December 2016 - NZNOG - lists.nznog.org

list.waikato.ac.nz Has Moved
by Donald Neal 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

NZNOG-People, I have just finished migrating all of the mailing lists held at The University of Waikato from one server to another. I don't have any reason to believe that anything's gone wrong, but please bear with me for today if it turns out that something has. - Donald Neal -- Donald Neal | Q: How many Aucklanders does it take to change Systems Programmer/Analyst | a light bulb? The University of Waikato | A: Pass me that candle and I'll tell you. Hamilton, New Zealand | --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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RE: Sort of OT: are there any "Internet enabled" temperature sens ors/servers for Auckland?
by Greg Clare 18 Aug '21

18 Aug '21

May not be exactly what you are after? However DSE have an Internet weather station at the Albany HQ. http://www.dse.gen.nz/public/webdata/weather.htm Regards Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Juha Saarinen [mailto:juha(a)saarinen.org] > Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2002 2:47 pm > To: NZNOG > Subject: Sort of OT: are there any "Internet enabled" temperature > sensors/servers for Auckland? > > > Measuring the outside temperature, with geographic location given. > > -- > Juha > Take off every sig! > > - > To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz > where the body of your message reads: > unsubscribe nznog > - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog

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Anyone interested in donating space / connectivity / kit for a proper NZ Debian mirror?
by Michael Fincham 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

Hi everyone, Citylink's official Debian mirror (ftp.nz.debian.org) is apparently again broken (not even listening on port 80 from where I'm sitting). Would anyone be seriously interested in donating rack space, national transit, or hardware to the cause of another official Debian mirror for NZ? Having reliable and cheap access to free software projects like Debian is critically important, and having a second official mirror seems like a no-brainer to me. I am very happy to donate my time to admin and monitor any equipment provided for this, and to liase with the Debian project as required. Perhaps Citylink could give us some insight in to the traffic levels their existing mirrors see? -- Michael Fincham

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Met Service
by Alan Maher 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Merry Xmas all, Anyone have a contact with Met Service IT provider/manager/ help desk? http://www.metservice.com/ is running on complete go slow right now. "Someone" needs to take a look at it. Cheers Alan Maher --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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a bufferbloat-less christmas
by Dave Taht 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

I gave a talk at nznog about 2 years ago about bufferbloat and the fixes we had planned for it. I'm pleased to say that we've got it mostly fixed in the Linux kernel at this point. did the NZwrt idea ever get traction? In particular, the wifi fixes (fq_codel at the mac layer, and airtime fairness) have today, entered lede (formerly openwrt). There's full support for the ath9k and partial support for some ath10k chips. Builds should be popping out in a few hours. Most of these patches are now in the linux 4.10 mainline - and ATF is scheduled for 4.11. The sqm-scripts (in lede and openwrt, which also work on mainline linuxes) have long enabled fixing dsl, cable, fiber, ethernet - but *are not* required to fix wifi - with these patches, "wifi just works!" with far less bloat and more concurrency. There's a ton of ath9k/ath10k using products out there supported by lede. The Turris Omnia has all the sqm-scripts, fq_codel, and the ath9k/ath10k stuff either in it now, or rapidly pending. There's also some good stuff in the dsl-aware-autoconfig-ing http://evenroute.com/ (but not the wifi stuff as yet). A lot of people are liking the edgerouter-x... ... And there are dozens of other firmwares and products using fq_codel functionality - notably the ubnt edgerouter calls it what it is, but you'll see it also under names like "adaptive qos", and so on. For a good bit of research as to how fq_codel helps on slow connections (in this case, in australia across NBN's speed tiers), see: http://caia.swin.edu.au/reports/161107A/CAIA-TR-161107A.pdf for some details what went into fixing wifi, see: https://lwn.net/Articles/705884/ So... Have a bloat-free christmas! fix it for yourself, and then a friend, or two. My testing while I was in NZ last time seemed to indicate no particular tuning was needed for your country, but I remain curious as to what happens when you deploy this new stuff, there - and, if, over the last 2 years, you had been. Wish I was there, myself. Looks nice and warm. -- Dave Täht Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! http://blog.cerowrt.org

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pool.ntp.org traffic gone wild
by Lincoln Reid 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi, Is anyone else in NZ seeing their pool.ntp.org traffic volumes up by an order of magnitude over the last few days? 20mbps+ seems like quite a lot of NTP. Cheers, -- Lincoln Reid Head of Networks ACSData - AS18119 lincoln(a)acsdata.co.nz Phone: +64 4 939 2200 Fax: +64 4 939 2201

