/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/08/27/#ubuntu-za.txt

Squirmlo04:59
Kilosmorning all05:10
Squirmhello Kilos 05:31
magespawnmorning all05:33
Kiloshey Squirm 05:33
Squirmhi magespawn 05:33
magespawnwhats up Squirm?05:33
* Squirm noms his toast05:33
SquirmI'm late :/05:34
Kiloshi magespawn 05:34
magespawnhey Kilos05:35
Squirmbe back in a few. going to work.05:40
jrgnsmorning all05:58
* Squirm yawns05:59
Squirmhello jrgns 05:59
magespawnhi jrgns05:59
magespawnyou at work already Squirm?05:59
jrgnshas anyone here registered a co.za domain manually?05:59
jrgnshi megaspawn, Squirm06:00
magespawnhow do you mean manually?06:00
magespawntab complete06:00
Kiloshi jrgns 06:00
Squirmjrgns: you fill in the form and email it off06:00
Squirmdidn't know there was an autonomous way06:01
Squirmmagespawn: yep, I live on the premises :P06:01
magespawnlol06:01
magespawnif you do it through an isp they do it for you06:01
Squirmok06:02
Squirmjrgns: http://co.za/coza_reg.txt06:02
Squirmand in the big block06:03
Squirm     |Please Email the completed form once the domain is ready to:     |06:03
Squirm     |             coza-admin@co.za06:03
* Squirm eyes jrgns 06:26
jrgnsSquirm thnx06:29
jrgnsja, I got that part06:29
jrgnsmy issue is with the DNS06:29
jrgnsco.za requires the DNS to be setup before you can register it06:29
jrgnsbut my DNS provider (namecheap) requires the domain to be registered before you can setup the DNS06:30
jrgnschicken <-> egg situation06:30
jrgnsat the moment I'm contemplating setting up my own DNS server just for the initial registration, and then moving the DNS to nc06:31
jrgnsI was wondering if there are any other solutions06:31
jrgnsmegaspawn: I've gone the isp route before, want to try out doing it myself06:32
jrgnsand hey Kilos06:32
* jrgns thinks he's caught up on all the messages now06:32
Symmetriadammit, my dog is getting very upset that I wont play with her 06:34
Symmetriashe's barking at me06:34
Kerberosend her back to the spca so that they can play with her06:35
Kerbero:|06:35
Symmetrialol the other day she stole my wireless mouse off my desk06:35
Kilosmorning superfly Kerbero Symmetria 06:40
superflymorning Kilos06:41
sakhi_morning06:41
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Kiloshi sakhi psydroid 06:43
psydroidnamaste Kilos06:44
charlvngood morning06:45
charlvnMaaz: coffee on06:45
* Maaz starts grinding coffee06:45
psydroidgoedenmorgen charlvn06:45
psydroidhi sakhi06:45
Kiloshi charlvn 06:45
charlvnhoi psydroid :)06:45
charlvnhi Kilos 06:45
KilosMaaz, coffee please06:46
MaazKilos: Alrighty06:46
MaazCoffee's ready for charlvn and Kilos!06:49
KilosMaaz, ty06:49
MaazYou are welcome Kilos06:49
charlvnMaaz: thanks06:57
Maazcharlvn: Sure06:57
Squirmjrgns: sorry, was out07:12
Squirmjrgns: try everydns07:12
Squirmfree07:12
Squirmnevermind07:13
Squirmjust saw now that its dead07:13
Squirm:/07:13
jrgnsSquirm: urgh, ok07:13
SquirmI used it for ages. but havent in about 2 years07:13
Squirmjrgns: http://zoneedit.com/07:14
Squirmthe other one I used. not as good, but it should do in the interim07:15
jrgnstried them, but you need to pay 1$ per zone07:15
superflyafraid.org I think07:15
Squirm:O07:15
jrgnssuperfly: tried them as well, but they also need the domain registered before you can add the zone (i think)07:15
Squirmjrgns: I can set up one for you. it'll point to my site for now, but if it's just for registration...07:16
superflyah07:16
jrgnsSquirm: thanx, but I want to be able to automate it a bit07:16
jrgnseasiest will probably be to set it up on my server then07:16
Squirmyou'll have control, I'll just provide the nameservers07:16
jrgnskewl, control through? API?07:16
Squirmwait. how does your host expect you to have registered the domain, if you have nothing to register it with07:17
Squirmif you just carry on through those steps, where you want to hos your site07:18
Squirmenter in the domain name you want(don't have yet)07:18
Squirmdoesn't it let you go through?07:18
jrgnsI'm self hosting, and used to register through a service provider07:18
jrgnsnow I want to self register as well07:18
jrgnsit looks like co.za assumes that if you have the expertise to register, you can also setup a name server07:19
Squirmso why can't you set up the domain on your hosting side, before you register?07:19
Squirmah, I see07:19
Squirmyes, you'll either have to set up a NS, or find one07:19
jrgnsthat's what i'll be doing - setup a dns server on my hosting box, and use it just to do the initial registration07:19
jrgnsyup07:20
Squirmonce it's registered, what are you going to do with it?07:20
jrgnsnamecheap, probably.07:20
jrgnsmy international domains are with them, currently, and they have an api07:20
