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Neutral Path link issue between Belle Plaine and MICE
by Frank Bulk May 6, 2018

May 6, 2018

I woke up this morning to see emails about our BGP sessions with MICE to be down. Look at alarms and graphs I see that the link from Belle Plaine to MICE is down since about 12:39 am. According to the NeutralPath NOC (operated by WINS?), something about how a temporary fiber fix for emergency fiber work failed? I wasn't even aware of any emergency fiber work. The NOC said that a tech was dispatched and he was hoping they would be able to fix it in the next few hours. Frank

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MANRS IXP
by David Farmer April 27, 2018

April 27, 2018

I would like to strongly encourage MICE's participation, but I believe we have work to do to make it happen. https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/04/introducing-a-new-manrs-ixp-pr… https://www.manrs.org/participants/ixp/ Thanks -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

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Re: CNS Satellite Cutover
by Dean Bahls April 12, 2018

April 12, 2018

Good morning! The new CNS satellite has been cut into service. Traffic seems to be flowing normally. Holler if you see potential issues that we might have caused. Thanks, Dean From: Dean Bahls <dean.bahls(a)cooperative-networks.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 6:39 AM To: 'MICE Discuss' <MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET> Subject: CNS Satellite Cutover Good morning MICEers! Sorry for the short notice, but CNS will be cutting to a new switch tomorrow morning (4/12/18) at around 10:00am. Yes, that seems like an odd time to do maintenance, but with all of the Netflix caching going on between 2:00am and 9:00am, this is about the slowest part of the day anymore. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you! Dean Dean Bahls Network Services Manager | Cooperative Network Services, LLC 14 Main St SW | PO Box J | Menahga, MN 56464 218.346.3635 (Direct) | 218.564.3000 (Main Office) dean.bahls(a)cooperative-networks.com <mailto:dean.bahls@cooperative-networks.com>

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CNS Satellite Cutover
by Dean Bahls April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018

Good morning MICEers! Sorry for the short notice, but CNS will be cutting to a new switch tomorrow morning (4/12/18) at around 10:00am. Yes, that seems like an odd time to do maintenance, but with all of the Netflix caching going on between 2:00am and 9:00am, this is about the slowest part of the day anymore. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you! Dean Dean Bahls Network Services Manager | Cooperative Network Services, LLC 14 Main St SW | PO Box J | Menahga, MN 56464 218.346.3635 (Direct) | 218.564.3000 (Main Office) dean.bahls(a)cooperative-networks.com <mailto:dean.bahls@cooperative-networks.com>

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Old MICE Traffic Levels
by Jeremy Lumby April 10, 2018

April 10, 2018

I took the MICE display that was next to the Cologix Suite 200 entry in order to update it. When I opened it I was surprised that on the back was a previous version from when the MICE traffic was under 10G. It was a great surprise, so I attached a picture for your appreciation of how far we have come. I plan on keeping all previous versions on the back of the frame to preserve some history. Jeremy Lumby Minnesota VoIP 9217 17th Ave S Suite 216 Bloomington MN 55425 Main 612-355-7740 Direct 612-392-6814 EFax 952-873-7425 jlumby(a)mnvoip.com

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MN VoIP Extension switch link upgrade
by Jeremy Lumby April 7, 2018

April 7, 2018

On Saturday 4/7/2018 at approx 2pm MN VoIP will be cutting the link to their MICE extension switch from 10G to 40G. BGP will be blocked ahead of time to allow traffic to gracefully reroute. The estimated downtime will be less than 5 minutes. Jeremy Lumby Minnesota VoIP 9217 17th Ave S Suite 216 Bloomington, MN 55425 Main: 612-355-7740 x211 Direct: 612-392-6814 EFax: 952-873-7425 jlumby(a)mnvoip.com

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MICE Google Global cache issues?
by Colin Murphy April 6, 2018

April 6, 2018

Hi, Since Monday we've been having issues with mobile devices accessing YouTube and Google Play store via IPv6. Our symptoms with YouTube app is mostly with Apple IOS devices. When a user loads a video, the ads will play fine and then the video will start and play for 5 seconds and stop. Browsing youtube via a web browser on the IOS devices seems fine. With Android devices, users can't download apps from the play store. Is anyone else experiencing these issues with their peering with the Google Global Cache at MICE? Thanks, Colin Murphy Sr. Network Engineer Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota Northern Lights Gigapop Desk: 612-626-0870

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Broadcast Traffic
by Jeremy Lumby April 3, 2018

