September 2003 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

OT: www.telecon.co.nz
by Dan Clark 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Just out of interest, has anyone else come across this site? www.telecon.co.nz I am not sure weather they are all for Telecom's Monopoly approach or if they are against. Quite an interesting read really. Kind Regards, Dan Clark Network Manager Scarfies.Net Ltd Wickliffe Ltd

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RE: [nznog] OT: www.telecon.co.nz
by Paul Adshead 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

I believe in April next year (or sometime close to then,) you will be able to get your landline from Telstra-Clear in Auckland. I wonder what the prices will be like?? It's all good for customer choice and competition! :-) Regards, Paul Adshead Network & Systems OTL Software Ltd www.otl.co.nz -----Original Message----- From: Dan Clark [mailto:dan(a)scarfies.net] Sent: Wednesday, 10 September 2003 12:57 To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] OT: www.telecon.co.nz Just out of interest, has anyone else come across this site? www.telecon.co.nz I am not sure weather they are all for Telecom's Monopoly approach or if they are against. Quite an interesting read really. Kind Regards, Dan Clark Network Manager Scarfies.Net Ltd Wickliffe Ltd

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mta.xtra.co.nz
by Simon Garner 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

Hi, Anybody from Xtra have an ETA for when mta.xtra.co.nz will be working again? I have a whole pile of mail queued up for you :) % telnet mta.xtra.co.nz smtp Trying 203.96.92.132... Connected to mta.xtra.co.nz. Escape character is '^]'. (then nothing - no 220 - and it takes a minute or so to get connected.) Hotmail also seems to be broken this morning: % telnet mx1.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.254.129... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.129: Connection refused Trying 65.54.252.99... telnet: connect to address 65.54.252.99: Connection refused Trying 65.54.166.99... telnet: connect to address 65.54.166.99: Connection refused % telnet mx2.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.252.230... telnet: connect to address 65.54.252.230: Connection refused Trying 65.54.166.230... telnet: connect to address 65.54.166.230: Connection refused Trying 65.54.254.145... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.145: Connection refused % telnet mx3.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.167.5... telnet: connect to address 65.54.167.5: Connection refused Trying 65.54.254.140... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.140: Connection refused Trying 65.54.253.99... Connected to mx3.hotmail.com. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. % telnet mx4.hotmail.com smtp Trying 65.54.254.151... telnet: connect to address 65.54.254.151: Connection refused Trying 65.54.253.230... telnet: connect to address 65.54.253.230: Connection refused Trying 65.54.167.230... Connected to mx4.hotmail.com. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. -Simon

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Router Info
by Tikiri Wicks 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Be gratefull if anyone can give me a pointer here... I need a router with 14 fibre ports. The thing is I don't want to spend 25,000 Plus on a router like a Cisco 4000 series or a top of the line Nortel. We don't need terrabits of routing capability and hundreds of wan ports etc.. What I'm looking for is a router than can do full layer 4 routing on 14 fibres, each running at no more than 100 Mbps. Any ideas ? Cheers Tikiri

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.nz Zone File review
by Steven Heath 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Folks, The DNC has just released the minutes of the NZOC (.nz oversight committee) meeting which has the following: Item 6 updates progress on the Zone Transfer Policy review. A call for public comment has now been made to seek feedback on the issues the review is covering. The Call for Public Comment can be found at http://dnc.org.nz/content/zone_transfer_policy_review.pdf and the review page (where submissions will be published) is available at http://dnc.org.nz/story/30134-35-1.html Steven Heath .nz news & views www.nznews.org.nz

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HEADS UP - Handle the Jandal
by Richard Naylor 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Sorry for another post. There may be traffic issues next Tuesday 16 Sept in the evening. We will be streaming "Handle the Jandal" on behalf of RadioActive. This is the NZ Music Video Awards. The finalist videos will be streamed and then there will be on-line voting (as well as in the theatre). In theatre band, lotsa noise, etc. I have no idea as to how popular this will be, but at least you now know its happening. Details at www.radioactive.co.nz and www.r2.co.nz (when I get around to writing them). As usual there will be 5 bit rates streamed and available on WIX. rich

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HEADS UP - LOTR Premiere
by Richard Naylor 07 Sep '03

