17 May
2021
17 May
'21
10:33 p.m.
Hi,
I have a 44net/AMPRnet allocation that had the appropriate paperwork done
with Brian Kantor before he passed. This subnet has been delegated to me
for a few years and I am using a VPS provider to advertise it via BGP so
that it is accessible on the public Internet.
My provider is selling to another company that is unlikely to continue this
arrangement. Also, it seems my five-year contract has expired so it needs
renewing anyway. :)
Who is handling this documentation now? I'd like to arrange updated
documentation so that I can get whatever new provider to sign on.
Also, if anyone has any suggestions for providers with data centres in
Canada (or with low latency to prairie Canada, at least), I'm all ears. I
have found a prospect in Toronto and am waiting to hear back, but it is far
from definite.
Much appreciated.
73
Jim VE5EV
17 May
17 May
10:51 p.m.
Hi Jim,
I took over BGP allocations, amongst other things, after Brian passed. Please feel free to
email me off list to discuss your requirements and arrange a new lease and accompanying
LOA.
73,
Chris - G1FEF
On 17 May 2021, at 22:33, Jim MacKenzie via 44Net
<44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
Hi,
I have a 44net/AMPRnet allocation that had the appropriate paperwork done
with Brian Kantor before he passed. This subnet has been delegated to me
for a few years and I am using a VPS provider to advertise it via BGP so
that it is accessible on the public Internet.
My provider is selling to another company that is unlikely to continue this
arrangement. Also, it seems my five-year contract has expired so it needs
renewing anyway. :)
Who is handling this documentation now? I'd like to arrange updated
documentation so that I can get whatever new provider to sign on.
Also, if anyone has any suggestions for providers with data centres in
Canada (or with low latency to prairie Canada, at least), I'm all ears. I
have found a prospect in Toronto and am waiting to hear back, but it is far
from definite.
Much appreciated.
73
Jim VE5EV
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18 May
18 May
3:38 p.m.
Le 17/05/2021 à 23:33, Jim MacKenzie via 44Net a écrit :
Also, if anyone has any suggestions for providers with
data centres in
Canada (or with low latency to prairie Canada, at least), I'm all ears. I
have found a prospect in Toronto and am waiting to hear back, but it is far
from definite.
Several of us are using Vultr. As far as you rent a VPS, you get free
'Bring Your Own IP feature'. Once you got your LOA from Chris, just
contact Vultr support and send them a copy. They'll announce your 44Net
subnet, and route it to your VPS. We're using a $5/mo instance. They
have a DC in Toronto.
73 de TK1BI
6:58 p.m.
Jim,
You should check out Vultr.com. They do have a DC in Toronto, but I would bet that Chicago
or Seattle would perform better to prairie Canada. There really is no border between .US
and .CA from an Internet perspective. Seattle is only 5 ms from Vancouver Canada for
example. Best thing is, it is really cheap to just fire up a machine there and check it
out yourself.
For IRLP VPN, we splurged and went with the $6/mo higher performance VPS. Regardless of
your choice Vultr always provides 10 Gbps interfaces. Typical local speedtest is 3,000 to
7,000 Mbps (although now speedtest-cli now seems to be broken in Debian).
One of the nice things they provide, is a totally automated BGP setup. After you get the
LOA set up with Chris G1FEF, it only takes a few hours for your allocation to start
working. Plus if you have more space than /24, you can bring other ranges up from
different data centers by just configuring bird correctly /etc/bird/bird.conf.
Documentation is on their site. IRLP now has a /20, portions of which are running from
Chicago and Sydney. We are thinking about adding something in Dallas and Seattle. But no
idea when, or really if.
—
Dave K9DC
On May 17, 2021, at 17:33, Jim MacKenzie via 44Net
<44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
I have a 44net/AMPRnet allocation that had the appropriate paperwork done
with Brian Kantor before he passed. This subnet has been delegated to me
for a few years and I am using a VPS provider to advertise it via BGP so
that it is accessible on the public Internet.
My provider is selling to another company that is unlikely to continue this
arrangement. Also, it seems my five-year contract has expired so it needs
renewing anyway. :)
Who is handling this documentation now? I'd like to arrange updated
documentation so that I can get whatever new provider to sign on.
Also, if anyone has any suggestions for providers with data centres in
Canada (or with low latency to prairie Canada, at least), I'm all ears. I
have found a prospect in Toronto and am waiting to hear back, but it is far
from definite.
Much appreciated.
73
Jim VE5EV
8:42 p.m.
I will concur with Dave (K9DC) about Vultr support of BGP for 44-NET. I
have been using Vultr at the Dallas data center for a couple of years. I
started using a VPN with 44-net addresses for IRLP and EchoLink nodes
before IRLP started providing them.
One of the features Vultr offers with BGP is the ability to run multiple
VPS instances configured to use one /32 (or more?) address from your /24
subnet. This feature is also used to provide "high availability" capability.
I recently had a reason to try this capability. But I discovered the
network was not routing between my two VPS instances using my /32
addresses. Vultr investigated and reconfigured their network to resolve the
issue. I just add a bgp community they created to my bgp configuration on
each VPS using the /32 addresses.
I am hoping, someday, Vultr will allow VPS instances to be created without
requiring a Vultr assigned public IPv4 address. That should reduce cost a
bit. But at $6/mo for my requirements, I am not complaining.
David McAnally
WD5M
19 May
19 May
2:19 a.m.
Jim is right, I am on vultr NJ and by VPN I have a max of 7MS latency for a 1400 bytes
packet from the Montreal Area.
I took NJ cause it is closer (internet wise) than TO for me.
Pierre
VE2PF
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Objet : Re: [44net] BGP changes for 44net allocations?
Jim,
You should check out Vultr.com. They do have a DC in Toronto, but I would bet that Chicago
or Seattle would perform better to prairie Canada. There really is no border between .US
and .CA from an Internet perspective. Seattle is only 5 ms from Vancouver Canada for
example. Best thing is, it is really cheap to just fire up a machine there and check it
out yourself.
For IRLP VPN, we splurged and went with the $6/mo higher performance VPS. Regardless of
your choice Vultr always provides 10 Gbps interfaces. Typical local speedtest is 3,000 to
7,000 Mbps (although now speedtest-cli now seems to be broken in Debian).
One of the nice things they provide, is a totally automated BGP setup. After you get the
LOA set up with Chris G1FEF, it only takes a few hours for your allocation to start
working. Plus if you have more space than /24, you can bring other ranges up from
different data centers by just configuring bird correctly /etc/bird/bird.conf.
Documentation is on their site. IRLP now has a /20, portions of which are running from
Chicago and Sydney. We are thinking about adding something in Dallas and Seattle. But no
idea when, or really if.
—
Dave K9DC
On May 17, 2021, at 17:33, Jim MacKenzie via 44Net
<44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
I have a 44net/AMPRnet allocation that had the appropriate paperwork done
with Brian Kantor before he passed. This subnet has been delegated to me
for a few years and I am using a VPS provider to advertise it via BGP so
that it is accessible on the public Internet.
My provider is selling to another company that is unlikely to continue this
arrangement. Also, it seems my five-year contract has expired so it needs
renewing anyway. :)
Who is handling this documentation now? I'd like to arrange updated
documentation so that I can get whatever new provider to sign on.
Also, if anyone has any suggestions for providers with data centres in
Canada (or with low latency to prairie Canada, at least), I'm all ears. I
have found a prospect in Toronto and am waiting to hear back, but it is far
from definite.
Much appreciated.
73
Jim VE5EV
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