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Certifications
by Lesley Longhurst 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Hi all, As an all-purpose leading network bod for my company, what's a good certification strategy? I deal with a wide range of stuff from local LANs to international backbones, and it's high time I got myself a piece of paper to "prove" that I know some stuff. Is CCNA still a good starting point? Lesley Longhurst Opus International Consultants Ltd, 33 The Esplanade, Petone, Lower Hutt 5012, New Zealand PO Box 30 845, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand +64 4 471 7002 +64 21 244 3718 lesley.longhurst(a)opus.co.nz<mailto:lesley.longhurst(a)opus.co.nz> www.opus.co.nz<http://www.opus.co.nz/>

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Re: [nznog] Certifications
by Kerry Milestone 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

You may also wish to look at some of the online MOOCs. For example, a certified course (you pay for, and get your work verified etc) in Digital Network Essentials but you've probably moved on already a bit from this particular one. https://www.edx.org/course/digital-networks-essentials-imtx-net01x "All about the IP, TCP and UDP Internet protocols and their properties (quality of service, congestion management, etc.)" Or slightly more esoteric and off the original topic but still interesting to do is this one, put together by some fairly clued up people in their field: https://www.edx.org/course/cyber-security-economics-delftx-secon101x "We discuss and apply different economic models that help determine the costs and benefits of security investments in network security." Looking at this one from Ivan Pepelnjak, the six week course covers quite a bit and certainly would expose the holes in your current knowledge you need filling. Playing First Packet in a network symphony orchestra would be a good place to progress from should you require to learn the specifics and intricacies of certain equipment. http://www.ipspace.net/Building_Network_Automation_Solutions "In the hands-on part of the course you’ll build your own lab, either using virtual devices or physical gear. If you decide to go with the virtual device approach, you can choose between Arista vEOS, Cisco VIRL, Cisco CSR, Cumulus VX, Juniper vSRX or Juniper vMX." >From a business perspective, I think it is more useful knowing the why rather than just the how which is what certificates themselves often can't portray and may become very clear in an interview or stressed (the internets are broken...) situation. On 14/12/16 09:45, nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Certifications (Lesley Longhurst) > 2. Re: Certifications (Nathan Ward) > 3. Re: Certifications (Criggie) > 4. Re: Certifications (Chris O'Donoghue) > 5. Re: Certifications (Lesley Longhurst) > 6. Re: Certifications (Dave Mill) > 7. Re: Certifications (Nathan Ward) > 8. Re: Certifications (Bill Walker) > 9. Re: Certifications (Joel Wir?mu Pauling)

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Accommodation Early Bird Has Ended - Other Options
by Jesse Archer 12 Dec '16

12 Dec '16

Hi All, Just a heads up that the Trinity Wharf early bird pricing ended yesterday. Other options if you're looking to save some $$ are listed at the following link, but I wouldn't muck around (Tauranga is one of NZ's Summer hot spots). http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/venue Conference is selling nicely, if you're interested in the Workshop or Tutorials on offer, don't muck around - only a few spots left on those. Conference will finish at 4.30pm on Friday Jan 27. Your direct flight home options on this date include: *Auckland 5pm & 6:20pm* *Wellington 5:25pm* *Christchurch 4:00pm (transit via Wellington or Auckland available at 5:25pm or 6:20pm).* Check-in is 20 minutes before departure, I'd allow 30 minutes travel time from the venue to the airport just in case there is some peak Friday afternoon traffic on Hewletts Road (lots of traffic lights). Regards, Jesse Archer On Behalf Of The NZNOG Trustees

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NZNOG 2017 Registrations are Open
by Dave Mill 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

Hi all A heads-up that we have just opened registrations to the NZNOG 2017 conference in Tauranga. Details are here - http://www.nznog.org/nznog17 . The conference is brought to you by Go Wireless NZ. We have placed information regarding our current workshop and tutorials on these pages: http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/nznog-2017-workshop http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/nznog-2017-tutorials (Note, we might have some Grandstream phone training available on the Wednesday as well - we are still firming up details) We'd encourage people to register early for the tutorials and workshops as some of these will have limited seats due to room availability. Also, a reminder that early bird accommodation rates at the conference venue will finish on December 12. Rooms are limited so again book your accommodation early. Check out accommodation options here - http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/venue A big thank you to all of our sponsors so far - http://www.nznog.org/nznog17/nznog-2017-sponsorship Hope to see you there! Cheers Dave (on behalf of the NZNOG Trust)

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