jrgnsand they're quite cheap07:20
charlvnhttp://dns.he.net/ is probably one of the best i have used07:20
Squirmthen why do you have to register it before you use them>07:20
Squirm?07:20
jrgnsdon't think they do co.za domains, do they?07:21
superflySquirm: what do you mean? You need to first set up the domain name on a name server, then you register it and the registrar looks at the DNS servers you provide.07:21
Squirmsuperfly: I get that. but once it's registered, he says he'll move it to namecheap07:22
Squirmwhich will then undergo the same process07:22
charlvnif you want to register a co.za, get a primary dns server and a secondary dns server and put in the application yourself07:22
charlvnif you register it via another company, make sure you have the ownership and not them07:23
superflyIf you don't provide valid DNS servers for your domain name, the registrar will reject your registration07:23
charlvnsome companies register the domain under their name and then they are technically the owners07:23
jrgnscharlvn: that's what I want to do, the problem is the dns servers07:23
charlvnso if you want to move it away they can hold you for ransom07:23
jrgnsI can't get any (free) ones that allow setting up the DNS *before* the registration07:23
charlvnjrgns: have you checked dns.he.net?07:23
charlvnthey of course allow this07:23
charlvnor used to, anyway07:23
jrgnssoz, not yet, bouncing around07:23
jrgnshold on07:23
charlvnand the servers support ipv6 nicely07:23
Squirmjrgns: that's the thing. you have to be able to set up dns *before* registering a domain. so I'm sure all those servics do offer it07:24
jrgnsNamecheap doesn't07:25
jrgnsyou need to confirm the domain first, either through an email07:25
jrgnsor through the domain's nameservers pointing to them07:25
jrgnsso for a new domain you can't do it07:25
jrgnsi'm checking out dns.he.net now07:26
Squirmok07:26
Squirmwell07:26
jrgnszoneedit isn't free07:26
Squirmoff to work I go07:26
Squirmand it used to be free :/07:26
jrgnsyeah, schweet. dns.he.net is free, and allows adding zones for unregistered domains07:29
jrgnsthnx charlvn!07:29
charlvnnp07:29
jrgnssome more options, for those who are interested http://www.quietaffiliate.com/3-new-free-dns-hosting-providers-including-failover-hosting07:33
* tumbleweed uses dns.he.net very happily (as a secondary, to the primary I run on my server)07:34
charlvntumbleweed: which dns daemon do you use?07:52
charlvni used to use bind but i got a bit careful of all the security holes07:52
tumbleweedcharlvn: powerdns07:53
tumbleweedbut with the bind zone-file backend, because text files are more convenient for editing than DBs07:53
charlvnsounds good07:53
tumbleweedyeah, I'm also scared of BIND07:53
charlvnwb psydroid 07:54
sakhihi psydroid 07:55
psydroidty charlvn07:57
superflyI want to use PowerDNS the same way I use BIND, as both a local and a forwarding DNS server, but I couldn't make head or tail of the docs I read08:04
tumbleweedI really like keeping authoritive and recursive DNS servers separate08:05
tumbleweed(except in small LANs, where dnsmasq can do everything and I love it)08:05
superflyI don't mind if they're separate, I just want it to work08:06
Kiloshi morgs 08:18
morgsHi Kilos 08:18
* Kilos greets tumbleweed too08:18
Kiloshi Vince-0 09:02
Vince-0hi09:02
Squirmlo09:53
tumbleweedmorning Kilos09:54
tumbleweed(eep, only just)09:54
Kiloslol09:54
tumbleweedtime to start being productive...09:54
smilehi all :)09:55
Kiloshi smile 09:55
smileKilos: how are you? :)09:56
Kilosok ty smile  and you?09:56
smileKilos: also fine :)09:57
* smile just wrote an article about systemd on wikipedia09:57
smile:)09:57
tumbleweedsmile: systemd is available on Debian, but AFAIK it's not actually usable without a lot of effort10:00
tumbleweedit doesn't support sys-v scripts out the box, does it?10:00
* tumbleweed dosen't think OpenRC is directly comperable, but I suppose it is a modern sys-v init implementation...10:01
inetprogood morning everyone10:03
smiletumbleweed: I don't know :) but they were making a conversion script10:03
smilein both ways10:03
inetproMaaz: what's for lunch?10:03
Maazinetpro: they say Debonairs Pizza is the leading pizza restaurant in Africa. http://www.debonairs.co.za/10:03
smilegood morning inetpro :p10:03
tumbleweedsmile: it's continuously discussed in Debian, but I'm not convinced it's a solveable problem10:03
tumbleweedat least, not completely10:04
Kiloslo inetpro 10:04
* smile gaat eten10:05
smiletumbleweed: it's solveable, but not in near future10:05
smile:p10:05
Symmetriagod I love this amplifier10:05
Symmetriakilos was just browsing around my amp at home via a web interface :P10:05