April 3, 2018

I have been watching the broadcast traffic on MICE steadily increase. We are now at the point where our broadcast traffic is 10X that of many exchanges that are larger than us. I would encourage the membership to look over the configuration of their peering routers to make sure that they are configured in a way that they are not generating excessive broadcast traffic. In the past on the list we have referenced the Amsterdam Internet Exchange configuration guidelines. I feel that the router specific configuration hints are a great starting point to be sure that your router is configured properly. https://ams-ix.net/technical/specifications-descriptions/config-guide Jeremy Lumby Minnesota VoIP 9217 17th Ave S Suite 216 Bloomington, MN 55425 Main: 612-355-7740 x211 Direct: 612-392-6814 EFax: 952-873-7425 jlumby(a)mnvoip.com

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MICE UG 27 Meeting
by Richard Laager March 26, 2018

March 26, 2018

The MICE UG 27 meeting will be held Monday (not our typical Wednesday), March 26, 3:00 pm, at the 511 Building Cafeteria, 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN. While this meeting is timed to coincide with MTA, we are meeting at the 511 Building as usual, not at the MTA hotel location. The agenda and draft UG 26 minutes are attached. I believe the remote conferencing will be the same as before: 952-562-5400 passcode MICE (6423). -- Richard

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Please Welcome Cedar Falls Utilities to MICE
by Jason Hanke March 23, 2018

March 23, 2018

Name: Cedar Falls Utilities Ports: 2x10G LAG, Eth4/22, Eth5/22 (Main Switch) IPv4: 206.108.255.132/24 IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:361f::1/64 Peering Contact: nocc(a)cfu.net Route Server: Yes BFD Support: Yes LOA/CFA has been filed with Cologix. Please refer to this email if there are any issues. Please provide your Arista compatible optics to Cologix for installation with your cross connects or alternatively one of the tech committee members. Welcome Aboard! -- Jay Hanke Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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MICE UG 27
by Richard Laager March 13, 2018

March 13, 2018

UG 27 is scheduled for March 26, 3:00pm. If you have items for the agenda, please let me know. -- Richard

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ARIN on the Road: Minneapolis
by David Farmer March 11, 2018

March 11, 2018

If you are an ARIN POC you probably have, or will, receive an invitation directly from ARIN regarding this event. But, I want to make sure everyone involved in MICE knows about this event coming to town this spring. Please Register and Join us on May 1st. Thanks ----- ARIN is taking the show on the road, and this time we are heading to Minneapolis, Minnesota! Registration is now open for: ARIN on the Road: Minneapolis Tuesday, 1 May 2018 9:30 AM – 3:45 PM CDT; Registration and Continental Breakfast at 9:00 AM CDT Register at: https://www.arin.net/minneapolis This one-day event is your opportunity to learn about topics like: ARIN's Mission and Core Functions ARIN Technical Services Policy Development at ARIN IPv4 Services – Waiting List, Transfers, and more ARIN Security Services – DNSSEC, RPKI, and more ARIN Directory Services – RDAP, Whois, Whowas, Data Accuracy IPv6 Services – Obtaining Resources, Networking Plans Community Engagement with ARIN Registration Services Department Update Joining us "on the road" is a great first step to learn how you can take the wheel and steer the future of the Internet. In addition to providing great professional education, ARIN on the Road will give you a chance to connect with colleagues and find out how you can get involved in the ARIN community. Registration is free and lunch is included! Seating is limited so register today. If you know other individuals whom you feel may benefit from attending these events, please extend this invitation to them as well. Feel free to contact us at meetings(a)arin.net if you have any questions. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

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Looking for IPv6 shops
by Frank Bulk March 9, 2018

March 9, 2018

Good afternoon! I'm looking for an RLEC that has deployed some level of IPv6 to their end-customers (residential or commercial). If you are one, or know of one, please reach out to me -- there's a possible opportunity to share that success more publicly. Kind regards, Frank

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US Internet MICE connection - Scheduled Maintenance
by Justin Krejci March 8, 2018

March 8, 2018

USI will be doing some brief router/network maintenance work Thursday, March 8th, beginning at 11:30am. All MICE BGP sessions to AS 10242 will be turned down in advance of the work so the impact should be minimal. BGP sessions will be reactivated upon the completion of the work. All MICE BGP sessions to AS 10242 will be turned down in advance of the work so the impact should be min Justin Krejci 952-253-3200 ? 1-800-US-INTERNET 12450 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 315 ? Minnetonka, MN 55305 [http://www.usinternet.com/img/usi-signature.png]

