May 2004 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

As expected, Swain nixed unbundling
by Juha Saarinen 18 May '04

18 May '04

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3567355 Forgot to buy Telecom shares... arggh. -- Juha

1 0

DalNet nodes in NZ?
by Simon Blake 18 May '04

18 May '04

The folks from Dalnet are pestering Citylink to provide free hosting for a server they'll provide. I couldn't find any list of nodes on dalnet, so I have no feeling for how many there may already be in NZ. So I guess my question is, are these folks legit, is it a worthwhile thing to be associated with, would anybody use it if we did set it up? I have vague recollections of IRC nodes in NZ attracting significant DOS traffic in the past - does that sort of thing still happen? Shuold I run screaming from the room? Cheers Si

2 2

Lucent TNT Access Servers...
by Seeby Woodhouse 16 May '04

16 May '04

Apologies for the 'for sale' notice, but this really does seem like the most obvious forum that would have people interested in this sort of gear. Orcon currently has 6 x 480 Port Lucent TNT Access servers for sale, and we'll take the best offer over $12,000 + GST each (that's just $25 per port). You can still buy these new, and I have been told that current US$ list price is around US$181,000 Below is the current US$ list price of the components - each chassis has 10 x 48 port cards, 2 x E1 cards, and 1 of everything else. TNT-2DC-H 408078095 TNT Base, NCM3L20DRB $17,000.00 TNTV-SL-ADI-C 300076684 48-port MultiDSP NCD3BB0BAA $13,000.00 TNT-SL-CE1-C 300268471 Single-slot module (8) E1 interfaces IPI1GBABAA $4,000.00 TNT-SL-E100ND-C 300304193 4-Port, 10/100 Port Voice Ethernet Module IPI69D0CAA $10,000.00 TNT-OSLIC 300351004 Base TAOS RTU software license for the MAX TNT N/A $10,000.00 TNT-SO-R2 300071495 R2 tone-based support for most E1 countries. $5,000.00 TNT-SP-DRAM-32 407938745 32MB JEDEC DRAM Memory module. $1,000.00 Note: - The chassis in their current configuration won't do V.92. - The chassis also have the voice hash codes so that you can provide VOIP services on PRIs etc. Cheers Seeby Woodhouse Managing Director Orcon Internet Limited - www.orcon.net.nz Mob +64 (0) 21 366 666 / Wk +64 (9) 444 4414 ext 700

1 0

possible jeopardy for F root server in Auckland tomorrow morning
by Joe Abley 16 May '04

16 May '04

I hear there will be power testing on all levels in the Sky Tower tomorrow (Tuesday) between 0630 and 0730 local time, and "short breaks" are to be expected on all levels. The F root node in Auckland lives on Level 48. The power to the F-root node is supplied through UPSes, but I do not know the list time those UPSes were called upon to supply service. Accordingly, it is at least possible that multiple components of the F-root node will reboot, in which case peers of ISC in Auckland may see transient re-routing towards some other F-root node (Brisbane, Hong Kong, Palo Alto or San Francisco, probably). If there's any persistent issue outside that window, please feel free to send mail to noc(a)isc.org as usual. If you're at the APE and not peering with us, and you'd like to, send mail to peering(a)isc.org. Joe

1 1

NTP sources within NZ
by Russell Fulton 05 May '04

05 May '04

Hi, we have discovered that most of the off campus sources we had for our NTP service are no longer there. Anybody willing to let us connect to their servers? -- Russell Fulton /~\ The ASCII Network Security Officer \ / Ribbon Campaign The University of Auckland X Against HTML New Zealand / \ Email!

9 8

RE: [nznog] Hikoi webcast - maybe
by Richard Naylor 04 May '04

04 May '04

At 12:16 p.m. 5/05/2004 +1200, David Robb wrote: >On Wed, 5 May 2004, Jonathan Brewer wrote: > > > Hey Richard, > > > > Nice webcast, but where's the 8mbps HDTV stream!? > >Or at least something a bit higher bandwidth than 128kbit. Sorry - the HDTV stuff is about 12 months away due to a CPU capacity crisis - we need the 64bitters and appropriate software. I chose 128k as the best single stream to do that would be usable by the max people. I was using my laptop so cpu was limited. WHile I could have done a higher bit rate, the audience would have been restricted. A number of contacts reported firewall blocks in place and so some resorted to dial-up !! I use protocol roll over to try and get around firewalls, so I'm supporting mms and rtsp. So sorry bout the 128, but it did get a good audience. A link to the stream was carried by Stuff.co.nz and we had a simultaneous peak of 92 viewers. The log files shows something like 1550 connections looking at VideoNow. I didn't have individual logging turned on, so its mixed with other traffic, but VideoNow was saturating the log file, so about 1500 odd connex. The next stage is to get the gear a little more portable (like a backpack, like our other portable units) and also get multi-bit rate. And yes, we are available for the beach volley-ball championship, but would insist on full coverage of the event, including all the lead up trials etc. Do I have any volunteers for the camera crew ? rich