Kilosyou gonna end up deaf10:05
Symmetriahaha kilos I gotta reenable the firewalling/security on that thing10:06
Kilosno wonder your dog is mad10:06
Symmetriabecause technically with the access you had there right then10:06
Symmetriayou can change my music, my volume, the input anything10:06
Symmetria:p10:06
Kilosok ty for sharing10:06
Symmetriaplz dont :p10:06
Symmetriahaha10:06
inetproKilos: what's the address?10:06
Kiloshaha10:06
Symmetrialol you'll have noticed the volume was set at -45.5dB10:06
Symmetriaif you were to change that to 0dB my neighbors would go deaf10:07
Symmetriachange that to +20dB and my windows will probably break10:07
Symmetria;P10:07
Kiloslol10:07
Symmetriahehe that amp is linked to almost a thousand watts RMS worth of speakers 10:07
Kilosouch10:08
inetproKilos: try to break it while you can, Symmetria loves fixing things again10:08
Symmetriakilos its kinda cool that you can browse my pc with it :p10:08
Symmetriafor mp3s10:08
Kilosluckily they still use volume controls10:08
Kilosyeah10:08
Symmetriaand that internet radio classified by genre is hardcore as well10:08
Kilosyou will be able to have a 2 week long party and not need to change music10:09
Symmetriakilos haha I can do that off my mp3/flac collection already10:09
Symmetria:p10:09
Kilosyou'll be old and gray before you listen to it all10:10
Kilosyour mom must walk around with ear plugs in10:10
SymmetriaTotal Tracks Found: 9874110:10
Symmetria;p10:10
Kiloswow10:10
Symmetriascary thing is that I actually OWN 80% of that as originals :p10:11
Kilosoh well you gotta use your money for something10:11
Kilosdont wanna lose too much when banks crash10:11
Symmetriahehe most of the stuff I dont own is bootlegs10:12
Symmetriabecause you cant own those :p10:12
Kiloskeep some under the mattress as well10:12
Symmetriathats 14 years of collecting music10:12
Symmetria:)10:12
Kiloswhew10:13
Symmetriathough now days most of the music I collect is really rare stuff, I have enough normal stuff, now I go looking for stuff thats extremely hard to find/very rare 10:13
Kilosim sure your mom sighs with relief when you go away for a week or two10:13
Kiloshehe10:14
* Symmetria managed to get hold of an original cd of sisters of mercy - some BOYS wander by mistake10:14
Symmetriaheh, that cd cost me almost 1500 bux :p10:14
Kilosow10:14
Symmetriabecause they only created like, 500 of it 10:14
Kilosyou better have a kid to inherit from you10:16
Symmetriakilos10:30
Symmetriawhat browser were you using10:31
Symmetriawhen you accessed that thing10:31
Kilosopera Symmetria 10:31
Symmetriacause inetpro is getting odd errors on chrome and firefox under linux10:31
Symmetriabut it works fine on my chrome 10:31
Symmetriaand my firefox 10:31
Kiloslemme try again10:32
Kilosim back in again10:32
Symmetriahrm10:33
Symmetriait might be that his squid proxies dont luv it :p10:33
* inetpro should upgrade that squid anyway, but I somehow suspect that it's something else10:35
Kilosinetpro, dont you ever use opera10:36
inetproKilos: no, it's not in the standard repositories10:36
Kilosah, 10:37
inetproI used to like Opera many years ago10:37
inetprothen came Firefox 110:37
inetproand I have not looked back after that10:38
inetproFirefox with all it's extensions is a very powerful and feature complete browser10:38
Kilosi think i got opera because it is the browser on my nokia and somewhere it said get it for pc10:41
Kiloslight weight they said10:41
Kilosworks ok for me and doesnt update every 2 weekas10:41
Kilosweeks either10:41
inetproopera is very strong on old mobile hardware like nokia, but I don't think they are as competitive as Firefox and Chromium/Chrome these days10:44
inetprobut I could be wrong10:44
inetprobut I see their latest release is Opera 12.00 released on 2012-08-0210:47
inetproKilos: I guess the reason that you're not seeing frequent updates is exactly because it's not in the repositories10:47
inetproa dangerous road to go10:47
inetproKilos: Opera Changelogs for UNIX http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/10:51
Kilosah they udpated some10:57
Kilosdunno which one i got10:57
Kilosmust be 12.0010:57
Kilosthe turbo tool works ok when nets are slow10:58
Kilosdunno how it does that but anyway10:58
magespawnhey all11:29
magespawnSymmetria you showing off again11:29
Kiloshiya maiatoday magespawn 11:31
magespawnhey Kilos11:31
magespawnwhats up?11:31
Kilosnot much11:35
magespawnsaw you and symmetria were playing nicely12:23
Kiloshehe12:24
Kiloshe has some nice toys12:24
magespawnthat he does12:24
magespawndid he just pass you a ip address? to get in, or did he give you a password and signon as well?12:25