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CNS 100G Remote Switch Upgrade
by Jason Hanke March 7, 2018

March 7, 2018

CNS is upgrading their existing 3x10G LAG to 100G. The new port assignment on the main switch is Ethernet3/7/1 Thanks! -- Jay Hanke Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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Velocity Telephone 10G Upgrade
by Jason Hanke March 6, 2018

March 6, 2018

Velocity Telephone is upgrading to 10G from their existing 1G fiber port. The new port is Ethernet4/21 on the main switch. -- Jay Hanke Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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IP address update needed for micemn.net
by Nevin Lyne Feb. 28, 2018

Feb. 28, 2018

Hey all, We provide the hosting for www.micemn.net and we need to move the site over to our new virtualization infrastructure, while we copied the most recent copy of the site over to the new server and IP space, was not sure who I need to: a) Update DNS to the new IP addresses: Public IPv4: 162.247.143.2 Public IPv6: 2605:f980:a100:8002::1 b) Who I need to provide ssh/sftp creds for the new server for updates to the site going forward? I believe this part is Richard Laager at Wiktel.com but never heard back after a direct email to him on Feb 14th. Thanks! -Nevin -- Nevin Lyne -- Founder & Director of Technology -- Arcustech, LLC. - arcustech.com -- Gippy's Internet Solutions, LLC. - enginehosting.com

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Christensen Communications MICE 10G upgrade
by Jason Hanke Feb. 27, 2018

Feb. 27, 2018

Christensen Communications is upgrading from their existing 1G port to a 10G port on the NP Remote Switch. The new port assignment is xe-0/0/0 on the NP Remote Switch. All IP/Route Server information will remain the same Thanks! -- Jay Hanke Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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NAT64/NATPT
by Dave Williams Feb. 16, 2018

Feb. 16, 2018

Hi all - does anyone have experience with NAT64/PT and opinions on what might be the best hardware platform to use to do it? Thanks! Dave Williams Founder / Visionary Revelation Network Management, Inc. O:763-367-6161 C:763-670-5558

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Jaguar 10G Upgrade
by Jason Hanke Feb. 14, 2018

Feb. 14, 2018

Please allocate Ethernet 5/35 on the main switch for Jaguar. This port will be bundled with their existing port (4/35) we will need a new LAG Thanks! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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FW: HR 4817 PEERING Bill
by David Farmer Feb. 14, 2018

Feb. 14, 2018

This is too late for MICE but I thought it might be of general interest. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elizabeth A. Mann <emann(a)areon.net> Date: Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:09 PM Subject: FW: HR 4817 PEERING Bill Here’s just one of the bills introduced by the House and was reviewed in the subcommittee meeting on 1/30/2018. This is actually a federal grant but it’s only 50%. But it is one we might keep our eye on. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

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Premier Move
by Jason Hanke Feb. 6, 2018

Feb. 6, 2018

Premier Communications has moved to port xe-0/0/10 of the NP remote switch. They are no longer using xe-0/0/0 on the NP remote. -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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Arista Support Contract
by Richard Laager Feb. 5, 2018

Feb. 5, 2018

MICE is responsible for the on-going support contract costs for the main Arista switch. This was factored into the design of the port fees. We have received quotes from Arista. As is customary, the three-year price is cheaper per year than the one-year price. The savings is non-trivial, especially relative to our annual revenue, so I think it would be wise to purchase the three-year contract. The three-year contract cost is more than our current cash balance. After we collect this year's port fees, we will be able to cover it while keeping a reasonable reserve. However, we need to do something sooner, as it needs to be renewed this month. Fortunately, Arista has offered to let us split the order in two halves to avoid us drawing the bank balance too close to zero. Does the membership have any input they'd like to provide the board in this matter? -- Richard

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Wow - new record traffic?
by Michael Hemphill Jan. 31, 2018

Jan. 31, 2018

Hey MICE members. I see that last night MICE hit 233 Gig In & Out!! Is this a new peak for the exchange? State of the Union I suspect. Mike Mike Hemphill ColoConnect 612-812-5242 mikeh(a)ColoConnect.net<mailto:mikeh@ColoConnect.net> http://www.ColoConnect.net/ [cid:image003.jpg@01D39A8B.DB245780]

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Yahoo IPv4 prefix count limits tripped this morning
by Frank Bulk Jan. 25, 2018

