[148498] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ANNOUNCE: bgptables.merit.edu - understanding visibility of your
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Manish Karir)
Mon Jan 16 15:44:56 2012
From: Manish Karir <mkarir@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <BLU158-W28454C7D0C35A26E402629DC830@phx.gbl>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:44:08 -0500
To: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandontek.com>
Cc: nanog group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Please remember to add the "as" before the number for your query.
so for AS 65000 your search term should be "as65000"
Thanks.
-manish
On Jan 16, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Brandon Kim wrote:
> I'm getting a database error when I search for an AS....
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> > Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: bgptables.merit.edu - understanding =
visibility of your prefix/AS
> > From: arturo.servin@gmail.com
> > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:53:51 -0200
> > To: mkarir@merit.edu
> > CC: nanog@nanog.org
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> > Manish,
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> > Nice tool.
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> > Is it possible to see the "history" of a prefix?
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> > 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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