Kilosaddress12:31
Kiloshe must know i wouldnt turn the volume up12:32
Kilosnot naughty like you guys12:33
Kiloscooler today hey magespawn ?12:44
Kilosstill waiting for the sun to shine for more than 10 minutes12:45
magespawna little cooler today, still working with aricon and a fan13:04
magespawnaircon 13:04
magespawnis that the one you posted in your channel?13:04
Kilosya13:05
magespawndid he allow anyone to connect?13:05
magespawnSymmetria you still around?13:06
Kiloshow come you showed online all night and this morning magespawn 13:07
Kilospc stayed connected?13:07
magespawni am connected through a quasselcore in my shop13:08
magespawnhow are you connecting, what program?13:08
Kilosoh and that stays connected?13:08
Kilosxchat13:08
magespawnyes the core stays on line as long as the server does13:08
Kilosthats no good man then how must we know when to say wb13:09
tonberryE352so say i have a bunch of programs piping things into each other and a program somewhere in the middle is a huge bottleneck, is there any way to get the latency on this chain reasonable?13:17
tonberryE352because at the moment I'm at 700ms from one side to the other and I suspect it is caused by the pipe's buffering like crazy13:18
tonberryE352pipes*13:18
KilostonberryE352, cant you bypass some them pipes past the bottleneck13:41
Kilosor is the bottlenecked program an important one there in the middle13:42
jrgnscheers all, have a good evening13:45
tonberryE352bottleneck is the part that talks to hardware13:46
Kilosor duplicate that program and run it in parralel alongside its clone to share the load13:46
tonberryE352so very important13:46
tonberryE352its not a load problem13:46
tonberryE352cpu can handle far higher speeds13:47
Symmetrialol13:56
Symmetriamagespawn I trust kilos13:57
Symmetria:p13:57
magespawnI was wondering if I could ask you a favour. I will understand if you say no symmetria14:37
magespawnKilos does xchat show you when the ppl are marked as away?14:37
Kilosyes14:37
Kilosthey go gray14:38
magespawni try to mark my self as away, but sometimes i get disconnected before i can14:38
Kilosand if you right click on the nick you can read away messages etc14:38
Kiloslol\14:39
Kilosthats in settings you mark away14:39
Kilospreferences under general14:40
magespawnyup you can just use /away "reason"14:40
magespawnlike so 14:40
magespawnsee no I am away14:40
magespawnnow14:40
Symmetriamagespawn14:41
Symmetriasee message14:41
Symmetria:p14:41
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Symmetriaheh14:43
Kilosno man you not gray14:43
magespawnwas hold on14:44
Kilosthere something i think the fly called a bouncer to login from 2 p0laces14:44
Kilosplaces14:45
Kilosirc bouncer?14:45
Kilostell him superfly 14:45
Kiloshead too sore to think14:45
Kilosah there you go magespawn 14:45
Kilosyou gray now14:45
Symmetriahehe I still think its so cool you can use a webbrowser to browse to my amplifier and chose what you listening to14:46
Kilosvery clever that14:49
Trixar_zaHey Kilos, magespawn and Symmetria14:49
Kiloshi Trixar_za 14:50
Symmetriaheh we're trialing something at the moment on a university campus14:50
Symmetriato "extend the campus" 14:50
Symmetriaso that a lecturer can get a block of ip space 14:50
Symmetriaplug in a device on his side14:50
Symmetriaand his house will vpn (encrypted, heavily) and route the space back to him14:50
tonberryE352nice14:50
tonberryE352but how is that different from a normal vpn?14:51
SymmetriatonberryE352 normal vpn's give a single ip address and nat everything14:51
Symmetriathis is fully routed 14:51
tonberryE352ah14:51
Symmetriaand this isnt a software client14:51
tonberryE352oh14:51
Symmetriabasically they get a router, they put in their dsl auth details from their provider14:51
tonberryE352nice14:51
Symmetriaand the router is pre-configured with the ip block theyg ot14:52
Symmetriaso when they plug it in at home, they are suddenly on the campus14:52
Symmetriathough we're looking for a cheaper router than what we're currently testing with, I suspect we'll end up with the srx 110's14:52
Symmetriawe're using the srx 210's for testing and they arent practical price wise14:52
Symmetria(the dsl router Im using at home costs 10 grand) 14:52
Symmetriabut heh, not really suprising when you consider its encrypting all the traffic in hardware14:53
Symmetriaso no performance hit14:53
tonberryE352yeah vpn encryption at high bandwidth hurts14:54
Symmetria(technically you could establish this vpn on a linux box as well in the same way as we are using the dsl router, but the dsl router is kinda nice)14:54
Symmetriathe other end of the vpn is a fortigate14:54
magespawnlater all14:54