07 Sep '03

Hello All, This is a very preliminary Heads Up on the network impact of the LOTR Premiere to be held in 2 months time. I'm detailing what is planned so that operators can make arrangements for bandwidth, peering, route exchanging, or other descriptions for making it easy for their customers to view the content. Offers of bandwidth, money, food or sleep are also very welcome. (Its monday and I'm tired and grumpy and may just tell everyone to bugger off) The current plan, is that we will have a few more webcams around the Courtenay Place area. These seem very popular, especially with Canadians for some reason. Viewers like to watch the street preparations and clean up take place. There will also be a large streaming programme in place, which MAY begin up to 7 days before the event and carry on up to 3 days afterwards. They may be 24 hour continuous streams. All streams at this stage will be at 5 bit rates (2 audio and 3 video). Both the webcam server and streaming server have gigE connections to WIX and are peered with as many as we can. Last year we were carrying around 140mbps and all servers were at around 10% capacity. We expect a little more interest this year. Our international capacity is very limited both by carrier and by budget. We are currently negotiating feeds to offshore streamers to reduce the potential international impact. Ours will certainly stop. Any offers of International capacity would be gladly accepted. At the moment we can't even guarantee that we will be able to feed off shore streamers. Confirmed Dates At this stage the following dates can be confirmed. Sun 30 Nov - theonering dance party. Andy will be playing. Don't know times yet. Mon 1 Dec - the premiere - set up, red carpet stuff, clean up. All day and most of the night stream. Event will be BIG. Last year the Avalon crew was used. This year I suspect we'll all have to pool camera feeds. The area to be covered is huge. (thats a big hint) What do I want ? Sleep, food, money. If you feel that your customers will be watching the event, please check your connectivity to WIX. If you have a streamer (MS) and want to carry a feed, I'll make a server available purely for replication servers, but this is very much demand driven. remember the budget is very easy to understand - zero. Please contact me if you have any questions. Cheers - rich

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Big Geek Programme '04
by Donald Neal 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

NZNOG People, Two days ago I outlined a possible lower-cost gathering to be held on The University of Waikato's "main campus in Hamilton on 29 and 30 January 2004. Indicative registration cost would be $100, with on-campus accommodation available at an indicative cost of $45 per night. The dates are dictated by availability of that low-cost accommodation. It is possible that the running time might be extended beyond two days, depending on the number of presentations to be included. The university is able to offer auditoriums of suitable size for pretty well any plausible number of registrations and for sessions of varying sizes." In the forty-eight hours since then I've been advised of forty-eight people who expect to attend. Of the thirteen people who expressed a preference, twelve opted for the lower-cost option. I think you can pencil into your calendars that this event will go ahead on those dates. At some stage a formal(ish) call for presentations should be issued. Before that, could people who are likely to attend please tell me what sort of topics they'd be interested in? Volunteers to present are, of course, welcome. Donald Neal | "And if you think virus Technical Specialist | writers are scary, you Operations Engineering | have clearly never met a Integration & Services Divn. | tort lawyer." Alcatel NZ Ltd | - The Economist 28/9/03 All opinions mine only. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Big Geek Plan '04 - Update
by Donald Neal 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

NZNOG People, I yesterday outlined a possible lower-cost gathering to be held on The University of Waikato's "main campus in Hamilton on 29 and 30 January 2004. Indicative registration cost would be $100, with on-campus accommodation available at an indicative cost of $45 per night. The dates are dictated by availability of that low-cost accommodation. It is possible that the running time might be extended beyond two days, depending on the number of presentations to be included. The university is able to offer auditoriums of suitable size for pretty well any plausible number of registrations and for sessions of varying sizes. I'd be interested to hear from people who are likely to attend, and _if you are likely to attend one or the other_ whether you would prefer the same format as this year and last." In the first twenty-four hours I've received responses covering 25 likely attendees. Of those expressing a preference, a huge proportion (all right, four votes to one) have opted for the lower-cost option. Is there anyone else likely to turn up, or wishing to express a preference? Donald Neal | "And if you think virus Technical Specialist | writers are scary, you Operations Engineering | have clearly never met a Integration & Services Divn. | tort lawyer." Alcatel NZ Ltd | - The Economist 28/9/03 All opinions mine only. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sys Admin Contractor Needed
by lists＠bagel.gen.nz 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Hopefully this is on topic. If anyone on this list is/knows of a suitable person, please get in touch, preferably to dg-cv(a)techsavvy.co.nz. I am looking to contract someone to build a redundant network. I want to use mainly Linux boxen and possibly CISCO's. I need someone who can speak BGP and understands QoS. Also, person needs to be based in Auckland. I envisage 2 stages - building and documenting the network, and contracting to maintain it. Thanks, David.

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