Jan. 25, 2018

Our IPv4 prefix count limits for two peering sessions with Yahoo (now Oath) tripped this morning around 3:04 and 3:11, respectively. They went from being under 163 to 219, at least a 30% increase. Just curious, are they doing some consolidation? The graph at bgp.he.net suggests that they've been at the 219 level for some months, so perhaps these are some prefixes that are only just now are showing up at MICE? Frank

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MN VoIP 40G upgrade
by Jason Hanke Jan. 24, 2018

Jan. 24, 2018

MN Voip is upgrading the link to their remote switch to 40G. The new port will be Ethernet 3/6/1 -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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Akamai bounce and graph
by Frank Bulk Jan. 18, 2018

Jan. 18, 2018

We saw our peering session with Akamai bounce around 9:10 am - anyone else? Jan 18 09:11:30 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.84 UP (ESTABLISHED) Jan 18 09:11:38 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 2001:504:27::51cc:0:1 UP (ESTABLISHED) And for some reason Akamai's Cacti graph doesn't show up in the Arista -> Traffic section. Is that opaque on purpose? I ask because when I click through it says "ACCESS DENIED" (in red =) ). Frank AS53347

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MICE Looking Glass router
by David Farmer Jan. 17, 2018

Jan. 17, 2018

The MICE Looking Glass router doesn't seem to be supporting 4-byte ASNs. Could someone upgrade the code please. Thanks. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

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Re: UG 27 / MTA
by Reid Fishler Jan. 17, 2018

Jan. 17, 2018

I can't make Wed after the show, I have to run out back to NY. Reid On Jan 17, 2018 1:07 PM, "Richard Laager" <rlaager(a)wiktel.com> wrote: MTA has agreed to give us a table across from the registration desk. Ideally, we would have someone sit there to talk about MICE with anyone interested. Here are the MTA registration times: Monday, March 26 - 12:00 pm - 6:30 pm Tuesday, March 27 - 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday, March 28 - 7:30 am - 12:00 pm I'd imagine most people will be registering on Monday or early Tuesday. I'm happy to sit there, but our UG 27 meeting is currently scheduled for Monday at 3:00, which pretty much shoots the whole Monday timeslot. At best, I could setup some things on the table and then rush to 511 for the UG meeting. One option is to move the UG meeting to Tuesday, March 27 at 3:00. This would allow me (and/or anyone else interested) to sit at the MICE table on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. On the other hand, if someone was planning on attending both MTA and UG 27, it seems like this would create a conflict. Another option would be to leave the meeting as is, and have someone else (who would skip the UG meeting) volunteer to sit at the table on Monday. A third option would be to reschedule the UG meeting to Wednesday, after MTA concludes. How do you feel about these options? Any other suggestions? -- Richard

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UG 27 / MTA
by Richard Laager Jan. 17, 2018

Jan. 17, 2018

MTA has agreed to give us a table across from the registration desk. Ideally, we would have someone sit there to talk about MICE with anyone interested. Here are the MTA registration times: Monday, March 26 - 12:00 pm - 6:30 pm Tuesday, March 27 - 7:30 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday, March 28 - 7:30 am - 12:00 pm I'd imagine most people will be registering on Monday or early Tuesday. I'm happy to sit there, but our UG 27 meeting is currently scheduled for Monday at 3:00, which pretty much shoots the whole Monday timeslot. At best, I could setup some things on the table and then rush to 511 for the UG meeting. One option is to move the UG meeting to Tuesday, March 27 at 3:00. This would allow me (and/or anyone else interested) to sit at the MICE table on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. On the other hand, if someone was planning on attending both MTA and UG 27, it seems like this would create a conflict. Another option would be to leave the meeting as is, and have someone else (who would skip the UG meeting) volunteer to sit at the table on Monday. A third option would be to reschedule the UG meeting to Wednesday, after MTA concludes. How do you feel about these options? Any other suggestions? -- Richard

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Please Welcome Coloplast to MICE!
by Jason Hanke Jan. 16, 2018

Jan. 16, 2018

Name: Coloplast Port: ge-0/0/19 (Copper Main) ASN: 25111 IPv4: 206.108.255.91/24 IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:6217::1/64 Peering Contact: plmgaw(a)coloplast.com Route Server: Yes BFD: NO Please update your peeringdb information as soon as you have the chance. Thanks! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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MICE route reflect hiccup last night?
by Frank Bulk Jan. 10, 2018

