[as112-ops] AS112 node via AS5408

[William F. Maton Sotomayor]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, Scott Mace wrote:

> I'm not seeing the prefix via your 6509 2884 path, still only the
> geant2 path.  I tested that server coming from 5408 again last
> night and it was still giving timeouts.

Hi Scott.   Somewhat of a postscript, but I believe that the errant node 
might be gone. I never did get a response from a human at GRNet other than 
the usual automated message, so perhaps they've realized there was a 
problem.

>
> 	Scott
>
> William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote:
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007, Scott Mace wrote:
>> 
>>> Oddly enough at some point in the past (who knows how long) an AS112
>>> node started being announced to research networks in the US.   AS11537,
>>> for example:   302 4557 14085 11537 20965 5408 112
>>> 
>>> The only problem is that many of the end sites connected to 11537
>>> prefer all paths via 11537 blindly over other paths.
>>> So as a result this particular AS112 node might get more than it expected.
>>> It is currently responding with timeouts.
>> 
>> Interesting, I wonder if we have a contact here for GRNet.  In any case, 
>> I'll see if I can contact them about.
>> 
>> FWIW, my AS112 node is back online, and may help with timeouts.  Testing 
>> appreciated.  I'm coming in from behind AS path 6509 2884 and you can give 
>> this a shot:
>> 
>> dig @prisoner.iana.org hostname.as112.net txt +short +norec
>> 
>> This might come back with:
>> 
>> "Federal GigaPOP" "Ottawa, Canada"
>> "See http://as112.net/ for more information."
>> 
>> Provided we're 'closer' to you than others.
>> 
>> wfms
>> 
>> P.S. I have asked AS6509 to peer direct with them instead of the route 
>> servers.
>> 
>> 
>


wfms