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Notification of NZRR Database changes
by NZRR Database Notifications 25 Sep '05

25 Sep '05

Dear Colleague, This is to notify you that some object(s) in NZRR database which you either maintain or are listed as to-be-notified have been added, deleted or changed. These objects are used to configure the various NZIX route servers (http://nzix.net/) so you can expect the relevant servers to be reloaded in the near future. The reloading of the servers is staggered over a period of time so that if you are peering with both servers at an exchange, you can maintain at least one BGP session at all times and consequently a full set of routes. --- PREVIOUS OBJECT: route-set: AS9439:RS-ROUTES:AS7696 descr: Route set advertised to AS9439 by OneSquared - AS7696 members: 202.160.112.0/21^21-29 admin-c: RPA1-NZRR tech-c: RPA1-NZRR notify: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net notify: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz notify: sam(a)onesquared.net mnt-by: MAINT-NZRR-NZ changed: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net 20050905 source: NZRR REPLACED BY: route-set: AS9439:RS-ROUTES:AS7696 descr: advertised to AS9439 by OneSquared - AS7696 members: 202.160.112.0/21^21-29, 202.135.231.144/28^28-29 admin-c: RPA1-NZRR tech-c: RPA1-NZRR notify: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net notify: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz notify: sam(a)onesquared.net mnt-by: MAINT-NZRR-NZ changed: rpsl-admin(a)nzix.net 20050926 source: NZRR

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What would the NZ numbers be?
by Juha Saarinen 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/40778CA910E0E6B4CC25707D007A6977 Anyone know? -- Juha

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Orcon support email - auto reply. Anyone from orcon listening??
by Gavin Legge 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Yeah it's still coming through - if anyone at orcon is on here - they may want to unsub there support address so it does not auto reply all the time to the poster. The following came from support(a)orcon.net.nz in reply to my post... <include message> Thankyou for emailing Orcon customer support. Your email has been received and will be processed as quickly as possible, however we are experiencing some delays at present due to high customer demand so it may take up to 96 hours to get an initial response. We've just implemented a new ticketing system to allow better tracking of customer enquiries and orders - and your email has been assigned the identifier: FZT-83853-666. Please ensure you keep this ticket ID in the subject line of any related replies. Warm regards, Orcon Customer Support. Auckland: (09) 444-4414 Freephone: (0508) 4ORCON 8am - 8pm Monday-Friday 11am - 8pm Saturday/Sunday and public holidays -------------------------------------------------------------- In the interim, please check out the following items which may allow you solve your problem on your own: GENERAL: * Basic configuration settings http://www.orcon.net.nz/help/settings/nz/ DIALUP * Current pricing plans and signup http://www.orcon.net.nz/products/dialup/ DSL * Want to upgrade to Orcon's new BitStream 256k service ($49.95/month) http://www.orcon.net.nz/shortcut/getbitstream * Current pricing plans http://www.orcon.net.nz/products/jetstream/ * Experiencing high ping times/latency? See the following link for information http://www.orcon.net.nz/help/kb/ADSL/latency BILLING * Frequently asked questions about your billing http://www.orcon.net.nz/help/billing/ If any of the above links help answer the query you just emailed us, if possible please do us the courtesy of emailing us saying the problem is "resolved" so we can attend to other customer's queries. --- Kind Regards Gavin Legge Security Officer [Linux Systems Administrator] g.legge(a)irl.cri.nz 04 931 3131 (ext 4131) 021 905 461 This electronic transmission and any documents accompanying this electronic transmission contain confidential information belonging to the sender. This information may be legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on or regarding the contents of this electronically transmitted information is strictly prohibited.

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Re: [nznog] Vodafone dial pattern - another change ?
by Gavin Legge 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I used to work for a telco and on many occasions observed overlap sending on ISDN's working fine. This while watching test instruments across live lines. - so yeah - it's used out there for sure... Go for it. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Batterbee [mailto:ian.batterbee(a)aut.ac.nz] Sent: Friday, 23 September 2005 1:16 p.m. To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] Vodafone dial pattern - another change ? >Surely the delay thing is why most VoIP type systems accept something >such as "#" as an "I've finished inputting my number, please dial it" >indicator ? > > Although we do operate a VoIP system, that's largely irrelevant, because our previous PBX (Ericsson MD110) had all the patterns configured into it as well, so we would have been in the same situation. Users don't expect to have to dial a # at the end of their number, and we shouldn't expect them to have to do so. >Is the 5 seconds tuneable ? "wait 5 seconds till the 5th digit has been >entered then change this to 3 seconds till the 7th digit then change >this to 1 second" > The 5-second delay is coming from TelstraClear.. so no, we can't tune it. They're waiting for another digit, and when I posted about last month, it was because TCL's pattern was actually incorrect, and was waiting for extra digits that would never come, resulting in an unncessary 5 second setup delay to a large number of 021 numbers. This has since been corrected. A number of PBX systems validate the numbers so that they can match and therefore route them down the most appropriate route. Our (Cisco) PBX comes with patterns for most countries, which simplifies the task of setting up a new system. While I agree NZ's plan is relatively simple, other countries are not, and that's probably the reason they do it that way. There is the possibilty that we could enable overlap sending.. which I believe means that you send each digit as it is dialled, rather than all at once in an ISDN SETUP message - as it gives the telco the option to send back 'more needed', or 'that's enough digits'.. but.. I'm reluctant to turn it on without some proper testing first. Thanks to Barry who found the info I needed, and finally, to those of you who do validate the numbers locally, and who were forced into silence before posting anything by Steve's helpful comments, here are the new patterns: 021 0221 XXXX 021 0222 XXXX I believe there may be more coming. _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. MailScanner Supplied by ITS-HelpDesk. ext 4001 or email helpdesk(a)irl.cri.nz-- This electronic transmission and any documents accompanying this electronic transmission contain confidential information belonging to the sender. This information may be legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on or regarding the contents of this electronically transmitted information is strictly prohibited.