tonberryE352openwrt box if you really need to do it cheap?14:55
Symmetriahrm, I dont know if openwrt can do this14:55
inetproSymmetria: and how do you prevent abuse of corporate resources?14:55
Symmetriainetpro the fortinet can do a TON of interesting things14:55
Symmetriayou can restrict *EXACTLY* what they can do14:56
Symmetriaand how much bandwidth they can use14:56
Symmetriaat the moment in testing I havent been applying any of those policies yet, but the functionality is there14:56
tonberryE352ssh like thing on a random port?14:56
Symmetriagenerally, we apply a default deny on outbound other than permitted14:57
Symmetriaand there is a load of authentication etc for a lot of things14:58
inetprointeresting14:58
* inetpro wbb14:58
Symmetriaright now Im tryign to get v6 back to myself over this14:58
Symmetriahaha14:58
Symmetriaits not proving easy14:58
Squirmhello15:11
Kiloshi Squirm 15:12
Kilostumbleweed, is this for clever peeps only or will the mails help me too15:43
Kiloshttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity15:43
Kiloshi acherv 15:44
Kilosdidnt see you here15:44
tumbleweedKilos: is *what* for clever peeps only? that's just a wiki page about unity...15:44
Kilosoh its a link in customizing unity15:44
Kilosi get more info15:44
KilosBy joining the Unity design mailing list, Roscoe can get first-hand, up-to-date information of15:45
Kilosnew developments in Unity, as well as being part of a se15:45
Kilosmust i change my nick to roscoe first15:45
Kiloshehe15:45
KilosMaaz, unity customize15:45
Maazhttp://ubuntuone.com/4hBTr1gcwxorEcCRd2cgnW15:45
Kilosthats what i am reading through15:46
KilosHave your email address added to the Unity design mailing list6.15:48
Kilosdunno if i should add mine15:48
tumbleweedKilos: myyunity is fairly safe. As are most settings in cssm. But you can still totally break your desktop with ccsm if you aren't careful15:50
Kilosyeah read that, i wont touch it15:51
Kilosi thought that list might give some infoe now and again on improvements15:51
Kilosmails i can work through in my own time15:52
Kilosand speed15:52
charlvngood afternoon all15:53
Kiloslo charlvn 15:55
charlvnhi Kilos 16:00
Symmetriasup charl16:04
sakhihey charlvn 16:09
Symmetrialo sakhi16:10
Symmetriasakhi, what is UWC doing about ipv616:10
sakhiNothing at the moment, I was talking about it but seems like the guys fear ipv616:12
Symmetriaheh16:13
Symmetriasakhi, so do what UFS did16:13
Symmetriabring me in, and I'll do it for you :)16:13
Kerbero"[16:57] <Symmetria> generally, we apply a default deny on outbound other than permitted" <- i hate those rules16:13
sakhiI will need to speak to the networking team again16:13
Symmetriadid you see the article on UFS's v6 rollout?16:13
Symmetriathe other thing you need to ask them, how long before you guys get rid of NAT :P 16:13
sakhiI haven't seen the article yet.16:14
Symmetriaif you're wanting IP space to do that, you need to do it fast, the space is runing out and at the rate Im using it for other institutions it will be gone soon :P16:14
SymmetriaIve already got /15s for UFS and NWU :P16:14
Symmetriaand busy processing for a /14 for someone else16:14
Symmetriasakhi heh lemme find it16:14
Symmetriahttp://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/56241-shocking-ipv6-revelation-in-south-africa.html16:15
Symmetriasakhi heh read that16:15
SymmetriaI think it hammers home the point :)16:15
sakhita16:15
Symmetriaheh they speaked at 126mbit of v6 today16:15
Symmetria:p16:15
Symmetriaand run pretty consistantly at 10016:16
sakhiI will need to bring this up again in a management meeting or bring it up as a risk (which it is) UFS is doing well.16:21
Symmetriaheh sakhi that UFS project was... challenging hehe16:23
Symmetriabut we got it done16:23
SymmetriaLouis and I spent 3 weeks rearchitecturing their network 16:23
Symmetriawith new v4 and v6 space16:23
Symmetriabut did it with zero downtime16:23
Symmetria*hrm* I can actually send you the details of exactly what we did if you want16:23
Symmetriawhats your email addy16:24
sakhiI would realy like to be hands on when we do it and do more work on that. email: sakhi7@gmail.com16:25
Symmetriago take a look at that email :)16:27
Symmetriaheh sakhi, there is no way I would do work like that on campus without a team from the campus very much hands on when its done16:27
Symmetriabecause they have to support it at the end of the day16:27
KerberoSymmetria: is that very confidential info? as i would like to know more too16:27
SymmetriaKerbero no, there is a fair amount of public info that we put out there16:28
Symmetriaemail addy?16:28
Kerbero:)16:28
Symmetriahehe sakhi/kerbero lemme know thoughts once you've read that16:29
