[as112-ops] AS112 node via AS5408

[William F. Maton Sotomayor]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Scott Mace wrote:

> Internet2 and NLR have decided that it is best to filter AS112 announcements
> at their edges and investigate running their own AS112 instances.

Excellent, the more (and the more stable), the better!

>
> 	Scott
>
> William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>


wfms