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Re: [nznog] Vodafone dial pattern - another change ?
by Ian Batterbee 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

>Surely the delay thing is why most VoIP type systems accept something >such as "#" as an "I've finished inputting my number, please dial it" >indicator ? > > Although we do operate a VoIP system, that's largely irrelevant, because our previous PBX (Ericsson MD110) had all the patterns configured into it as well, so we would have been in the same situation. Users don't expect to have to dial a # at the end of their number, and we shouldn't expect them to have to do so. >Is the 5 seconds tuneable ? "wait 5 seconds till the 5th digit has been >entered then change this to 3 seconds till the 7th digit then change >this to 1 second" > The 5-second delay is coming from TelstraClear.. so no, we can't tune it. They're waiting for another digit, and when I posted about last month, it was because TCL's pattern was actually incorrect, and was waiting for extra digits that would never come, resulting in an unncessary 5 second setup delay to a large number of 021 numbers. This has since been corrected. A number of PBX systems validate the numbers so that they can match and therefore route them down the most appropriate route. Our (Cisco) PBX comes with patterns for most countries, which simplifies the task of setting up a new system. While I agree NZ's plan is relatively simple, other countries are not, and that's probably the reason they do it that way. There is the possibilty that we could enable overlap sending.. which I believe means that you send each digit as it is dialled, rather than all at once in an ISDN SETUP message - as it gives the telco the option to send back 'more needed', or 'that's enough digits'.. but.. I'm reluctant to turn it on without some proper testing first. Thanks to Barry who found the info I needed, and finally, to those of you who do validate the numbers locally, and who were forced into silence before posting anything by Steve's helpful comments, here are the new patterns: 021 0221 XXXX 021 0222 XXXX I believe there may be more coming.

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Vodafone dial pattern - another change ?
by Ian Batterbee 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

In the last 24 hours I've heard from multiple sources that Vodafone is now using 8 digit prepay numbers - the numbers I was given that were reported 'not working' (because our PBX didn't match all the digits) were both 021-0222xxxx, ie, 8 digits after the 021. I know I asked about this only one month ago, but back then 021[012] only appeared to require 6 further digits, and not 7. I've just tried calling both 0222xxxx numbers from my vodafone mobile, and they they both rang. I tried leaving the last digit off, and they both failed, so it does suggest that things have changed. Does anyone know what's going on, and/or what the correct prefix for this number pattern is ? If I change my end to match 0210 plus 7, it will introduce a 5 second delay into any numbers that only have 6 digits after the 0210 -- Ian Batterbee, CCNP Senior Network/Comms Technician Auckland University of Technology

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Want to sell the syntax S648 motherboard
by Kevn Wong 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

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Re: [nznog] Further Analysis of Election Night
by Regan Murphy 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I'm with xtra for DSL at home. I don't seem to transit via the US to get content from the r2 servers. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Clark [mailto:dan(a)synaptic.net.nz] Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2005 6:59 p.m. To: Richard Naylor Cc: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] Further Analysis of Election Night mostly Xtra customers connecting to the US server no doubt? Dan

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Further Analysis of Election Night
by Richard Naylor 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Further analysis of the Election period webcast ----------------------------------------------- We have now had some time to analyse log files from the election period. The following observations are made. It should be understood that there were 4 servers, USA - 1 AKL - 2 (CityLink and TVNZ) WLG - 1 We have not had access to the TVNZ log files and so the following comments are based on analysis of 3 servers only. These servers were carrying 62% of the load (by traffic) It also needs to be understood that these servers were not set up solely for the election event and carried on handling day to day 24x7 streaming. So in looking at log files, there are many streams and services (such as on demand video or audio files) which were operating regardless of the election. Equally many of the stations which we stream had no particular coverage of the election and carried on their usual Saturday night programmes. As a result some analysis requires a little local knowledge to make sense. In addition, R2 was providing on-demand services to 3 political parties involved in the election. Several parties had closing video clips or focussed their multi-media assets for the closing stages of the campaign. This produced extra traffic on election day. In some cases a surprising number of hits. We also carried a number of election related events such as The Labour Party Election Campaign launch The InternetNZ ICT Candidates debate Election Fiscal Update (access via Scooop.co.nz) Several Press Briefings by the PM (access via Scoop.co.nz) Candidate debates (access via RadioNZ.co.nz) As a result a very rough estimate is that the last month has seen server traffic double. On election night, over 40 countries accessed the 3 CityLink servers. They were NZ 36% Australia 12% US 8% UK 2.5% France 1.5% Canada Japan Netherlands Singapore Switzerland Germany Czech Republic Italy Brazil Thailand Poland Malaysia Austria Saudi Arabia Israel India Hungary Taiwan Turkey Spain Slovakia Belgium Sweden Denmark Norway Fiji Azerbaijan United Arab Emirates Russia Philippines The top 15 countries all accessed over 1GBytes of data Of great interest to us is the access to the USA server as its usage is designed to handle international interest under a strategy of locating servers as close to the clients as possible, so that over time, higher quality material (audio or video) can be delivered. The USA server received connections from NZ 30% Australia 20% USA 10% UK 3.7% Japan 1.5% Singapore 1.3% With 3 servers located in NZ, there was no need for traffic from the US server to NZ. This is caused solely by poor peering by NZ ISPs. It represents some 10Mbps of traffic.

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Useful BGP tool
by Gordon Smith 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

A little something that's quite useful for looking at route advertisement trends over time. It complements the use of route-servers quite well when looking at BGP path changes internationally. Found the link on NANOG http://bgpinspect.merit.edu/

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