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Need C2T breakout cable in sky tower kinda urgent
by Alexander Neilson 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Hey Everyone Beer, as required (and a big beer - or drink of choice - for my saviour) I am up working in our racks in sky tower and was doing a scheduled reboot of a server to move some power cables. Now the machine won’t complete booting and I suspect the CMOS battery may have died and the complete removal of power has lost the cmos settings stopping at least part of the boot cycle. I have a keyboard, mouse and screen here but it seems to use a C2D breakout cable to connect up to what looks like a larger than normal DVI port. Does anyone have a cable to get a standard VGA monitor signal out of an IBM eServer xSeries 335 machine anywhere in auckland (nearer sky tower the better) and even better if I can come grab it now. It seems to be one of two adapters I don’t have in my kit with me (this will be fixed) but any white knights would be really appreciated. Regards Alexander Alexander Neilson Neilson Productions Limited alexander(a)neilson.net.nz 021 329 681 022 456 2326

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Request for IPv4 /23
by Daniel Watson 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

G'day Noggers Thought i would bring this topic back alive as we are still actively looking for a /24 preferably even a /23 but at good pricing. If you have available space your willing to sell at a good price, I'd love to hear from you Even if you have space you would be willing to lease/rent I'd like to hear from you TIA Daniel

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Who's fibre?
by Paul Adshead 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

A new fibre install has just showed up in a shared basement riser. It's currently not connected and no-one in the building is claiming it's theirs. The only identifying mark (written in pen on electrical tape) is "VS-42xxx" (xxx are numbers). Would anyone know which fibre company tags their new installs with labels in this format? We've been told fibre would be unavailable for years at this location, so would really like to get a circuit from that cable, if I only knew who to call.... Thanks Paul Adshead

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Re: [nznog] Who's fibre?
by Stu Fleming 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Jon Brewer: "That's hilarious. There's always a receptionist with keys to the basement or pabx room that will give up keys without asking questions if you've got an orange vest and a decent looking id card." That rules out Chorus then. They can't install anything in a shared building without a 90-day lead time and a mountain of consent paperwork. Also the procedure for obtaining a roof key is slightly more complex as it usually involves the receptionist first a) checking that you are in a happy, smiling mood and b) cautioning you sternly to "make sure you don't fall off"

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Multi-homing without PI space
by Richard Hulse 30 Nov '13

30 Nov '13

Very late to the party... Matthew, if you want to contact me off list I'd be happy to share our experience with becoming an AS, multi-homing, anycast, self-hosting and anything else you might find useful. Cheers, Richard Radio New Zealand Disclaimer Emails sent by Radio New Zealand Limited (RNZ) or any related entity, including any attachments, may be confidential, protected by copyright and/or subject to privilege. If you receive an email from RNZ in error, please inform the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not use, copy or disclose any of the information in that email for any purpose. Emails to/from RNZ may undergo email filtering and virus scanning, including by third party contractors. However, RNZ does not guarantee that any email or any attachment is secure, error-free or free of viruses or other unwanted or unexpected inclusions. The views expressed in any non-business email are not necessarily the views of RNZ www.radionz.co.nz<http://www.radionz.co.nz>

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NZ download speed improvement
by Nicholas Lee 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

http://www.pcworld.co.nz/article/483086/new_zealand_ranks_43rd_online_downl… 25 May, 2010 "It found that over the past 30 days, Kiwis testing their connections on its two source sites recorded average *download speeds of 5.96 Mbit/s*. When it came to upload speeds, New Zealand ranked 42nd, with an average speed of 1.3 Mbit/s." There seems to have been a reasonable improvement: http://www.netindex.com/download/allcountries/ 42 New Zealand - 17.02 Mbps 49 Australia - 14.23 Mbps High density fibre installations like they have in HK would be nice: 1. Hong Kong - 71.01 Mbps Nicholas

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Re: [nznog] Advertising /32 externally via BGP
by Tony Wicks 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

You need a high metric null route for that /32. Liam Farr <liamfarr(a)me.com> wrote: >Hi,I'verunintoabitofadumbproblem,hopefullysomeoneherecanpointmeintherightdirection.Ireceivearoutetoa/28fromamemberofmyBGPconfederation,(the/28isonadirectlyconnectedinterfaceofthisrouter)viaBGPtooneofmyedgerouters,andIwishtoadvertiseaspecific/32fromthis/28toanexternalBGPpeer(upstreamprovider)fromthisedgerouter.Icanuseroute-mapsandprefix-lists,todefineaBGPexportpolicytoonlyexportthe/32totheexternalneighborwithoutissue.WhereIgetstuckisgettingthe/32intomyroutetable,essentiallyIneedtode-aggregatethe/28downtoa/32?Isthereanaccepted"bestpractice"wayofdoingthis?Apologiesifthisisastupidquestion,I'veneverrunintothisissuebefore,andGoogleisn'tgivingmemuchhelp.CheersLiamFarr

