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
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@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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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
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@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
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
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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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@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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