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BGP lockdown hints

As I am preparing talks for the upcoming WISPAPALOOZA 2014 in Las Vegas I am making some notes on advanced BGP.  If you are running BGP, and want to lock it down a little here are some general hints.  If you want more attend my session in Vegas or look here afterwords for the full rundown.

General Hints for BGP filter.

1.Filter all all the bogon addresses unless you have a specific need. If you have to ask you probably don’t have a need so filter it. Bogons are:
10.0.0.0/8,
172.16.0.0/12
192.168.0.0/16
169.254.0.0/16

2.Don’t accept your own IP space from upstreams.  There should be no reason someone is advertising your own IP space back to you that is not a downstream customer.  I mean dowstream as to someone you have assigned your own IP space to.

3.Limit the maximum number of prefixes your router will accept.

4.Most ISPs don’t announce anything less than a /24.  Configure your filters to not accept anything smaller than a /24 unless you have a specific need to do so.

5. Separate iBGP from eBGP.

6.Understand the defaults for the platform you are using.

 

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MTIN creates Midwest Internet Exchange

We are excited to announce the Midwest Internet Exchange (midwest-ix). Current Locations include:

733 West Henry Street Indianapolis, Indiana
350 East Cermak Chicago, Illinois.

Please visit www.midwest-ix.com for details (web-site under construction)

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Data Center Networking Uncategorized

IPV6 Recommended Reading

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Data Center Linux Mikrotik Networking WISPA

Brothers WISP #19

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mikrotik MUM new announcements

Radome for mANT antenna

cAP – ceiling AP

RB 850

CRS 8 port series – 8 Ethernet. 2 SFP+  More of a switch than a router

CRS112-8g-4s-in – 8 Ethernet 4 sfp

CRS212-1g-10s-1s+ – 1 Ethernet , 10 sfp, 1sfp+

all ports on switches wire speed

FTC -fiber to copper converter. Outdoor waterproof case. $39

CCR1072 – 72 core. 8 10 gig SFP+. Dual power supplies. Smart card slot. Coming November

 

 

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Mikrotik Portable ap

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Join us at the MUM

MTIN will be attending the Mikrotik user meeting in Pittsburg.

http://mum.mikrotik.com/2014/US/info

2014-08-05 19.26.03

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MTIN now offers IPv6 DNS

MTIN now offers both forward and reverse IPv6 DNS services.

Contact us for details

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Bitlomat Wireless xISP

Bitlomat Photos

Some of you have been asking for some photos of the Bitlomat CPE in real life.

The last photo is side by side compared to a UBNT M5 Nano

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News

News from the WEB – ISP Edition

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NewWave-Latest-ISP-to-Promise-1-Gbps-Speeds-130228
Add NewWave Communications
 to the growing list of ISPs large and small that are promising to soon offer 1 Gbps speeds — albeit to a tiny portion of their overall subscribers. The company has announced that they’re planning to offer 1 Gbps to a handful of rural markets starting next year

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/California-Governor-Signs-Cell-Phone-Kill-Switch-Law-130207
California this week became the first state in the country to pass a law requiring that cell phones include so-called “kill switch” functionality to deter theft, enabled by default

http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/26/intel-reveals-worlds-smallest-wireless-modem-for-the-internet-of-things/
Intel is revealing what it calls the world’s smallest standalone wireless modem for connecting the Internet of things, or everyday things that are connected to the web like coffee machines that you can turn on with a mobile app.