Jan. 10, 2018

Our logs show that MICE RR #1 had a hiccup overnight ... none of our other BGP sessions to MICE were interrupted. Did something scheduled happened? Jan 9 03:41:41 192.168.0.85 BFD: Session DOWN for 206.108.255.1 on eth 2/2 Reason:Detection Time Expired Jan 9 03:41:41 192.168.0.85 BFD: Session UP for 206.108.255.1 on eth 2/2 Jan 9 03:41:41 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 DOWN (Rcv Notification:CEASE Message) Jan 9 03:41:41 192.168.0.85 BFD: Session DOWN for 206.108.255.1 on eth 2/2 Reason:Administratively Down Jan 9 03:41:41 192.168.0.85 BFD: Session DOWN for 2001:504:27::d1af:0:1 on eth 2/2 Reason:Detection Time Expired Jan 9 03:41:41 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 2001:504:27::d1af:0:1 DOWN (Rcv Notification:CEASE Message) Jan 9 03:42:36 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 UP (ESTABLISHED) Jan 9 03:42:36 192.168.0.85 BFD: Session UP for 206.108.255.1 on eth 2/2 Jan 9 03:42:41 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 2001:504:27::d1af:0:1 UP (ESTABLISHED) Frank

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Passive BFD support on Route-Server #1
by Doug McIntyre Jan. 1, 2018

Jan. 1, 2018

Just to close this project out, I'll set a schedule to get this done. On Monday, 12/11/2017 at 12:30AM, I'll turn on passive BFD on the MICE route server #1 (206.108.255.1/ 2001:504:27::d1af:0:1) for all connections. In our testing, we've seen passive listening does pretty much what everybody expects, if you want to talk BFD, it is ready to go for you off the bat, if you don't want to do it, then nothing breaks. This will be the standard moving forward, and has been testing for sometime for 17 participants already (5 active, 12 not actively partipatching). If you don't want even passive BFD enabled for your route-server connection, let me know and I can specificly configure you out of passive participation. But we have had zero problems or comments on the dozen that are in now. If it all goes well, I'll do the same on Route server #2 (206.108.255.2/2001:504:27::d1af:0:2) by the end of the year. -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades

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Fwd: [routing-wg] a new source for authoritative routing data: ARIN WHOIS
by David Farmer Dec. 30, 2017

