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Vodafone New Zealand - access to recursive resolvers
by David Robb 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

To all members, Vodafone New Zealand will start blocking external access to the recursive DNS servers of the former TelstraClear network to non-customers as of July 3rd 2014. Some of our former customers or other users with Vodafone modems may have the IP addresses of our DNS servers set up on their devices. With that in mind, we'd like to notify you that from midnight 01 July 2014 we will stop providing DNS resolution for external non-Vodafone users, resulting in such customers being unable to browse the internet. The affected DNS servers are at the following IP addresses: 203.97.33.14 203.97.37.14 203.97.78.43 203.97.78.44 Vodafone customers who need help with this change can contact the Vodafone Technical Contact Centre on 0800 438 448. Regards David Robb Transport Design Engineer, Vodafone New Zealand

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reprogram Brocade SFP+ optic to work in a Juniper QFX?
by Simon Blake 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

Hi folks Does anybody in NZ have a mechanism to repurpose a bunch of Brocade SFP+ optics into something a QFX will tolerate? Need a moderately quick turnaround (this week), hence the local constraint. Cheers Simon

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Transit Questions (IPv6, MTU, EDNS)
by Alexander Neilson 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Hi All I am looking to see what others experiences are with transit providers. Mainly I am wondering about IPv6 Support and MTU Sizes >From talking to my upstream providers it appears that 1500MTU is the limit I have access to, and one of my two upstreams doesn’t provide IPv6 for transit. This leads my to a few logical questions: * How many transit providers provide MTU above 1500 Bytes? * How many transit providers do not provide IPv6 transit? * How do others handle EDNS? I was doing some looking around our systems a while back and I found a default setting in the Bind9 version we were running that set EDNS to 4096 Bytes. Now all of our transit is limited it seems to 1500 Bytes, so I set the config to limit the announced support down into the usable range by us and saw a reduction in the need for DNS retries. Do other people just have better handling of fragmentation? Do you find any issues having EDNS announcing support for sizes above your transit? do you just have transit that supports MTU over 1500 Bytes? And a big issue in my opinion is the lack of IPv6 support from transit providers. I am not sure about other providers but it will be one deciding factor when purchasing transit going forward. Happy to receive information off list if people don’t want to name on here. Regards Alexander Alexander Neilson Neilson Productions Limited alexander(a)neilson.net.nz 021 329 681 022 456 2326

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Linux.conf.au 2015 in Auckland - Call for Proposals
by Simon Lyall 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

=== linux.conf.au Call For Proposals === The call for proposals for linux.conf.au 2015 is now open! The conference is a meeting place for the free and open source software communities. It will be held in Auckland at the University of Auckland Business School from Monday 12 to Friday 16 January, 2015, and provides a unique opportunity for open source developers, students, users and hackers to come together, share new ideas and collaborate. === Important Dates === * Call for Proposals opens 9 June 2014 * Call for Proposals closes 13 July 2014 * Email acceptances start September 2014 * Early bird registrations open 23 September 2014 * Conference dates: Monday 12 January to Friday 16 January, 2015 === Information on Proposals === The linux.conf.au 2015 papers committee is looking for a broad range of proposals, and will consider submissions on anything from programming and software, to desktop, mobile, gaming, userspace, community, government, space, and education. There is only one rule: *Your proposal must be related to open source* This year, the papers committee is going to be focused on open source in education as well as our usual focus on deep technical content. The conference is to a large extent what the speakers make it: if we receive heaps of excellent submissions on a topic, then itâ€™s sure to be represented at the conference. Hereâ€™s a few ideas to get you started: * Clouds, data centers and scalability. * Community challenges; legal threats; education and outreach. * Documentation for open source projects. * HTML5; multimedia codecs. * Kernel developments; new architectures. * Open hardware; embedded systems; wearable computing. * Security; privacy; anonymity. * Networking; Software defined networking; bufferbloat; network function virtualization. * Software development; programming languages. * Sysadmin and automation. linux.conf.au is known for presentations and tutorials that are strongly technical in nature, but proposals for presentations on other aspects of free software and open culture, such as educational and cultural applications of open source, are welcome. === Code of Conduct === linux.conf.au welcomes first-time and seasoned speakers from all free and open communities: people of all ages, genders, nationalities, ethnicities, backgrounds, religions, abilities, and walks of life. We respect and encourage diversity at our conference. By agreeing to present at or attend the conference, you are agreeing to abide by the terms and conditions (http://lca2015.linux.org.au/cor/terms_and_conditions) We also expect all speakers and delegates to have read and understood our Code of Conduct (http://lca2015.linux.org.au/cor/code_of_conduct) === Format === There are three different ways that you can present your content: * Presentations * Tutorials * Mini conferences _Presentations_ Presentations are 45 minute slots that are generally presented in lecture format. These form the bulk of the available conference slots. _Tutorials_ Tutorials are 100 minutes long, and are generally presented in a classroom format. They should be interactive or hands-on in nature. Tutorials are expected to have a specific learning outcome for attendees. _Mini conferences_ Miniconfs are one or two day long sessions on a specific topic. A separate CFP form will be used to propose and select miniconfs, and is available at http://lca2015.linux.org.au/miniconf-cfp === Speaker Information === In recognition of the value that speakers bring to our conference, once a proposal is accepted a speaker is entitled to: * Free registration, which holds all of the benefits of a Professional Delegate Ticket * Exclusive tickets to the Speakers' Dinner for the speaker and their immediate family * One free family ticket to the Partners' Programme If your proposal includes more than one speaker, these additional speakers are not entitled to free registration or to any extra benefits. linux.conf.au does not and will not pay speakers to present at the conference. linux.conf.au is able to provide limited financial assistance for some speakers, for instance, where the cost of flights or accommodation might prohibit a speaker from attending. Please note, however, that there is a limited budget for travel assistance and that asking for assistance could affect your chances of acceptance. === Recording and Licensing === To increase the number of people that can view your presentation,linux.conf.au might record your talk and make it publicly available after the event. When submitting your proposal you will be asked to release materials relating to your presentation under a Creative Commons ShareAlike License. Additionally, if you are discussing software in your presentation, you must ensure the software has an appropriate open licence. All presentation material should be suitable for people aged 12 and above. All presentations are subject to Linux Australiaâ€™s code of conduct, including that they must not contain: sexual or violent imagery exclusionary language language which is not appropriate for an all-ages audience For more information, see: http://lca2015.linux.org.au/cfp === About Linux Australia === Linux Australia is the peak body for open source communities around Australia, and as such represents approximately 3500 Free and Open Source users and developers. Linux Australia supports the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year. For more information about Linux Australia see: http://www.linux.org.au/ === Papers Enquiries === For enquiries related to this CFP, or to presentations at linux.conf.au generally, contact the linux.conf.au 2015 Papers Committee by email: papers-chair at linux.org.au

