[156337] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Big Temporary Networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Hargrave)
Sat Sep 15 05:32:22 2012
From: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>
In-Reply-To: <26628B8A-5EE9-4B6F-939E-12B81B1BAC4D@gizmopartners.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:31:24 +0100
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 13 Sep 2012, at 17:32, Tim Franklin <tim@pelican.org> wrote:
>> You'll need a beefy NAT box. Linux with Xeon CPU and 4GB RAM =
minimum.
> Or not. The CCC presentation is showing *real* Internet for everyone, =
unless I'm very much mistaken=85
Absolutely. NAT is too fragile/expensive/non-performant for these =
setups. CGN boxes are too new to be economically borrowed/rented, maybe =
one day it will be possible, but for now we can still get the address =
space required (Timespan issues notwithstanding)
On 13 Sep 2012, at 21:03, Chris Boyd <cboyd@gizmopartners.com> wrote:
> If you know of an ISP in Central Texas that can deploy a 10Mbit plus =
connection along with a /22 of v4 address space for a 1 day event, =
please let me know. TWCable has been pretty easy to work with for =
special events, but I'd be really surprised to see them be able to do =
that.
I suggest either getting a L2 circuit or else IPIP/GRE tunnel to =
somewhere with a functioning internet market. It is far preferable to =
tunnel than it is to have session state in the network.
I've been part of the team deploying networking to various leafy parts =
of the Netherlands (e.g. HAR2009), ex-soviet airbases (CCC Camp), a park =
in Milton Keynes, UK (EMF2012). With some thought and creative planning =
it is possible to bring in a useful uplink in the 300M-10G+ range. [I'm =
not sure I remember those DS3s and OC3s that other posters are talking =
about, something these days used only in developing countries i thought =
;-)]
As a network engineer, these events are a great way to meet people with =
different experience, talk to eager young folk, do things in a different =
way and generally have a reset on your professional life. You might even =
get some sun too :-)=
