut.com > Can't order a pizza over my VPN. thank god for comic relief. - s

RE: PPPoE/IPoE, any recommendations for upgrade?

2015-06-07 Thread Murat Kaipov
Hello Nasser. We use IPoE in our small ISP. But in my case we use DHCP option 82 and IP address as username for authentication and accounting purposes. As BRAS we configure Cisco ISG. Отправлено с устройства Samsung Исходное сообщение От: Nasser Heidari Дата: 07.06.2015 9

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Joshua Riesenweber
As someone studying their first CCIE (RS), I sometimes find these kind of discussions disheartening. They come up every now and again, and the opinions seem vary anywhere between 'a good interview tool' and 'less than worthless'. It took me a long time to get started in certifications once I bega

Re: Tunable SFP

2015-06-07 Thread Thomas Weible - FLEXOPTIX
Hi Frank, > Frank wrote: > Upon second look, these are "reconfigurable". Doesn't appear to be the >same > as tunable. =( These tuneables have three features: 1. Tune 80-DWDM-channels in the 50 / 100 GHz grid -> You can change the wavelength of the SFP+ 2. Reconfigurable -> configure these SFP+

Re: PPPoE/IPoE, any recommendations for upgrade?

2015-06-07 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Sun, 7 Jun 2015, Nasser Heidari wrote: - If you are already using IPoE, tell more why should I upgrade? The IPoE and IPoEoADSL I have done didn't need radius, didn't need BNG, didn't need a lot of the complications you're talking about. It could basically be realised in any decent L3 swit

Re: Tunable SFP

2015-06-07 Thread Baldur Norddahl
Hi, I believe nobody actually answered the original question: is there any tunable SFP module available. Notice the lack of a + in that statement. The datasheets for modules cited in this thread are all 10G modules with minimum speed of 8.5G. Nothing that will work at 1G. But correct me if I am w

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 7, 2015 4:12 AM, "Joshua Riesenweber" wrote: > > (In my experience it takes more time to study a certification track than to learn just what you need to get a job done.) > Stated different, no job is going to teach you how to pass a cert. And no cert is going to teach a job. One can help

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/07/2015 01:10 AM, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: Now from what I understand of the CCIE lab exam (which I haven't attempted yet), it is a practical exam and you need to know your stuff to pass. I'm sure people think up ways to cheat and devalue it, that's bound to happen. I've sat on both sides

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
On 6/7/2015 4:10 AM, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: As someone studying their first CCIE (RS), I sometimes find these kind of discussions disheartening. They come up every now and again, and the opinions seem vary anywhere between 'a good interview tool' and 'less than worthless'. A certification is

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Scott Morris
Shop class can also teach you how to turn a wrench. How many people out of that area go on to be the best mechanics you¹ve ever seen? Some do, some don¹t. Certifications aren¹t any different. They are around to establish a benchmark of minimally qualified knowledge. We all should know the diff

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Randy Bush
i assume, but have zero actual knowledge/experience, that certification courses/programs actually cover all the corners and minutiae of a subject such as is-is. so you come out knowing all the options and details, 42% of which you will use; or maybe 24% if you are parsimonious. while i no longer

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Eugeniu Patrascu
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Peter Kristolaitis wrote: > In many ways, certification tracks are something like getting a PhD. > Completely useless information (and very few skills) to anything you'll do > in the "real world", but if it makes your clock tick, go for it. Just > don't expect me

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Andrew Latham
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Randy Bush wrote: > i assume, but have zero actual knowledge/experience, that certification > courses/programs actually cover all the corners and minutiae of a subject > such as is-is. so you come out knowing all the options and details, 42% > of which you will u

Re: Should I Reboot, and Why? (was Re: [RDD] No Play out on Cart Wall)

2015-06-07 Thread Aaron C. de Bruyn
> I also reboot for kernel updates! Someone needs to make a bumper sticker... -A

Re: certification

2015-06-07 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 06/07/2015 09:28 AM, Randy Bush wrote: i assume, but have zero actual knowledge/experience, that certification courses/programs actually cover all the corners and minutiae of a subject such as is-is. so you come out knowing all the options and details, 42% of which you will use; or maybe 24%

RE: Tunable SFP

2015-06-07 Thread Tony Wicks
I don't quite see why you would want to use a tuneable 1G optic now days. Generally people use coloured optics to either increase the capacity they can push down a Dark Fibre or to interconnect with a DWDM OTN. In days past using different wavelengths for traffic separation would be not unheard

Re: Tunable SFP

2015-06-07 Thread Eric Litvin
Dwdm tunable 10G can run at 1G with rate select. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 7, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Tony Wicks wrote: > > I don't quite see why you would want to use a tuneable 1G optic now days. > Generally people use coloured optics to either increase the capacity they can > push down a Dar

