[148492] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ANNOUNCE: bgptables.merit.edu - understanding visibility of your
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arturo Servin)
Mon Jan 16 12:54:45 2012
From: Arturo Servin <arturo.servin@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <8E839F27-A2F7-4E1B-9BD8-C0679A65EC64@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:53:51 -0200
To: Manish Karir <mkarir@merit.edu>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Manish,
Nice tool.
Is it possible to see the "history" of a prefix?
Regards,
.as
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On 13 Jan 2012, at 18:19, Manish Karir wrote:
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> All,
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> We would like to announce the availability of the bgpTables Project at =
Merit at: http://bgptables.merit.edu
> bgpTables allows users to easily navigate global routing table data =
collected via routviews.org. bgptables
> essentially processes the data collected at routeviews and makes is =
available in a somewhat easier
> to use interface. The goal of bgpTables is to represent global prefix =
and AS visibility information from the
> vantage point of the various bgp table views as seen at routeviews.=20
> The data is currently updated nightly (EST) but we hope to improve =
this over time.=20
> Please see the FAQ (http://bgptables.merit.edu/faq.php) for some =
simple examples of how you can use bgpTables.
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> Some examples:
> - You can query for a specific ASN by entering the text 'as' followed =
by the AS number into the search box. For example to query for =
information about AS 237 you would enter 'as237' [without quotation =
marks] into the search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the =
view navigator map to switch to different routing table views for this =
ASN
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> - You can query for a specific prefix by directly entering the prefix =
into the search box. For example to query for information about prefix =
12.0.0.0/8 you would simply enter '12.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks] =
into the search box and then click 'search'. You can then use the view =
navigator map to switch to different routing table views for the prefix.
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> - You can find a particular prefix that you might be interested in by =
running a 'contained within' query via the search box. For example to =
quickly browse a list of prefixes contained within 1.0.0.0/8 to find the =
particular prefix you might be interested in, you can enter the text =
'cw1.0.0.0/8' [without quotation marks] into the search box and click =
'search'. You can then browse the resulting table to select the =
particular prefix you might be interested in.
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> - You can simply enter the text 'as' followed by the company name into =
the search box then click search to view a list of possible matches for =
that text. For example, to view all matching google ASNs you can simply =
enter 'asgoogle' into the search box and click search. A list of =
possible matching ASNs that reference Google by name will be returned =
from which you an then select the particular ASN that is of interest to =
you.
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> Comments, corrections, and suggestions are very welcome. Please send =
them to mkarir@merit.edu. Hopefully folks will find this useful.
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> Thanks.
> -The Merit Network Research and Development Team
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