inetproSymmetria: thanks for the info16:35
inetproplease bear with me if I ask newby questions... 16:35
* inetpro is always a newby16:35
inetprowhat are SP style protocols?16:35
* Kerbero also wants to know16:35
KerberooSPf?16:35
SymmetriaIS-IS/BGP16:36
SymmetriaOSPF is also used in SP's but its still more an enterprise protocol16:36
SymmetriaI have a definately preference for IS-IS but we couldnt roll it at UFS because of hardware limitations16:37
inetprook16:37
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Symmetriadefinate I mean16:37
* Kerbero has read halfway16:39
Kerberoi like what you did with the port flapping on the switches16:39
Kerberodo they have the same brand of switches everywhere, or mixed?16:39
Symmetriaits HP16:43
Symmetriahorrible stuff16:43
Symmetriawe wanna replace it all but its all about finding budget16:43
Kerberolol16:43
Kerberoo16:43
Kerberostellenbosch is replacing everything with HP's16:43
Kerbero:P16:43
Symmetriathere are 19.5k switch ports 16:44
Symmetriaon that network16:44
Symmetriaheh, they are gonna regret that decision16:44
Symmetriathe HP stuff is expensive compared to juniper kit16:44
Kerberowhat is better than HP though?16:44
Kerberoo ok16:44
Symmetriaand the juniper kit is a thousand times better16:44
Kerberohmm16:44
Kerberointeresting16:44
sakhiagreed16:44
Symmetriaits a thousand times more powerful as well16:44
Kerberook16:44
Symmetriaits also actually not that pricey16:45
Kerberoany idea on the price of a 24port gigabit juniper?16:45
Symmetriadepends which one you want and what functionality you want outta it16:45
Symmetriaand what volume you buy in16:45
Kerberoyes of coarse16:45
Symmetriaif you buy a base 24 port edge switch with basic routing on it with 24 gigE POE ports its well under 20 grand16:45
Kerberook16:46
Kerberothat is a good price16:46
Kerberoi think we were quoted 33k for an HP one16:46
Symmetriaput it this way, 19 and a half thousand ports (gigE POE+ ports) + 11 40 port 10gig/1gig aggregation switches + 11 distribution routers capable of 80gigabit/second per router16:46
Symmetria= 8.1 million16:46
Kerberobut i think it might have been 48 ports16:46
Symmetriathats way more than the junipers bought at volume16:46
Symmetrialemme check something quick16:47
inetproSymmetria: very interesting16:47
inetproany idea when you will be able to drop IPv4?16:48
Symmetriainetpro technically we could drop v4 internally other than on the proxies in a matter of a month or 216:49
inetprocool16:49
inetprobut I guess in reality that is not gonna happen for some time?16:49
Kerberobut that will force you to use the proxies for all ipv4 services16:50
Kerberowhich is not nice for stuff like ssh/pop/imap16:51
Symmetriakerbero well, we could translate as well16:51
Symmetriafrom v6 to v416:51
Symmetriabut I'd rather not do that16:51
Symmetriahrm, kerbero16:51
Symmetriathose 48 ports for 33 grand16:51
Symmetriawere they PoE or not?16:51
Kerberohmm16:51
Symmetriabecause that makes a fair difference in price16:52
Kerberonow that i think about it it may be yes16:52
Kerbero"for voip phones"16:52
Symmetriaok16:52
Symmetriawell, bought in bulk...16:52
Symmetriathe 48 port PoE 2200s16:53
Symmetriaare around 16 grand each16:53
Symmetria:p16:53
Kerberojuniper would still have been cheaper?16:53
Symmetriaand the non-PoE would have been around 10 grand each :p16:53
Symmetriaand those are 48 port16:53
Symmetria:p16:54
Kerberowow16:54
Kerberobut yes, bulk...16:54
Symmetriabulk doesnt mean INSANE quantities either16:54
Symmetrialemem check something16:54
* Kerbero is regretting his decision to buy a "Tenda" 24 port gigabit switch for R1.5k16:54
Kerbero:P16:54
Kerberocheaps switches are cheap16:54
Kerberoand crap16:54
Kerberoi would've loved an juniper16:55
Symmetriaheh you're looking at buying around 30 to get that price :p16:55
Symmetrialol16:55
Symmetriabut even if you buy ONE 16:55
Symmetriaits not that much more16:55
* Symmetria checks16:55
Symmetriagoes to about 13 grand for the non-poe version16:55
Symmetriaaround 20 grand for the poe version16:56
Kerberoand that's 48 port16:56
Symmetriaof course if you want one that supports stacking, virtualization, and every routing protocol under the sun, it goes up a fair bit, but that will do just fine as a good edge switch16:56
Symmetriayeah16:56
inetproSymmetria: I don't get why you needed so much more IPv4 space, you say you were granted a /15 chunk?16:56
inetprothat is like 131,070 hosts16:56
Kerberoreplacing the NAT's16:56
Symmetriainetpro, we had to renumber an entire network of 19 and a half thousand wired ports + 200 buildings worth of wireless ap's16:57
inetproall those addresses on a public network?16:57
