Re: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP

Like Mike says, it depends on your market. Are these markets where there are existing exchanges? Cost per port is what we always look at. If we are going into a market where there won’t be much growth we look at Cisco and Force 10. Their cost per port is usually cheaper for smaller 10 Gig

Re: Input Regarding Cogent and NTT

Cogent has been very good in my experience. They have some issues they need to work out, but are pretty solid. We have had some issues where they have said they are doing maintenance on such and such night and it comes a day early. We have also seen some routing weirdness when it comes to rou

Re: Comcast Static IP Changed With New Modem?

Seen this happen quite often with Comcast. They simply didn’t provision the new modem. A simple call to them should correct it. Done it two or 3 times in the past 6 months. Justin Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.the

Re: Comcast Business IPv6 issues

I don’t think they have a clear policy for V6. I can tell everytime my Comcast cable modem is updated because I lose all ipv6 connectivity. Right now I am in one of those periods. I can’t get ipv6 to pass the modem. Customer support tells me it’s not an issue and must be on my end. My he.ne

Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices.

Have you looked at Mikrotik? www.mikrotik.com It may be lacking for DNS options you want, but worth a look. Justin Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics http://www.midwest-ix.co

Re: Drops in Core

I could see it going through several private peering, but not through multiple exchanges. Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabr

Re: cisco.com unavailable

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric > On Sep 21, 2015, at 2:59 PM, Hugo Slabbert wrote

/27 the new /24

I was in a discussion the other day and several Tier2 providers were talking about the idea of adjusting their BGP filters to accept prefixes smaller than a /24. A few were saying they thought about going down to as small as a /27. This was mainly due to more networks coming online and not hav

Cogent BGP Woes

Have the rest of you been having as hard a time I am having in turning up BgP sessions with Cogent? They have made it a sales order nowadays instead of support. I filled out the questionnaire on the support site over 3 weeks ago and was directed to sales. I am going on 3 weeks waiting on a sess

Re: Cogent BGP Woes

questionnaire but it was resolved and turned up in a couple of days. James On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Justin Wilson - MTIN wrote: Have the rest of you been having as hard a time I am having in turning up BgP sessions with Cogent? They have made it a sales order nowadays instead of support. I

Re: Cogent BGP Woes

as my rep got the wrong product for BGP. I actually cleaned it up by talking to support and I had to fill out a second BGP questionnaire but it was resolved and turned up in a couple of days. James On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Justin Wilson - MTIN mailto:li...@mtin.net>> wrote: Have

Re: Dial Up Solutions

Outsource it. http://www.dialupusa.net/ Used them for years probably 10 years until we stopped dial-up. Very solid network. Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exc

Re: New ISPs getting of the ground without IPv4?

The two I am working with are factoring buying IP space as part of the business model. Folks like Cogent are now charging a $50 BGP fee so it is a new world. I am seeing more and more folks go to MPLS to try and squeeze as many IPs out as they can. They are flattening their customer pools and

Re: Large Ontario DC busted for hosting petabytes of child abuse material

Part of it depends on if the DC was doing managed services as well. If they are just a space tenant then their exposure can be limited. But if it was their servers that will be a little different. Not saying it would make the difference, but opens another avenue to be argued. To me it’s like

Routing objects

Anyone out there messed with routing objects lately that would care to let me bounce a few sanity check things off them? Maybe someone bored wanting to talk to a fellow geek on Skype or phone for a few minutes. Thanks, Justin Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net

Re: Low cost WDM gear

Does anyone have a English speaking rep for FiberStore? I have a client with a difficult time ordering some custom stuff. Language barrier is a big issue. Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast ab

Re: Peering and Network Cost

Peering and peering on an exchange are two different things. Peering at an exchange has several benefits other than the simple cost of transit. If you are in a large data center which charges fees for cross connects a single cross connect to an exchange can save you money. Peering can also be

Re: rack cable length

Copper and fiber patch panels are key. This way you can control the length from the patch to the device (router, switch,server). Justin Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics ht

Re: Low Cost 10G Router

I second the Mikrotik recommendation. You don’t get support like you would with Cisco but it’s a solid product. Justin Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics http://www.midwest-

Re: 'gray' market IPv4

Thes folks (and I am not advertising or affiliated with them) publish a list of most recent transfer completed: http://ipv4marketgroup.com/broker-services/buy/ Justin --- Justin Wilson http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast

Re: ISP best practices

The problem with ISP essentials is it was published in 2002. Same goes for some of the other good Cisco books. A lot has changed in the ISP world since. Sure it has good information but I wouldn¹t spend the $ for a new copy. Find it on half.com or somewhere. Justin From: Steve Bertrand

Re: ISP best practices

We have several clients using Webmin. If you don¹t know command line Webmin is another tool to help you learn. You can have webmin do it and then look at the config to learn. Justin From: Jason Bertoch Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:48:42 -0400 To: Subject: RE: ISP best practices > -Origi

Re: Link capacity upgrade threshold

I consider a circuit nearing capacity at 80-85%. Depending on the circuit we start the process of increasing capacity around 70%. There are almost always telco issues, in-building issues, not enough physical ports on the provider end, and other such things that slow you down. Justin From: de

Re: cross connect reliability

From: Michael J McCafferty Organization: M5Hosting Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:45:36 -0700 To: nanog Subject: cross connect reliability All, Today I had yet another cross-connect fail at our colo provider. From memory, this is the 6th cross-connect to fail while in service, in 4yrs and recently

Re: operations contact @ facebook?

We have had issues with a FB application basically doing a DOS against a network. This was not on our servers but somewhere out there on the Internet. It was an application that was going rogue. It was talking to several of our user¹s using this application. FaceBook caught it and made the devel

Re: real hardware router VS linux router

Imagestream is a very solid and mature solution. In order to head off the Holy War I am a Cisco guy too. It just depends on your budget and situation. Justin > From: Deric Kwok > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:30:16 -0500 > To: > Subject: real hardware router VS linux router > > Hi All > > Actua

Re: comcast price check

In a "Former Life" we used Comcast for transport for a school corporation. In the 3 years we used them we have 10 minutes of unscheduled downtime. Justin