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Advertising /32 externally via BGP
by Liam Farr 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Hi, I've run into a bit of a dumb problem, hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction. I receive a route to a /28 from a member of my BGP confederation, (the /28 is on a directly connected interface of this router) via BGP to one of my edge routers, and I wish to advertise a specific /32 from this /28 to an external BGP peer (upstream provider) from this edge router. I can use route-maps and prefix-lists, to define a BGP export policy to only export the /32 to the external neighbor without issue. Where I get stuck is getting the /32 into my route table, essentially I need to de-aggregate the /28 down to a /32? Is there an accepted "best practice" way of doing this? Apologies if this is a stupid question, I've never run into this issue before, and Google isn't giving me much help. Cheers Liam Farr

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Orcon contact
by Geraint Jones 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Can someone from orcin please contact me off list. Thanks

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Thursday's security amusement!
by Tim Hoffman 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

This is vaguely operational and fairly amusing - one of our friendly LFC’s might want to sort their…ahem….levels of security fail! https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=inurl%3A%2F%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ultrafastf… And to keep it on topic - beer! Cheers, —hoff <views do not represent anyone I may or may not work for etc etc>

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The New Threat: Targeted Internet Traffic Misdirection
by Sebastian Castro 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

The link below is an article from Renesys about prefix hijacking they've observed. So far until now, those events were not considered as attacks, but "misconfigurations". http://www.renesys.com/2013/11/mitm-internet-hijacking/ We've seen one of those events on our infrastructure, which lasted a few minutes, and it was detected by BGPmon. Is it moment to push RPKI? Topic to discuss during the next NZNOG meeting? Cheers, -- Sebastian Castro DNS Specialist .nz Registry Services (New Zealand Domain Name Registry Limited) desk: +64 4 495 2337 mobile: +64 21 400535

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Encryption of national/international information
by Juha Saarinen 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Yahoo’s following Google’s example and will “encrypt all information that moves between our data centres by the end of Q1 2004” : http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/67373852814/our-commitment-to-protecting-your-… Would this be permitted in NZ? -- Juha Saarinen twitter: juhasaarinen

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Video about SFQ and uplinks
by Pieter De Wit 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

Hey List, A while ago someone posted to this list (I am sure it was....) a link to a youtube video about uplinks and why we should do QoS. I tried searching the archives but can't find. Would someone mind pointing me in the right direction for it please ? Thanks !

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[OT] Racks / routers and switches wanted
by Alexander Neilson 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Sorry for the off list nature of the below. Sunday beer post as an apology ;-) Off list direct replies please to avoid clogging the list up. Phone calls / txt ok to my cellphone numbers below as I am on the road. Is anyone getting rid of any racks at the moment. I am trying to get hold of 2 or 3 42RU+ racks. Prefer solid outer sides and grill front and back doors (but any racks looked at. I am currently getting ready to drive from Christchurch to Auckland in a ute with a trailer on the back so I have room to collect. South Island is today and north island tomorrow. We will consider purchasing the right racks if people want some money for the racks. Also I am looking for some switch / routing / firewall hardware that people want to give away (out of warranty / out of contract is all good) as I am looking for some test hardware for my home lab to learn on. I will have room in the vehicle and will consider any functional hardware available on the route. I don't have money personally to buy this hardware so looking for give aways only (but I will haul it away) Regards Alexander Alexander Neilson Neilson Productions Ltd Alexander(a)Neilson.net.nz 021 329 681

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Fibre suppliers
by Alexander Neilson 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Hey list. Can anyone advise a good supplier of fibre patch leads. Single mode is all we care about. We are looking today for at least one LCA-LCA patch lead 5M+ today. But we also need to get stock for various types and lengths in the near future and we are looking for a good quality supplier. Off list replies (or suggestions on list if people think it would be helpful) Regards Alexander *Alexander Neilson* *Neilson Productions Limited* *alexander(a)neilson.net.nz <alexander(a)neilson.net.nz>* *021 329 681*

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NSA, QUANTUM and packet injection
by Juha Saarinen 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Potentially operational content… http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/this-is-how-the-internet-backbone-has-… -- Juha Saarinen twitter: juhasaarinen