Symmetriaheh, and each AP needs a fair amount of space to assign outta16:57
KerberoSymmetria: can't one not just NAT ipv4 and route ipv6?16:57
Symmetriainetpro every single one of them16:57
SymmetriaKerbero no, NAT isnt practical at 10gigabit speeds16:57
Kerberohehe ok16:57
Symmetriaand NAT breaks other innovations we are rolling on that campus16:57
Kerberobut wifi...16:58
Kerberoo ok16:58
SymmetriaKerbero multicast through nat? :) I think not16:58
Kerberohehe no16:58
Kerberoour switches block multicast anyway16:58
Kerbero:(16:58
Symmetriawtf?!16:58
Symmetriawhy on EARTH would they block multicast16:58
Kerberowe had to get the setting removed on some to get norton ghost to work16:59
Symmetriaheh, dude, if you have to see some of the things we are doing with multicast at UFS 16:59
Symmetriayou would fall over and die 16:59
Symmetria:p16:59
inetprowow16:59
Symmetriaheh, within the next coupla days you are going to be able to open vlc on any pc on the campus16:59
Symmetriaand go "show me a full list of SAP streams from Internet2/GEANT"16:59
Kerberoand, another thing, the one factory default settings HP we have can't handle multicast correctly so it just broadcasts16:59
Symmetriaand get around 50 video streams you can double click on and watch16:59
Symmetria:p16:59
SymmetriaKerbero thats extremely easy to fix, we fixed that at UFS in about 2 minutes17:00
Kerberohehe17:00
Kerberoyeah, as soon as i reset the password :P17:00
Kerberoand yes, we also have some multicast video streams we test with17:01
KerberoDVB-T2 + dvblast17:01
Symmetriaheh Kerbero we arent talking one or 2 here, we're talking about high def stuff coming straight outta internet2 17:01
Kerberocool17:01
Symmetriaheh, we're also playing with video on demand technology17:01
Kerberoworking with some of the SA service providers?17:02
Symmetriaand attempting to convince certain providers of certain content to let us POC multicasting their content17:02
Symmetriaheh we're working with a lot of people17:02
Kerberoahh17:02
SymmetriaKerbero the idea that Louis and I are working with is to attempt to try a TON of innovative things17:02
Kerberoit is anyway only beneficial to them to make students used to their service17:02
Symmetriaand basically take that network to the bleeding edge 17:02
SymmetriaKerbero we have a better argument for it17:02
Symmetriafull access to VoD and multicasted content like that will result in a reduction of piracy17:03
Kerberoindeed17:03
Kerberobut then you need the content asap after it is aired in the states17:04
Symmetria:) working on that as well17:04
Symmetriapoint is, NAT isnt practical 17:04
Symmetriait breaks tons and tons of crap17:04
Kerberobut all those services runs on v617:05
SymmetriaKerbero heh, I only wish that were totally true17:05
Kerberosorry for my bad tenses17:05
Kerberook17:05
Symmetriainter-as ipv6 multicast is still... a tad broken :)17:05
Kerbero:(17:05
Symmetriaand virtually entirely unsupported on HP gear 17:05
Symmetria:p17:05
Kerberohahaha17:05
Symmetriathen again, HP gear doesnt support much17:05
Symmetriatheir implementation of OSPF and BGP would be a classic example17:06
Symmetriatheir BGP implementation leaves out around 50% of whats in the RFC17:06
Kerberobut their kickback cheques are big :P17:06
Symmetriaand their OSPF implementation doesnt even support authentication of areas 17:06
Symmetria*shrug* my view on this is there are basically 4 vendors that play in this market that are worth touching17:07
Symmetriaa.) Juniper17:07
Symmetriab.) Cisco17:07
Symmetriac.) Brocade 17:07
Symmetriad.) Huawei17:07
Symmetriaand they all have their pros and cons17:07
Symmetriacisco is insanely expensive and does nothing more than the junipers do 17:07
Kerberoahh, i wanted to ask you about Huawei17:08
Kerberoare they any good17:08
Symmetriabrocade may not be that pricey, but you are going to struggle to find support for it in .za17:08
Kerberonice chinese backdoor for your network17:08
Symmetriaand hauwei, the gear works, but good luck if you ever need any help with it 17:08
Kerberoahh ok17:08
Symmetriayou'll get a half trained person who speaks chinglish who refers everything to china where he speaks chinese to them and you get a translation17:08
Symmetriaand if you think Im kidding you should see some of their written documentation :)17:09
Symmetriabasically, hauwei works real well if you speak fluent mandarin :p17:09
Symmetriaoh, there is a 5th vendor17:10
Symmetriaalcatel17:10
Symmetriamake no mistake, their gear works, its extremely stable and it has the features17:10
Symmetria*IF* you have the patience to deal with the most complex, horrible, god aweful cli you have ever seen in your entire life17:10
