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The URL for help for Vanuatu
by Andy Linton 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

It's been a long day! I've sent the wrong URL twice. The urls to use are now: http://aidez.vu or http://help.vu Vanuatu is bilingual and we thought we should do the same! Forget about the flatnet one - I clearly can't remember it so why should you.

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Vanuatu Update & Support
by Jonathan Brewer 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Hi All, This morning I spoke with a friend from Vanuatu Government and to another who is CTO for Telsat Pacific, the largest TV operator & #2 ISP. Things are in pretty poor shape, but on the bright side: - Both cellular networks are fine in Port Vila - Internet and email from Telecom Vanuatu is working in Port Vila This makes life a lot easier for coordinating support - which will be needed: - Communication to remote islands is gone. It was all C-band satellite and those big dishes did not fare well. - Telsat lost four towers (that they know about) including their primary transmission site - though they expect to have some connectivity restored today or tomorrow. Vanuatu Government is going to nominate a central point of contact for offers of assistance relating to ICT. When that information is available and when they are ready for contact from you it will be posted here. Thanks to those who have already offered hardware and engineering resources - those offers have probably made the days of a few people in Vanuatu today. Thanks, Jon P.S. I'm in the wrong timezone for this (GMT -1) so it may not be me posting with an update.

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Generators for Vanuatu
by Andy Linton 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

Someone form Primo Wireless in New Plymouth offered some generators via http://ushahidi.flatnet.net.nz Can they contact me directly? andy

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"If you want to be an ISP and want your infrastructure to last more than five years...
by Juha Saarinen 15 Mar '15

15 Mar '15

… you’re already deploying IPv6,” said the ARIN chief exec John Curran. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/401627,ipv6-laggards-to-face-tough-questions-… <http://www.itnews.com.au/News/401627,ipv6-laggards-to-face-tough-questions-…> TL;DR: CGNAT’s bad and IPv4 addresses are getting scarce and expensive, Curran says. Would be interested to hear arguments to the contrary off list (or on list if it’s OK with TEH MORDERATOR) if there are any. -- Juha Saarinen twitter: juhasaarinen <http://twitter.com/juhasaarinen>

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Re: [nznog] Vanuatu Update & Support
by Scott Weeks 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

--- jon.brewer(a)gmail.com wrote: From: Jonathan Brewer <jon.brewer(a)gmail.com> Things are in pretty poor shape, ---------------------------------- It's going to brush the very northern tip of NZ: http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=spac_slp It currently has 85 MPH winds. http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-183.0… Hopefully, it misses all together. scott _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog

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NZNOG NOC List Updates
by Dave Mill 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

Hi all After our recent discussions on the (lack of) updates to the NZNOG website NOC contact list I have (foolishly?) volunteered to help. The URL of the page is http://www.nznog.org/noc-list . If you have any updates, or if you have previous updates that haven't been handled, then please pass them on to noc(a)nznog.org . I will do my best to update in a timely manner. Also, if you're aware of anything on the contact list that is blatantly wrong (perhaps you're still listed against a company where you no longer work) then let me know. I'll do my best to correct the information or chase up relevant contacts. If I fail in my duties I'll produce a beer for you at the next NZNOG conference dinner.. Cheers Dave

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DNSSEC validation at Spark NZ
by Sebastian Castro 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

Hi: We'd like to share a short technical blog post from NZRS about Spark NZ enabling DNSSEC validation for part of their customers. In brief, DNSSEC related traffic coming from Spark NZ resolvers suffered a massive increase back on Dec 16th, Spark NZ also added new DNS backends for their service, and they are using load balancing to share the load. The article https://nzrs.net.nz/content/dnssec-validation-spark-nz Feedback and questions are welcomed! Cheers, -- Sebastian Castro Technical Research Manager NZRS Ltd. desk: +64 4 495 2337 mobile: +64 21 400535

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openwrt capable routers for NZ?
by Dave Taht 09 Mar '15

09 Mar '15

at the end of my talk someone asked me what routers I would recomend to try this stuff on here, and I sort of dodged the question. If you can come up with a list of routers available here (meet me later?), I can tell you what I know about each chipset. (I have evaluated dozens of these over the last year...) In general ath9k based gear is currently best (entirely open wifi driver), with nearly every manufacturer shipping stuff based on that. I see there is a lot of ubnt here, and most of their older products are well supported by openwrt. There is some good work beginning on the latest round of chipsets, but by and large the firmware for 802.11ac is closed.... And so on. I should also point out that there are plenty of other OSes available, and that I'm opposed to a monoculture of any hardware/software combination. See: https://gettys.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/bufferbloat-and-other-challenges/ for more details. -- Dave Täht thttp://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/Upcoming_Talks

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Internet in the upper south island
by lenz 07 Mar '15

07 Mar '15

Hi, I am currently trying to figure out if I can get anything else than a weak 3G signal in terms of internet just outside of St Arnaud. The address is 62 Alpine Meadows Drive, Saint Arnaud There is a phone line as well as a few other houses but the Chorus website tells me that they don't have any services there. I tried a few of the bigger providers and many tell me I can have VDSL but either don't come back to me or turn around and say "sorry, mate, can't" Anyone on the list that knows someone who might get anything faster than a 3G link to that address? Happy to shout beers on top of being a very grateful customer :) Thanks heaps cheers

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Orcon Helpdesk
by Keith Davidson 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

Is there anyone from Orcon technical subscribed to this list who could contact me offlist please? Cheers Keith

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