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Re: [nznog] Power event in Sky tower
by Martin Spencer 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Hi Everyone. I am Martin Spencer, the owner of The Data Centre at 220 Queen Street. I have been following the thread on the Auckland Peering Exchange and thought it would be useful to bring you up to date with some recent changes in my data centre. We now have two generators and have just completed construction of our own sub-station to service the whole building instead of Vector's old one. We have never had a complete power outage, though in the early days we did experience an outage on one UPS. I then had all the UPSs modified to try and ensure it wouldn't happen again. I would like to confirm that we do not charge monthly cross-connect fees. The only charge is for setting up the connection and that is based on what it costs to run the cable. Since I do not and never will supply bandwidth I am carrier neutral and have always hoped that I could encourage people to peer in my facility. If a formal peering exchange were to be set up here I would not want to be involved in the administration. I would do all I could to support and encourage it but would continue with my current philosophy of concentrating on making the physical infrastructure (aircon, power, security) as robust and reliable as possible. If one or a group of you would like to meet with me to discuss how we can improve our facilities and make them more transparent and available to you, please contact me. Martin Spencer martin(a)datacentre.co.nz +64 (9) 304-0737

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Trademe Contact
by Matthew Harrison - PrimoWireless Ltd 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

Can someone from Trademe make contact off list - I have some users being contacted by Trademe being asked why they are selling from overseas. Regards, Matthew Harrison The Top Dog p. 06 7566620 | e. <mailto:matthew(a)primowireless.co.nz> matthew(a)primowireless.co.nz

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Rack Space & Service
by Pete gmail 22 Jun '14

22 Jun '14

I am looking for someone in AKL and WLG to provide racking, stacking and cabling services for data centres. We need a sub 4 hour response to service calls. Feel free to contact me off list. LightSpeed Pete *Peter Macaulay* Managing Director *The Number One IT Group* PO Box 25481 St Heliers <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=PO+Box+25481%2CSt+Heliers%2CAuckland%2C1740%2…> Auckland, 1740 New Zealand *Mobile:* 64 21 488 485 *Fax:* *Email:* peter(a)no1.co.nz <mailto:peter(a)no1.co.nz> *IM:* petermacaulay (Skype) *http://nz.linkedin.com/in/petermacaulay* See who we know in common <http://www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/2680292/?hs=false&tok=1C3cGjM9hG1kY1> Want a signature like this? <http://www.linkedin.com/e/sig/2680292/?hs=false&tok=1qpDY4lIRG1kY1>

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Routing contact at GGI/Telecom
by McDonald Richards 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hello, This one is a last resort since normal channels are failing. Can somebody with routing clue at GGI/Telecom who understands how your domestic/international networks are strung together please contact me off-list via email. Macca Vocus

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Re: [nznog] Visualisation of the IXP's
by "NOC＠NGWnoc"＠ngw.co.nz 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Very well done, very impressed, congrats guys. Handy tool to keep book marked too :-) -- NOC @ Next Generation Wholesale - ngw.co.nz > > > - > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [nznog] Visualisation of the IXP's > Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:06:21 +1200 > From: Jamie Baddeley<jamie.baddeley(a)vpc.co.nz> > To: nznog<nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > > > > Hi folks, > > > Thanks to the awesome work of Blair Harrison we now have a visualisation > of the NZIX. A very interesting thing to see and it's nice to see the > ANZAC aspect of it. > > See here: > http://nzix.net/peers.html > > We'll be working on refining the process which extracts the information > and readies it for this sort of presentation so that it will be updated > nightly. We'll let you know when that's done. > > Thanks Blair! > > Feedback welcome of course. > > Cheers > > jamie > > > > > >

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Power event in sky tower
by Alexander Neilson 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

Did anyone else notice a power event in sky tower in the last 15 Minutes? Regards Alexander Alexander Neilson Neilson Productions Limited alexander(a)neilson.net.nz 021 329 681 022 456 2326

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