January 2008 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

Re: [nznog] NZNOG Digest, Vol 61, Issue 14
by Stu Fleming 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

> > From: Matthew Poole <matt(a)p00le.net> > Subject: Re: [nznog] Perry's NZNOG'08 IP-over-something challenge! > > > For those who don't understand the terminology, Ed's talking about pouring > roughly 15L/sec of cold, high-pressure water on said drunk students. Who, > presumably, won't stay drunk for long :P You obviously haven't been to Dunedin lately... Does one person standing at one dish speaking IP and the person at the other end reconstituting packets count as a solution?

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NZNOG 2008 live stream
by Jonny Martin 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Hi All. The live stream is available at http://www.r2.co.nz/20080124/ Recordings of all the sessions will also be available online after the conference, thanks to Richard Naylor and co. at R2. Cheers, Jonny.

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Could someone from Compass, Orcon, DTS, Xtreme, Actrix, etc. please contact me off-list?
by Jonathan Brewer 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Preferably in Dunedin. There's this conference going on, with at least 130 network admins present, and there are a couple of companies conspicuously absent. Regards...

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NZNOG'08 session recording
by Cameron Kerr 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Hello, due to an itinerary clash, I'll be on a bus all day Friday travelling to another conference. I understand the conference will be streamed. Will it also be available post-conference? Any details so far (perhaps this should go onto the Wiki? Many thanks. -- Cameron Kerr <ckerr(a)cs.otago.ac.nz> Telecommunications Teaching Fellow & SysAdmin Cell: 027 7175 244

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Re: [nznog] Perry's NZNOG'08 IP-over-something challenge!
by Jonathan Woolley 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

>The main point is that soaking the aforementioned hackers (yes I >know!) with a high pressure hose won't really make them sober up in >a >pharmacological sense, but it would be great fun. > >Cheers - N Pharmocologically sober them up: no, psychologically sober them up: yes. And I think it's the behaviour of said student hackers we care about, so aside from the enjoyment factor it may prove effective as well!

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Sir Ed's Live feed
by Ian Batterbee 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

Just out of interest, was anyone able to watch the funeral on tvnz's website ? I tried it on a host of different browsers and settings and the best I got was an "error in page" in IE, and a flash app in firefox etc that wouldn't display any video at all (but I could change the bitrate settings) Just wondering if it was just me / my connection ?

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NZNOG 2008 - Call for Lightning Talks
by Jonny Martin 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

NZNOG 2008 - Call for Lightning Talks ===================================== The NZNOG 2008 call for lightning talks is now open! Lightning talks are scheduled for 9am sharp, this Friday 25 January. Lightning talks are short talks/presentations on relevant topics that last no more than 10 minutes. They may be as quick as one minute. This time limit is strictly enforced. Talks on topics that are timely, interesting, or a little crazy, are invited. If you've thought about presenting at a future NZNOG, a lightning talk this year is a great place to start! The use of slides is not required although most people choose to use them. Speakers typically prepare three or four slides. Ideally you will provide final slides in PDF format so we can present of a common laptop. If you have other applications or anything special you wish to use in your presentation, you are welcome to use your own laptop, but please be ready for a speedy setup. To submit a proposal for a Lightning Talk, send an email to nznog08(a)jonnynet.net *** Proposals are due by 3pm Thursday 24 January, so hurry *** You can find some useful advice on giving Lightning Talks at: http://www.justanotherperlhacker.org/lightning/ http://perl.plover.com/lt/lightning-talks.html http://www.metaart.org/maca/perl/lightning/lightning_what.html Thanks! The NZNOG 2008 team.

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Re: [nznog] Sir Ed's Live feed
by Richard Hulse 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

>>> Ian Batterbee <ibatterb(a)gmail.com> 22/01/2008 19:42 >>> > Just wondering if it was just me / my connection ? Based on the numbers in this press release: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00171.htm and combined with our own figures and info from the non publically owned stations, I'd estimate that NZ broadcasters were doing in excess of 1 gigabit/s. There might have been a few bottlenecks around the place.

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Re: [nznog] Perry's NZNOG'08 IP-over-something challenge!
by elroy 22 Jan '08

22 Jan '08

1) Connect Laptop1 sound-card audio-in and audio-out to appropriate small speaker(s)/mic (1) ; add your favourite *nix; 'cat <pre-made signal file> > /dev/dsp' 2) Same setup Laptop2 is listening for xxx signal level on mic input - writes a 1 to a file in RAM tempfile when above predefined level, then a 0 when below - insert appropriate programming magic to monitor tempfile and interface to something useable... 3) Profit!!! (Or IP-over-Audio) Elroy. (1) Would the laptop built-in ones be sensitive/powerful enough?!? NOTES: 1) Maybe different frequencies for each units send/receive so Duplex can be achieved?!? 2) Sorry Michael! Michael Fincham wrote: > How about a couple of old analog modems with 9v batteries to simulate being connected to a line, along with a little audio amplifier / receiver? I see duplex being a problem in that situation, but it's a start... > > As an aside, we had briefly discussed the possibility of establishing an RFC 1149 IPoAC link for VPN back to the office for our man on the ground at NZNOG but the link quality was deemed unsuitable.

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Re: [nznog] URGENT - broadband connex in AKL
by Richard Naylor 20 Jan '08

20 Jan '08

> >From TVNZ's press release: >"In addition to TVNZ's own live broadcast on TV ONE, live streaming >on tvnz.co.nz and replay on TVNZ ondemand, TVNZ has offered the >broadcast free of charge to domestic and international radio and >television broadcasters and agencies. > >"So far the following news organisations have requested access to >the TVNZ feed: >ABC Australia, Al Jazeera, APTN, BBC, Channel 9 Australia, Channel 10 >Australia, CNN, EBU (European Broadcasting Union), Reuters Australia, >SBS Australia, Sky News Australia, Prime/Sky, Radio Works, TV Works, >and Newstalk ZB." > >One would assume that this is a clean feed, since it will be used >(domestically) by the competing networks too. in theory. Practise is different. Often we have to switch out the ad breaks, so we mix our cameras, with the feed. It doesn't matter now. The plan was that we would have started at 9am this morning and gone on non-stop "as required". We were to cover inside the Cathedral where Sir Ed is lying in state. Its a good application of robotic cameras and webcasting - sort of fly on the wall stuff. I don't think TVNZ are covering that and DIA didn't want cameras in there. I suspect DIA's decision was based on respecting people's privacy when paying their respects. No one wants a camera in their face or a close up shot, when they're grieving. As robot operator, theres no way I'd have gone close up, but you'd have to trust my judgement. It was probably just all too new for DIA. Our client was TV3 and it may have been seen as a competitve move. The word I got was that clean feed or iso feeds off host broadcaster cameras were not available and we had to do it ourselves. That would have been easy in the Catherdral and then when the casket moved to the funeral we would have just switched to the host feed. The OB is probably rigging today so no feeds would be available until tomorrow. Its all too late now...... Rich

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