Dec. 30, 2017

FYI, A very interesting development in light of our discussions about doing route filtering at MICE. With this development I enthusiastically support moving forward with route filtering because it provides an easy answer to Richards question about which IRR to use, you don't have to use any of them you can do it all in ARIN ONLINE. Thanks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Job Snijders <job(a)ntt.net> Date: Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 4:37 PM Subject: [routing-wg] a new source for authoritative routing data: ARIN WHOIS To: routing-wg(a)ripe.net Dear RIPE WG, I'm sharing a copy of what I sent to NANOG. This is specifically of interest to networks and route server operators that have customers who also operate in the ARIN region. In the RIPE region we've always had the convenience that the "WHOIS" ('inetnum') and "IRR" ('route/route6') components of the database were interleaved. Only the IP block's owner can create or authorise others regarding creation of route-objects. This coupling of WHOIS and IRR doesn't exist at rr.arin.net vs whois.arin.net - so I consider the following a significant improvement. Kind regards, Job ----- Forwarded message from Job Snijders <job(a)ntt.net> ----- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 22:18:20 +0000 From: Job Snijders <job(a)ntt.net> To: nanog(a)nanog.org Subject: a new source for authoritative routing data: ARIN WHOIS Dear NANOG, I'd like to share an update on some routing security activities that ARIN, NTT Communications, YYCIX (Calgary Internet Exchange), the NLNOG Foundation, and the arouteserver project have been collaborating on. Quite some puzzles pieces were brought together! :) Traditionally, there are two commonly-used methods to signal to your peers or upstream providers what Origin ASN(s) are allowed to originate a given IP prefix. As an operator, you can either create a "route object" in the IRR, or you can compose a Letter Of Agency (LOA) and send that to your upstream providerfor manual verification. When it comes to manual verification of routing data (such a LOA), one of the big questions is "what data source is actually authoritative for the verification?". In the ARIN registry the so-called "OriginAS" attribute can be used for this purpose. The OriginAS attribute can only be set or modified by authorized accounts (such as the holder of the IP space). This makes the OriginAS attribute a very reliable source of truth! ARIN shared some notes on LOAs & OriginAS in the following article: https://teamarin.net/2016/07/07/origin-as-an-easier-way-to-v alidate-letters-of-authority/ That teamarin posting got me thinking: clearly there is a lot of valuable routing information in the ARIN WHOIS registry. What if we make the process such that you don't have to email in a LOA, and, have the recipient verify it against against the web interface output (which you updated before sending in the LOA). What if the prefix-filter generation software could just programmatically fetch all (CIDR, OriginAS) tuples from the ARIN WHOIS registry and load that into the list of prefixes a customer is allowed to announce. Just like we do with IRR objects! A few weeks ago I approached John Curran from ARIN asking whether we could work out a mechanism to somehow obtain a computer parsable rendering of the CIDR/OriginAS data in the ARIN WHOIS registry. The path forward turned out to be an agreement between the NLNOG Foundation and ARIN, which authorises NLNOG to publish a subset of the bulk whois data in the convenient format (JSON) for operational purposes. The ARIN WHOIS (CIDR, OriginAS) tuples can be downloaded in JSON format here: http://irrexplorer.nlnog.net/static/dumps/arin-whois-originas.json.bz2 Because of the JSON dump, the ARIN WHOIS data can now be easily consumed by software programs. For example, the JSON file is now loaded into IRR Explorer as can be seen here: http://irrexplorer.nlnog.net/search/AS22512 You can see the 'arin-whois' column which lists what ASN(s) are authorized to announce the blocks (this, in addition to what is signaled in IRR or RPKI). The novel thing here is that JSON file not only allows you to look up an OriginAS using the IP prefix as a lookup key, but the reverse can now also be done: lookup what IP prefixes an ASN is allowed to originate (based on ARIN WHOIS data). Deployment Experience YYCIX: At this point you may be wondering - what does any of the above have to do with an Internet Exchange in Alberta, Canada (https://www.yycix.ca/) or a python-based IXP Route Server management software from Italian origins (http://arouteserver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) ? :-) As an experiment to explore real world use of the ARIN WHOIS data and prove its value, I worked with Pier Carlo Chiodi (arouteserver) and Theo de Raadt (YYCIX) to consume the ARIN WHOIS data as an additional source in the prefix filter generation process governing the YYCIX route servers. The YYCIX route servers see roughly 80,000 prefixes. The results are fantastic: ~ 1,700 IPv4 prefixes that were previously rejected by the YYCIX route servers (because no IRR route object exists), are now accepted because those announcements can be verified against data from ARIN's WHOIS registry. This resolved roughly 23% of invalid path announcements sent to the YYCIX route servers. Deployment Experience NTT: Based on the above positive results, starting today, NTT is also accepting ARIN WHOIS OriginAS information in conjunction with IRR route objects. Our implementation fetches the ARIN WHOIS data, transforms it into RPSL format, and imports it into our IRRd instance at rr.ntt.net as IRR objects. This way we don't need to update our toolchain to make use of this new data source. An example is here: job@vurt:~$ whois -h rr.ntt.net -- "-sARIN-WHOIS 204.209.252.0/23" route: 204.209.252.0/23 descr: NET-204-209-252-0-1 origin: AS22512 remarks: This route object represents authoritative data retrieved from ARIN's WHOIS service. remarks: The original data can be found here: https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-204-209-252-0-1 remarks: This route object is the result of an automated WHOIS-to-IRR conversion process. mnt-by: MAINT-JOB changed: job(a)ntt.net 20090220 source: ARIN-WHOIS NTT also observed a substantial number (similar to YYCIX) of BGP announcements from its customers that were previously rejected because of the lack of an IRR object, but now are validated via ARIN WHOIS. Conclusion: It is great to be able to offer network operators a choice: either register your BGP announcements as route objects in RPSL format in IRR, or use the ARIN WHOIS web interface, (or both) - either way, as IP transit carrier, we can now pick up your attestations in an automated fashion. This which improves accuracy and reduces red tape! :) Hopefully more carriers and IXPs will embrace the ARIN WHOIS data source in their automation toolchain. The code & procedures to make use of this source are open. I'm happy to help you both on-list and off-list. Kind regards, Job ----- End forwarded message ----- -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 <(612)%20626-0815> Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 <(612)%20812-9952> ===============================================

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Super Bowl Street Closures
by David Farmer Dec. 27, 2017

Dec. 27, 2017

Attached is the street closure map for the Super Bowl 52 around US Bank Stadium and the 511 Building. Most of the closures are for the week before or the weekend of the game itself, but some begin as early as next week and continue more than a week following the game. Particularly of interest, 5th street on the north side of 511 will be closed 1/2 - 2/11. More details are available at; http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/VISITORS/SUPERBOWL/WCMSP-195148 If you are headed to 511 in the next month or so, beware it could be an adventure. Thanks. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