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[OT] Boxes in Wellington?
by Alexander Neilson 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Off Topic, so Beer! Does anyone in Wellington have some empty computer / server / large monitor boxes they are wanting to clear out? I am moving this friday and I am a few boxes short. Please message me off list and I will try accept any useful boxes and come collect them. Regards Alexander Alexander Neilson Neilson Productions Limited alexander(a)neilson.net.nz 021 329 681 022 456 2326

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So what're people using to label ethernet cables these days?
by Mark Foster 09 Nov '13

09 Nov '13

I've got a project underway with a large amount of fresh-install ethernet cabling and i'd like to 'do it right' with respects to cable labelling. The old does-everything Dymo Label Printer is doable, for a while, but in datacentre environments the labels degrade and fall off eventually, which isn't ideal. I've also used 'kabelflags' before but I would prefer something I can print with a machine, I think. That said i'd be interested in what people are doing, or what they 'should' be doing... ? Cheers Mark.

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Multi-homing without PI space
by Matthew Poole 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

A "small company wanting to play big company" question: My employer is investigating options for network redundancy as having a functional internet connection is critical to our operation. We're not in any position to even try applying for PI IPv4 space from APNIC (only using a /28), and are in no way close to being ready to think about going to pure IPv6. Clients push to us, so we need to have functional DNS as well as link fail-over. We also have multiple public-facing servers offering the same services, so moving to *shudder* NAT or some kind of port proxying isn't an easy option (clients' internal bureaucracies to get firewall ports opened, client configuration, blah blah blah). So, my question, what are our operational course of action for multi-homing when becoming an AS on the global tubes isn't on the cards? Cheers -- Matthew Poole "The difference between theory and practice is that practice is easier in theory than theory is in practice"

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APRICOT 2014 call for papers is now open
by Dean Pemberton 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

Hi everyone, We have just released the call for presentations for APRICOT 2014. Please consider presenting at APRICOT, or encourage a colleague or friend to do so. Also we'd really appreciate it if you would help inform members of your local operations community about this CfP. Many thanks! Philip, Mark, Dean APRICOT PC Chairs -- Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) 18 - 28 February 2014, Bangkok, Thailand https://2014.apricot.net CALL FOR PAPERS =============== The APRICOT 2014 Programme Committee is now seeking contributions for Presentations and Tutorials for APRICOT 2014. We are looking for presenters who would: - Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic; - Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker; - Convene and chair panel sessions of relevant topics. Please submit on-line at: http://papers.apricot.net/user/login.php?event=6 CONFERENCE MILESTONES --------------------- Call for Papers Opens: 1 November 2013 First Draft Programme Published: 6 December 2013 Final Deadline for Submissions: 7 February 2014 Final Programme Published: 14 February 2014 Final Slides Received: 21 February 2014 PROGRAMME MATERIAL ------------------ The APRICOT Programme is organised in three parts, including workshops, tutorials and the conference. Topics for tutorials and the conference must be relevant to Internet Operations and Technologies: - IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and operations - IPv6 deployment and transition technologies - Internet backbone operations - ISP and Carrier services - IXPs and Peering - Research on Internet Operations and Deployment - Thai Internet - Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware) - DNS / DNSSEC - Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management, Addressing, etc) - Access and Transport Technologies, including Cable/DSL, 3G/LTE, wireless, metro ethernet, fibre, MPLS - Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, "telepresence", Gaming) and Cloud Computing CfP SUBMISSION -------------- Draft slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be provided with CfP submissions otherwise the Programme Committee will be unable to review the submission. For work in progress, the most current information available at time of submission is acceptable. All draft and complete slides must be submitted in PDF format only. Final slides are to be provided by the specified deadline for publication on the APRICOT website. Prospective presenters should note that the majority of speaking slots will be filled well before the final submission deadline. The PC will retain a limited number of slots up to the final submission deadline for presentations that are exceptionally timely, important, or of critical operational importance. Please submit on-line at: http://papers.apricot.net/user/login.php?event=6 Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme Committee by e-mail at: pc-chairs at apricot.net We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals. Dean Pemberton, Mark Tinka & Philip Smith Co-Chairs, APRICOT Programme Committee pc-chairs(a)apricot.net

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Off Topic: IEC cable C13 to 2xC14
by Joel van Velden 02 Nov '13

02 Nov '13

Off topic I know, but has anyone ever come across an IEC C13 "jug-plug splitting" cable with two male (C14) ends, the sort of cable you'd want to use if you had two power supplies in a rack but only one power socket available? I'm after a supplier near Auckland. I can source from US but i'm wanting them this week. Cheers, Joel van Velden

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Calling all Mirror Providers
by Daniel Watson 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Gday Guys I'm setting up a new project today that will benefit a lot of providers out there in the market, I will be creating brand new mirrorlists for all the major repo's out there in the internet If you operate a mirror of any software, I would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to reply to this email with your URL of your mirror. I already am aware of a fair few out there already but i am not aware of them all The way that this will be setup will require you to let me know if your mirror operates only on Australian shores or if you also have mirror's in other locations, Please specify the location of the mirror also. Looking forward to your responses. D.