Re: Tunable SFP

2015-06-07 Thread Thomas Weible - FLEXOPTIX
Eric wrote: >Dwdm tunable 10G can run at 1G with rate select. +1 already tested and deployed in the field. The configuration/programming of the tunable needs to be modified because pure 1G gear can not handle the 10G configuration of the tunable in most cases. For sure the mayor (economical) case

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread John Fraizer
Bill, Stop now! You just made me spew beer in all directions out my nose! I have no doubt that there is a home for you @ eBay if you ever desire it. John Fraizer --Sent from my Android phone. Please excuse any typos. On Jun 6, 2015 8:57 PM, "manning" wrote: > i’ll never make it past the teleph

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "John Fraizer" > It's been over a decade since I was an active participant on NANOG. I > didn't know that the NANOG-JOBS list existed. Sometimes it's easier to > ask for forgiveness than permission though. I guess it's a good thing > Susan H. isn't here to thr

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Joe Hamelin" > Back in 2000 at Amazon, HR somehow decided to have me do the phone > interviews for neteng. I'd go through questions on routing and what not, > then at the end I would ask questions like, "Who was Jon Postel? Who > is Larry Wall? Who is Paul Vi

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
> Here's the topper: who was (is) Al Gore, and what part did he play in > the birth of the Internet as we know it today? Try not to howl as some > of the answers you will get. Advocated for the funding of NREN while in Congress; later misquoted as saying he'd "invented the Internet" at some length

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jay Ashworth
- Original Message - > From: "Larry Sheldon" > I find it interesting that I have not note a mention of people like > Radia Pearlman and [name advancing years have stolen from me] that wrote > a 3 volume set (I think it was) (that I can not find in the > post-great-downsizing-bookshelves-d

RE: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sun, 7 Jun 2015, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: As someone studying their first CCIE (RS), I sometimes find these kind of discussions disheartening. They come up every now and again, and the opinions seem vary anywhere between 'a good interview tool' and 'less than worthless'. [snip] Does a cer

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Joe Hamelin
Jay said: >Original RFC editor. Invented Perl, among other things. Co-designed DNS >(did I get that right?) I personally always label layers 8, 9, and 10 >as money, management and inside counsel, but I know views differ. I don't >RTFM, I google. It's often faster, so many of TFMs are online no

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote: > On 06/07/2015 01:10 AM, Joshua Riesenweber wrote: [snip] What the industry could probably use most for entry-level certs is a technical reading comprehension requirement on the certs, or a requirement of GRE scores e.g. 145 Verbal, 16

RE: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Tony Hain
Randy Bush wrote: > but you can't move packets on pieces of paper. Or can you? RFC's 6214 2549 1149 ;)

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Tony Hain wrote: > Randy Bush wrote: >> but you can't move packets on pieces of paper. > Or can you? RFC's 6214 2549 1149 Sure, but rfc1149 needs some work before it could be a viable way of moving packets. For example: the rfc calls for printing a diagram on

Re: certification (was: eBay is looking for network heavies...)

2015-06-07 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Tony Hain wrote: > Randy Bush wrote: > >> but you can't move packets on pieces of paper. > > Or can you? RFC's 6214 2549 1149 But how many avian carriers would you need to move the packets current pushed around per second, and how many Mercedes' would have t

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 7, 2015 10:59 PM, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > > I don't > RTFM, I google. It's often faster, so many of TFMs are online now. > Until Google supports regex and some of the duckduckgo module features, I'll be faster getting to reference to you will on Google. Notice I said reference, not an an

Re: eBay is looking for network heavies...

2015-06-07 Thread shawn wilson
On Jun 8, 2015 1:42 AM, "shawn wilson" wrote: > > > On Jun 7, 2015 10:59 PM, "Jay Ashworth" wrote: > > > > > I don't > > RTFM, I google. It's often faster, so many of TFMs are online now. > > > > Until Google supports regex and some of the duckduckgo module features, I'll be faster getting to re

RE: PPPoE/IPoE, any recommendations for upgrade?

2015-06-07 Thread Nasser Heidari
> On Sun, 7 Jun 2015, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > > > - If you are already using IPoE, tell more why should I upgrade? > > The IPoE and IPoEoADSL I have done didn't need radius, didn't need BNG, didn't > need a lot of the complications you're talking about. It could basically be realised in > any

RE: PPPoE/IPoE, any recommendations for upgrade?

2015-06-07 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Mon, 8 Jun 2015, Nasser Heidari wrote: Thanks for your reply. I'm would like this simplicity if I could keep same functionalities I have in PPPoE. By functionalities I mean: - AAA - Triple-ply services and classified accounting per service - Possibility to suspend a us