FD-IX: Local-pref and default routes
I just finished up an article over on the FD-IX blog about local-prefs, default routes, and Internet exchanges. https://www.fd-ix.com/uncategorized/local-pref-and-default-routes/ Not everyone on the Internet needs full feeds from their provider. In this case, how does learning routes from an Internet …
The problem with broadband projects in general
Before Covid I tried to attend as many meetings community leaders and towns had about bringing broadband to their communities. This is what you are supposed to in order to let the leaders know you, or in my case, my …
OpenGear Resilience gateway for ISPs
Some quick notes and screenshots from the OpenGear Resilience Gateway https://opengear.com/products/acm7000-resilience-gateway . The model I am working with is the ACM7004-2-L. It has 4 serial Cisco Straight pinout, Dual 1 GbE Ethernet, Global 4G LTE-A Pro cellular, 2 DIO, and …
Minuteman missile Silo codes
https://gizmodo.com/for-20-years-the-nuclear-launch-code-at-us-minuteman-si-1473483587 Those in the U.S. that had been fitted with the devices, such as ones in the Minuteman Silos, were installed under the close scrutiny of Robert McNamara, JFK’s Secretary of Defence. However, The Strategic Air Command greatly resented McNamara’s …
Hurricane Electric Route Filtering Algorithm
The following is from http://routing.he.net/algorithm.html . This outlines the criteria HE.NET uses for filtering routes from peers and customers. This is the route filtering algorithm for customers and peers that have explicit filtering: 1. Attempt to find an as-set to …
9 Life Hacks for all of us
A little bit of deviation from techie stuff. For those of you looking to make life better here are some “hacks” I totally agree with. What are you life hacks? What are soem things you do which are related to …
Cisco Syslog severity levels
For those of you implementing Syslog triggers and such the following list will be helpful in filtering and classifying Syslog entries. 0 – Emergency 1 – Alert 2 – Critical 3 – Error 4 – Warning 5 – Notice 6 …
Don’t try this at home kids. Automated BGP Optimization
https://radar.qrator.net/blog/as10990-routing-optimization-taleConclusion? Do not try to optimize the routes with automated software – BGP is a distance-vector routing protocol that has proved, throughout the years, its ability to handle the traffic. Software, wanting to “optimize” the system involving thousands of members …
New Undersea Cable – Grace Hopper
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/announcing-googles-grace-hopper-subsea-cable-system …We’re excited to announce a new subsea cable—Grace Hopper—which will run between the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain, providing better resilience for the network that underpins Google’s consumer and enterprise products.