Symmetria:p17:10
Symmetriathey have lost several deals because engineers point blank refuse to deal with that interface17:10
Kerberoai17:11
Kerberoalcatel sound south african17:11
Kerbero*sounds17:11
Symmetria*shrug* but cisco/juniper/alcatel I would actually recon are the 3 to look at17:11
Symmetriaalcatel is french17:11
Symmetriahuge company17:11
Kerberook17:11
Symmetriamake very very very good submarine cable gear17:11
Kerberoi've heard of them before17:11
Kerberoahh17:11
Kerberoyes17:11
Kerberoseacom17:11
* inetpro wbb17:12
Symmetriathey also make some very good dwdm / telco gear17:12
Kerberoright?17:12
Symmetrianah, WACS17:12
Kerberook17:12
Symmetriaseacom is a hauwei system17:12
Kerberook17:12
Symmetria*shrug* if my clients ask me to recommend options to them17:12
Kerberoso if i learn how to use hauwei's i'll get a job?17:12
Symmetriaand they want multiple options cause they havent made their eq choice17:12
SymmetriaI always recommend looking at cisco, juniper and alcatel as the three top ones17:13
Symmetriakerbero heh, if you wanna go work up in africa probably, not so much in south africa17:13
SymmetriaI only really know of one company using their stuff in africa17:13
Symmetriawell, southern africa that is17:13
Kerberoo17:13
Kerberowell17:13
Kerberostb campus core router is hauwei17:13
Symmetriaheh stellenbosch runs hauwei core? seriously?17:14
Symmetriathat I didnt know17:14
Kerberoi'll post you a traceroute in a while17:14
Kerberothey changed the hostnames :(17:15
Symmetria:P why, did it used to say chinese.crackpot.cisco.ripoff.equipment.sun.ac.za?17:15
Symmetria:p17:15
Kerberoindeed :P17:15
Kerberoand you'll laugh when you see this traceroute17:16
Kerberothe private ranges it is routed through17:16
Symmetriaheh why the hell is stellenbosch natting anything17:16
Symmetriathey have an entire /1617:16
Symmetriasad :P17:17
Kerberoi don't think it's nat17:17
Kerberojust routed through some backbone with that IP range17:17
Symmetriawtf would they 10, their backbone range17:17
Kiloswow you guys been busy, ill never get through all of this17:21
Symmetriahehe17:23
KerberoKilos: dis ok, ek verstaan nie eers alles wat gese^ is nie17:24
Kilosha ha ha17:24
Symmetriahaha17:25
Symmetria:P en ek kan nie a woord van afrikaans praat of verstaan nie, so as jy dit praat, sal almal van ons niks verstaan nie :p17:25
* Symmetria goes for a smoke with that thought17:25
Kerberocool sentence Symmetria 17:25
Kiloshehe17:25
magespawnstrained the brain on that one17:34
sakhiWe had Brocade for our virtual environment it worked well but yes it has some limitations I agree, the Nexus 5K is doing a better job however I would like to introduce Juniper to up the game.17:36
Symmetriasakhi if you guys want juniper17:36
Symmetriayou need to talk to me17:36
SymmetriaI have deals in place to get the stuff at *HUGE* discounts for the academic sector17:37
magespawnhttp://za.pycon.org/ anybody going?17:37
Kerberoi'm thinking about going17:38
superflymagespawn: maybe... trying to see if I can get my boss to give a talk17:38
magespawnmmm the benefits of living in the cape, lucky fish17:39
Symmetriaanyway gonna go watch some tv and take a break from mindbending ipv6 crap17:42
Symmetria:p17:42
Symmetriawell ipsec v6 crap :)17:42
sakhiSymmetria: not a bad idea to have juniper on the Internet facing infrastructure that is where I can motivate best otherwise networking falls in the another department which doesn't make sense, 17:42
Symmetriasakhi heh, well, as I said, we can talk17:43
Symmetriathere are a number of options17:43
Symmetriaif I were you, I'd also look at getting more ip space while there is still some available17:43
Symmetriaas well as getting an ASN and getting some PI v6 space17:43
Symmetriaand if you're interested in working on all of that, let me know and I can quote you on a formal consultation or whatever you can take internally or whatever :)17:44
magespawnanyone else using a htc android?18:24
magespawni just installed Go Launcher Ex, it replaces or rather add the option to use it instead of the HTC Sense18:27
magespawnit adds a whole load of options, I am using it on a HTC Flyer, very c9ol18:33
magespawncool18:33
superflymagespawn: yeah, I'm using that on my Kindle Fire\18:44
superflysometimes it is a little irritating, but most of the time it's very nice18:44
superflyand the classic theme is the best18:45
magespawnthe sense i found quite limiting18:50
Kilosnight guys. sleep tight18:53
* Squirm pops in19:13
magespawni am also off tonight, night all19:17
Symmetriagnight magespawn19:18
Squirmnight magespawn 19:21
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