My first announcement was done via vultr and I found them pretty solid to
deal with. Even now and then pointing out when I had some issues in my
config they was spot on.
Also i found i could run a cloud mikrotik if i wanted to handle some of
this. I pretty much filled their form out, gave my ASN, my range and a LOA.
I know they sent chris a email (I did give a heads up email beforehand out
of respect) and all was done 24 hours.
2E0EMO
On Sat, 3 Apr 2021 at 13:39, G1FEF via 44Net <44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
Thanks Dave,
As I said, I don’t have any personal experience with their support, and I
guess mostly people contact me when things don’t go as planned, so I have
no doubt been relayed a biased sample of their support efforts. Good to
hear they can get it right :-)
Regards,
Chris - G1FEF
On 3 Apr 2021, at 13:07, Dave Gingrich via 44Net
<44net(a)mailman.ampr.org>
wrote:
IRLP has been using Vultr for nearly two years, with hundreds of
repeaters around
the world using the service continuously. I have found
their support to be spectacular. I know a lot depends on the nature and
quality of the question. But they have always been very timely and accurate
for us. Which is saying quite something for a service that is as reasonably
priced as theirs.
—
Dave K9DC
> On Apr 3, 2021, at 04:28, G1FEF via 44Net <44net(a)mailman.ampr.org
<mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org>> wrote:
>
> Hello Keaton,
>
> Are you speaking from personal experience or are your comments just
supposition? The reason I ask, is because there are many of our members
currently using Vultr to BGP announce their ARDC subnet, the Vultr process
is actually quite smooth and seems to work well. The main issue we get is
when the email address of the member in the Vultr request does not match
the email address the member has registered on the portal:
https://portal.ampr.org <https://portal.ampr.org/> <
https://portal.ampr.org/ <https://portal.ampr.org/>>
>
> So my advice to anyone wishing to use Vultr in this fashion would be to
ensure
the email addresses match before asking Vultr to send the BGP
approval request.
>
> I have heard that their tech support can be a bit variable, I’ve not
had any
personal experience with them in that regard, but a few people have
told me that the quality of their frontline support can vary a lot
depending on which engineer answers your query, and the escalation process
can be a struggle if frontline support can’t handle the request. Probably
no different to a lot of companies in that regard.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
> Chris - G1FEF
>
>
>
>> On 3 Apr 2021, at 03:28, Keaton Alexander Guger Lair via 44Net <
44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
>>
>> I believe you are referring to their filtering and pre-approval
process
for each prefix. Normally Vultr requires the IP owner (ARDC in this
case) to approve the request directly. And get from the owner to click
approve in a email sent to the WHOIS contact to approve your request. LOAs
are not good enough for them unfortunately. I quite frankly doubt you will
be able to get whoever receives the email from the ARIN contact for AMPRnet
will click the approve link for you which is what Vultr requires. This is
one of the many issues that come with holding and advertising AMPRnet space
to the DFZ. Look at me for example: I run AS50555 and hold 44.135.136.0/21
(and other space). I only announce my AMPRnet space at the Amateur Radio
Internet Exchange simple cause that is nearly one of the few open places
that use BGP and fully grasp the implications of AMPRnet space.
>>
>> Unfortunately I don't have any specific answers, but I hope the
information helps.
>>
>> Sincerely, VE5LPL
>> Keaton Alexander Guger Lair
>> A Saskatchewian guy who does stuff and things
>>
https://kagl.me me(a)kagl.me
>>
>> On 2021-04-02 3:26 p.m., Eric Fort via 44Net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am having one hell of a time getting everything in order with
vultr and getting 44.18.28.0/22 added to my account and announced via
bgp. Could a few of those who have successfully negotiated and traveled
this road before me please contact me and offer their assistance. I’m
frankly exasperated with the whole thing.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>> Af6ep
>>>>
>>>> Sent using SMTP.
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