Helpful IPV6 Link

http://www.si6networks.com/tools/ipv6toolkit/
The SI6 Networks’ IPv6 toolkit is a set of IPv6 security/trouble-shooting tools, that can send arbitrary IPv6-based packets.

Mikrotik 6.0RC13

From the Mikrotik e-mail
What’s new in 6.0rc13 (2013-Apr-08 14:25):

*) pppoe, l2tp, pptp server – increased lcp retransmit count to 10;
*) pptp, l2tp & pppoe clients – added ability to specify keepalive timeout;
*) graphing – fixed problem were interface graphs are lost on reboot;
*) dhcpv6 – added relay;
*) sstp server – restore (disabled in rc12) test mode which allows
running server without certificate;
*) lcd – added option for turning backlight on/off;
*) bgp – fix med comparison check if routes are received from iBGP peer;
*) fixed simple queues – sometimes some simple queues did not limit traffic
(bug introduced in 6.0rc12);
*) allow to change arp timeout (in /ip settings);
*) added /ip neighbor discovery settings setting “default-for-dynamic” to control
discovery on new dynamic interfaces (off by default);

http://www.mikrotik.com/download

WISPAMERICA day 1

About half way through the day. Had a moment to to sit for lunch. Some highlights of the day.

-UBNT had some of the new Unifi 3 on display. Very heavy duty feeling unit. The new Nanobridge was on display. I am impressed with the design. Much easier to replace the things which go bad. The ethernet port no longer has the grommet.

-The lunch Keynote included the CEO of ARIN John Curran. Very good talk. Great amount of humor mixed with useful information.

to be continued…

802.11AC Channel Planning

Found this Gem

http://revolutionwifi.blogspot.com/2013/03/80211ac-channel-planning.html

UBNT Factory Reset via Terminal

Do you have a Ubiquiti radio you can SSH into but can’t do much else with? If you are needing to do a factory reset via terminal here is the command:

cp /etc/default.cfg /tmp/system.cfg

Thanks to SamT for the heads up.

Airmax QOS

For thos of you looking for some information on QOS for VOIP and such on Ubiquiti Airmax check out this wiki article

http://wiki.ubnt.com/AirMax_-_QoS_DSCP/TOS_Mappings

 

In order for AirMax to classify and differentiate types of traffic when applying QoS rules, the traffic must have a special value set in the IP Header DSCP field. The originating software or hardware device is responsible for applying this value, and only if this field is set will traffic be prioritized.

There are four traffic categories: Best Effort, Background, Video, and Voice, which range from priorities lowest to highest in that order.

By default, all traffic is classified as “Best Effort”, meaning there is no prioritization applied. The other categories can be defined with the following values:

 

802.1p Class of Service TOS Range DSCP Range WME Category
0 – Best Effort 0×00-0x1f 0-7 Best Effort
1 – Background 0×20-0x3f 8-15 Background
2 – Spare 0×40-0x5f 16-23 Background
3 – Excellent Effort 0×60-0x7f 24-31 Best Effort
4 – Controlled Load 0×80-0x9f 32-39 Video
5 – Video (<100ms latency) 0xa0-0xbf 40-47 Video
6 – Voice (<10ms latency) 0xc0-0xdf 48-55 Voice
7 – Network Control 0xe0-0xff 56-63 Voice

How BGP chooses its routes

MTIN now offers spam filtering services

MTIN now offers spam and virus filtering services at an affordable rate. Rates start at $8.95 a month for 100,000 messages a month.

Features include:
-Unlimited e-mail addresses
-Spam,Virus, and malware filtering
-over 7 million filter rues
-Custom filter rules available
-Control panel for management
-e-mail archiving
-multiple fail-over support
-whitelisting

Many more features. Let MTIN set this up for you for a low price of $125 plus 1st months’s service. Contact us for more details

D-Root Changing Ipv4 address

From Internic

This is advance notice that there is a scheduled change to the IPv4
address for one of the authorities listed for the DNS root zone and
the .ARPA TLD. The change is to D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, which is
administered by the University of Maryland.

The new IPv4 address for this authority is 199.7.91.13

The current IPv6 address for this authority is 2001:500:2d::d and it
will continue to remain unchanged.

This change is anticipated to be implemented in the root zone on 3
January 2013, however the new address is currently operational. It
will replace the previous IP address of 128.8.10.90 (also once known
as TERP.UMD.EDU).

We encourage operators of DNS infrastructure to update any references
to the old IP address, and replace it with the new address. In
particular, many DNS resolvers have a DNS root “hints” file. This
should be updated with the new IP address.

New hints files will be available at the following URLs once the
change has been formally executed:

http://www.internic.net/domain/named.root

http://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache

The old address will continue to work for at least six months after
the transition, but will ultimately be retired from service.

Some IPV6 best practices

There has been a run of IPV6 questions to myself and on some of the mailing lists. I figured I would do a short list of some best practices for those of you who have a basic understanding of IPV6.

-Use /48 for customer allocations. Give each customer a /48 unless they can show greater justification.
-Use /64 or /126 or /127 for P2P links
-Use /128 for loopbacks. Assign the same loopbacks out of the same /64. You won’t run out of looback addresses. :-)

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