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Level3/Centurylink Interconnected in Twin Cities
by David Farmer Dec. 19, 2017

Dec. 19, 2017

This is not directly related to MICE, but I suspect it will be of interest to many of you, so I figured I would share it anyway; Within the last week or two it appears that as part of the Level3/CenturyLink merger they have interconnected their two IP networks here in the Twin Cities. That is AS209(Centurylink) and AS3356(Level3) appear to have interconnected a pair of routers here in the Twin Cities. However, the interconnection doesn't seem appear in the BGP routing tables we are receiving as a customer of Level3. From that perspective the closest interconnection appears to be in Chicago like it has always been. However, based on traceroutes there appears to be more specific routes being exchanged here in the Twin Cities that are not being announced to us as BGP customer of Level3. Further, the interconnection doesn't seem to include local Twin Cites BGP customer of Centurylink or any Centurylink outstate Minnesota customers at all, as those destinations seem to route through the Chicago still. So this primarily provides a shortcut from Level3 Twin Cities customers to Centurylink's Twin Cities broadband customers and vice vesra. This has reduced our latency to Twin Cities Centurylink broadband customers; for fiber customers from ~20ms to ~5ms or less, and DSL customers from ~40ms to ~25ms, most of remaining latency being from DSL interleaving. So, if you are a BGP customer of Level3 here in the Twin Cites at least, you may want to ensure that you are routing to Centurylink through Level3, to take advantage of this shortcut. Thanks. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

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Attribute Length Error today
by Frank Bulk Dec. 15, 2017

Dec. 15, 2017

Anyone else see this today with both MICE route reflectors? Dec 8 13:38:56 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.2 DOWN (Attribute Length Error) Dec 8 13:38:56 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 DOWN (Attribute Length Error) Dec 8 13:39:47 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 UP (ESTABLISHED) Dec 8 13:39:47 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 DOWN (Attribute Length Error) Dec 8 13:39:49 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.2 UP (ESTABLISHED) Dec 8 13:39:49 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.2 DOWN (Attribute Length Error) Dec 8 13:41:28 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 UP (ESTABLISHED) Dec 8 13:41:28 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 DOWN (Attribute Length Error) Dec 8 13:41:36 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.2 UP (ESTABLISHED) Dec 8 13:41:36 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.2 DOWN (Attribute Length Error) Dec 8 13:44:36 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.1 UP (ESTABLISHED) Dec 8 13:45:23 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.2 UP (ESTABLISHED) Frank

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Re: Attribute Length Error today
by Jeremy Lumby Dec. 14, 2017

Dec. 14, 2017

Didn't Akamai stop using the route servers? Therefore it wouldn't really matter. Jeremy LumbyMinnesota VoIP9217 17th Ave SSuite 216Bloomington MN 55425Main 612-355-7740Direct 612-392-6814EFax 952-873-7425jlumby(a)mnvoip.com <div> </div><div> </div><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Richard Laager <rlaager(a)WIKTEL.COM> </div><div>Date: 12/14/17 2:18 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET </div><div>Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] Attribute Length Error today </div><div> </div>-------- Original message --------From: Richard Laager <rlaager(a)WIKTEL.COM> Date: 12/14/17 2:18 PM (GMT-06:00) To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] Attribute Length Error today At the last UG, we discussed IRR-based filtering. Does Akamai publish IRR records? -- Richard

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Please Welcome SW MN Broadband to MICE!
by Jason Hanke Dec. 13, 2017

Dec. 13, 2017

Name: Southwest MN Broadband Port: xe-0/0/12 (NP Remote) ASN: 25715 IPv4: 206.108.255.40/24 IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:6473::1/64 Peering Contact: support(a)mysmbs.com Route Server: Yes BFD: No Welcome aboard! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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Super Bowl Change Freeze
by Richard Laager Dec. 12, 2017

Dec. 12, 2017

As you have probably heard, the Super Bowl is being held in Minneapolis on February 4. We discussed at UG 26 that it would be a good idea to institute a change freeze for a few days to a week before. If you need to upgrade your port capacity or make other changes at MICE, please plan to have those *complete* by January 26th. If it were me, I wouldn't even cut it that close. -- Richard

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Re: SDN Communications Upgrade
by Jeremy Lumby Dec. 7, 2017