2 1

Re: [nznog] NTP sources within NZ
by Ewen McNeill 04 May '04

04 May '04

In message <2370.202.27.185.71.1083729519.squirrel(a)www.crypt.gen.nz>, "Kerry Tho mpson" writes: >Simon Blake said: >> Setting up a GPS NTP source has been on the list of things I've wanted >> to get done for a while now - I've got several rooftop mounted PC's that >> have stunning views of the heavens. [....] > >Dick Smiths have a usb GPS receiver ( http://www.dse.co.nz & search for >XH6831 ) which uses the standard NMEA protocol over what seems to be an >emulated serial port. IIRC that GPS receiver doesn't do PPS (pulse-per-second). Without pulse per second you can't get NTP-accurate time out of a GPS -- there's just too much jitter in the timing reports. (NMEA output is fairly slow (9600bps?) and in many GPSes they don't even treat the NMEA output as a high priority, so it's only "near the second" not on starting on the second.) >From what I remember most GPSes under about $400-$500 won't do PPS, and some of the more expensive ones don't either. I think there are some models around the $500-$600 range which will do PPS, but I don't recall which ones off hand. Ewen

1 0

Re: [nznog] NTP sources within NZ
by John Rumsey 04 May '04

04 May '04

mark.harris(a)ssc.govt.nz wrote: > Russell Fulton wrote: > >> we have discovered that most of the off campus sources we had for our >> NTP service are no longer there. Anybody willing to let us connect >> to their servers? > > > > Industrial Research's Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL)is now > providing a publicly accessible primary Network Time Protocol (NTP) > server for the synchronisation of computer time for connections within > New Zealand. More details are available on their website: http://www.irl.cri.nz/msl/services/time/ntpServer.html cheers, John Rumsey

1 0

Hikoi webcast - maybe
by Richard Naylor 04 May '04

04 May '04

a "maybe" heads up. We have been developing a webcasting facility known as VideoNow. It is webcasting with the encoder over CafeNet, so you can roam around town. Last friday we drove the van around, which seems to have amused a few folks. I'll put some footage up later for a laugh. Tomorrow the Hokoi will parade/march thru town. There is a strong possibility that we will have a camera on Lambton Quay to catch the action. The VideoNow URL is http://www.r2.co.nz/20040414/ If the camera is live it will connect, if not you get a message. Keep trying - the stream will kick in as we get near an access point. The "maybe" part is how much sleep we get tonight. Camera batteries are already charging........ rich

9 9

RE: [nznog] NTP sources within NZ
by mark.harris＠ssc.govt.nz 04 May '04

04 May '04

Russell Fulton wrote: > we have discovered that most of the off campus sources > we had for our NTP service are no longer there. Anybody > willing to let us connect to their servers? Industrial Research's Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL)is now providing a publicly accessible primary Network Time Protocol (NTP) server for the synchronisation of computer time for connections within New Zealand. The Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL) is the official disseminator of the time standard, UTC(MSL), for New Zealand. (Most people will be familiar with their time service disseminated as a series of "pips" broadcast by Radio New Zealand on the National Radio station. ) MSL is now providing a Network Time Protocol (NTP) stratum 1 server for connections within New Zealand. The server is referenced to UTC(MSL) by direct connection of a pulse per second signal from the master caesium atomic clock which is part of the New Zealand time standard. The time in the server is typically stable to around 1 microsecond with respect to the time in the caesium clock. Using the server The server is a publicly available server open to all connections from within NZ. Its address is msltime.irl.cri.nz (Note: this server only services NTP and 'Simple Network Time Protocol' (SNTP) requests. It does not respond to 'datetime' requests. Government agencies however, should register their use of the server with MSL by sending the IP address of their server (a static address is required) and a contact email address to time(a)irl.cri.nz . The reason for this requirement is that some servers overseas have been flooded with requests from devices such as routers and access to the server may have to be restricted at some time in the future. Agencies should limit their requests to come from at most three servers and then any additional server should connect to what will be the agency's three stratum 2 clocks. The best and most accurate way of using this service is to install the official NTP distribution from www.ntp.org. Versions are available for most versions of Unix. Windows versions are available for Windows NT, 2000 and XP. Please note that this message has been liberally pillaged from a fact sheet on the E-government website (http://www.e.govt.nz/programme/docs/Time.pdf) and further details are contained there (sorry, pdf only at present. I'm working on getting more accessible pages up there). Regards Mark Harris Manager Moderation and Web Standards State Services Commission PO Box 329, Wellington, NZ Tel: 64 4 495 2844 Email mailto:web.guidelines(a)ssc.govt.nz -- Caution: The content of this email is the property of the State Services Commission. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and delete.

1 0