[103189] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: default routes question or any way to do the rebundant
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew2@one.net)
Fri Mar 21 17:18:53 2008
Reply-To: <andrew@profitability.net>
From: <andrew2@one.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:15:06 -0400
In-Reply-To: <47E41FDC.20102@fas.harvard.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Scott McGrath wrote:
> If we do not help the newbies how will they ever become clued. I can
> certainly remember when I did not know a bit from a byte.
I agree, but I question if NANOG is the appropriate medium for such help. I
tend to (maybe mistakenly) assume a working knowledge of basic multihoming
concepts is essentially a prerequisite for active participation on the NANOG
mailing list. Isn't this akin to posting to a profesional mathematics forum
asking for help with your Algebra? I know I read the list for high-level
discussions of the issues facing North American network operators, not for a
rehash of multihoming 101. Certainly helping to educate newcomers can go a
long way towards making all of lives easier, but that seems outside the
scope of NANOG-L. If NANOG isn't the appropriate forum for those types of
discussions, what is? Where should we be referring people to have clue
bestowed upon them?
Is there a lack of alternatives out there for such discussion? [vendor]-nsp
seems like a decent choice for questions such as the one that sparked this
discussion. Inet-access used be a good place for finding that type of
information, but that list seems to be on life-support these days. Would it
be appropriate for NANOG to start such a list? (NANOG Lite?) Would anyone
bother subscribing/participating? Or are the available alternatives
sufficient?
Andrew Cruse