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Help / Advise tweaking BGP settings
by Alexander Neilson 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hey All We have recently made some major changes at $DAYJOB with our connectivity to the outside world and our peering. One of the things we have taken on is a 1Gbps APE peering port and Upgraded out WIX port to 100Mbps. While I find often our inbound traffic takes a fairly efficient path (usually - tho $TRANSITPROVIDER seems to cut prepends and possibly even disaggregates some prefixes (tho this could be something hanging around)) our outbound does seem to be less efficient, especially where APE is concerned. I am currently testing an adaption where I only accept shorter prefixes from $TRANSITPROVIDER and a default route (to avoid blackholing) the domestic transit doesn’t have a “default route” option and I want to avoid pushing domestic traffic over International if it only has a long prefix to match and isn’t peered. Would anyone be willing to provide me some tips / tricks / advise / examples of what they do with BGP (or some good resources) that I can use to improve the routing table I use in the network? Also does anyone have NZ Provider looking glass servers (not the NZIX as I know and use them) where I can see how other domestic providers see my announced routes and how it appears to them (so I can make changes and test but also see what I am being seen as)? Thank you very much in advance for any help. Off list replies are welcomed and possibly better to avoid clogging up the list if people think this is too basic a request for here. Regards Alexander Alexander Neilson Neilson Productions Limited alexander(a)neilson.net.nz 021 329 681 022 456 2326

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NZNOG 2014 - Registrations now open
by Neil Fenemor 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

NZNOG 2014 - registrations open ============================= Registrations for New Zealand's pre-eminent technical Internet networking conference - NZNOG 2014 - are now open. Hosted by the New Zealand Network Operators Group, NZNOG 2014 is the country's only technical networking conference, and features a host of plenary sessions, practical workshops and tutorials. Spaces are limited, so register now and join your fellow ICT specialists for a feast of information sharing, technical up-skilling and professional networking. To register, please visit http://www.nznog.org/register What: NZNOG 2014 When: 27 - 31 January 2014 Where: Rutherford Hotel, Nelson ---- Conference structure NZNOG 2014 incorporates two three-day practical workshops, a one-day of technical tutorials and the conference-proper. Workshops: 27 to 29 January, 2014 Network Infrastructure Security BGP routing Tutorial: 29 January, 2014 Mikrotik 1-day workshop OpenDNSSEC Fundamentals SDN/OpenFlow Installation Conference-proper: 30 - 31 January, 2014 Confirmed so far: International Speaker Tom Paseka (CloudFlare) "NZ Perspectives from a global CDN" Geoff Huston (APNIC) "Measuring DNSSEC" Jamie Baddeley (Citylink) "NZIX2/Citylink SDN Gerard Creamer (Netspace Services) "Experiences with dual A records vs anycasting" Barry Brailey (.nz) DNSSEC programme Sam Russell (REANNZ) "Building better Skype with WebRTC, SIP, and ENUM Jamie Horrell "Statistical methods for Network Analysis" A range of pricing options are available, including a heavily-discounted student registration: Main conference (waged) - $150.00 Main conference (student) - $25.00 Practical workshop - $150.00 Practical workshop (student) - $25.00 Tutorial - $25.00 ---- More information More information about NZNOG 2014 can be found at www.nznog.org. For sponsorship opportunities please contact sponsorship(a)nznog.org Cheers, neil for the NZNOG Trustees

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Anycast node swap NZ / UK
by Nat Morris 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

Hi, We're looking for someone to swap a low bandwidth DNS server with in New Zealand. We run an anycast setup and announce the same /24 + /48 from a dedicated ASN from multiple locations around the globe. Would be looking for a single CPU with 512mb + 20gb disc running Debian x64, only special thing it needs is a BGP session so we can announce our address space (you only need provide it with a default route, not full table!). We can provide the same in return in the UK :) Cheers, Nat, -- Nat Morris Esgob Ltd http://www.esgob.com

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