Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

2015-11-18 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
Hi, I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET from my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from multiple endpoints. The only company I know allow such thing is ThousandEyes,

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

2015-11-18 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
. Their support just barely gave me some tips but with no meaningful result. I need something reliable and I'm willing to pay for this service. RIPE Atlas falls in the category of 'best effort'. Best regards, Kurt Kraut 2015-11-18 14:32 GMT-02:00 William Herrin : > On Wed, Nov

Is RouteViews dead? Is there any alternatives?

2015-12-08 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
Hi, For the past couple of months I've been attempting to add new Autonomous Systems to the RouteViews project and got no response. Talking to other AS in my area, I wasn't able to find no new BGP operator that got a response from them since July. Is RouteViews dead? If the answer is yes, it is

Internet Exchanges supporting jumbo frames?

2016-03-09 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
Hi, I'm trying to convince my local Internet Exchange location (and it is not small, exceed 1 terabit per second on a daily basis) to adopt jumbo frames. For IPv6 is is hassle free, Path MTU Discovery arranges the max MTU per connection/destination. For IPv4, it requires more planning. For insta

Re: Internet Exchanges supporting jumbo frames?

2016-03-09 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
2016-03-09 11:45 GMT-03:00 Nick Hilliard : > this has been tried before at many ixps. No matter how good an idea it > sounds like, most organisations are welded hard to the idea of a 1500 > byte mtu. Even for those who use larger MTUs on their networks, you're > likely to find that there is no a

Re: Internet Exchanges supporting jumbo frames?

2016-03-09 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
regards, Kurt Kraut 2016-03-09 11:53 GMT-03:00 Mike Hammett : > Maybe breaking v4 in the process? > > > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com >

Re: Internet Exchanges supporting jumbo frames?

2016-03-09 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
P shouldn't enable the maximum possible MTU on its > infrastructure to be available to its customers. Then it's clearly > customers' decision on what MTU to use on their devices, as long as: > > * It fits inside IXP's MTU > * It suits with any other customer&#x

Re: Anycast provider for SMTP?

2015-06-18 Thread Kurt Kraut via NANOG
Ray, "Anycast is generally not well-suited for stateful connectivity (e.g. most things TCP)." I don't know anything that would support that claim. I have been using for years BGP anycast for audio and video streaming, always in TCP (RTMP, HLS, WMS, and even the good and old ShoutCast) and works