Dec. 7, 2017

Correct Jeremy Lumby Minnesota VoIP 9217 17th Ave S Suite 216 Bloomington MN 55425 Main 612-355-7740 Direct 612-392-6814 EFax 952-873-7425 jlumby(a)mnvoip.com -------- Original message -------- From: Richard Laager <rlaager(a)WIKTEL.COM> Date: 12/7/17 12:30 PM (GMT-06:00) To: MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET Subject: Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] SDN Communications Upgrade _____ >From : Richard Laager [rlaager(a)WIKTEL.COM] To : MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET [MICE-DISCUSS(a)LISTS.IPHOUSE.NET] Date : Thursday, December 7 2017 12:30:33 On 12/05/2017 03:38 PM, Jason Hanke wrote: > SDN is upgrading their connection to 20g from 10G. > > Please use Ethernet5/5 on the Main Switch to SDN. This will be Po19, I presume? -- Richard

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SDN Communications Upgrade
by Jason Hanke Dec. 7, 2017

Dec. 7, 2017

SDN is upgrading their connection to 20g from 10G. Please use Ethernet5/5 on the Main Switch to SDN. The LOA/CFA has been filed with Cologix. Please provide an Arista compatible SFP+ optic. Thanks! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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MICE UG 26 Meeting
by Richard Laager Dec. 3, 2017

Dec. 3, 2017

The MICE UG 26 meeting will be held this Tuesday (not our typical Wednesday), December 5, 3:00 pm, at the 511 Building Cafeteria, 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN. The agenda and UG 25 minutes are attached. I believe the remote conferencing will be the same as before: 952-562-5400 passcode MICE (6423). -- Richard

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Please Welcome Otter Com to MICE!
by Jason Hanke Nov. 30, 2017

Nov. 30, 2017

Name: Otter Com Inc ASN: 25637 Port: CNS Remote Ten2/3 IPv4: 206.108.255.83 IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:6425::1 BFD Support: NO Route Server: NO Peering Contact: noc(a)parkregion.com Please create a PeeringDB.com entry when you connect to the exchange. All members are also strongly encouraged to join the MICE-DISCUS mailing list. Welcome Aboard! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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HE 100G Upgrade
by Jason Hanke Nov. 30, 2017

Nov. 30, 2017

Hurricane Electric is upgrading their MICE connection to 100g Ethernet3/5/1 (Main Switch) -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

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UG 26 - Call for Agenda
by Richard Laager Nov. 27, 2017

Nov. 27, 2017

Reminder: UG 26 is December 5, 3:00pm, at the 511 Building Cafeteria If you have agenda items for the upcoming UG 26, please send them to me. -- Richard

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Cacti Graphing problem
by David Farmer Nov. 14, 2017

Nov. 14, 2017

Our graph on cacti I being cut off, see the following, we moved from a 30G lag to a 100G a few week ago and today are significantly exceeding 30G for the first time. Thanks [image: Inline image 1] -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

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Looks like Yahoo had blip
by Frank Bulk Nov. 11, 2017

Nov. 11, 2017

[cid:image001.png@01D35B11.0E5E7780] Nov 11 17:00:50 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.58 DOWN (Hold Timer Expired) Nov 11 17:00:51 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 2001:504:27::2846:0:2 DOWN (Hold Timer Expired) Nov 11 17:00:54 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.59 DOWN (Hold Timer Expired) Nov 11 17:00:55 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 2001:504:27::2846:0:1 DOWN (Hold Timer Expired) Nov 11 17:05:33 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.58 UP (ESTABLISHED) Nov 11 17:05:34 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 206.108.255.59 UP (ESTABLISHED) Nov 11 17:05:43 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 2001:504:27::2846:0:2 UP (ESTABLISHED) Nov 11 17:05:43 192.168.0.85 BGP: Peer 2001:504:27::2846:0:1 UP (ESTABLISHED)

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Looking glass
by Frank Bulk Nov. 11, 2017

Nov. 11, 2017

Is the MICE Looking Glass down? When I telnet or SSH to it, I get no prompt. Kind regards, Frank

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MICE UG 25 Meeting
by Richard Laager Nov. 1, 2017

Nov. 1, 2017

The MICE UG 25 meeting will be held tomorrow September 27, 3:00 pm, at the 511 Building Cafeteria, 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN. The agenda and UG 24 minutes are attached. I have attached the Articles of Incorporation amendment that we discussed a bit last time. It will be up to the membership whether we vote on this at this meeting, or next time. I believe the remote conferencing will be the same as before: 952-562-5400 passcode MICE (6423). -- Richard

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