[HECnet] VCF East

[Steve Davidson]

Granted... but that does not change the fact that I still appreciate it.

-Steve

On 04/23/2015 10:44 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On 2015-04-24 04:37, Steve Davidson wrote:
>> I appreciate it.  In fact, my network would not be able to do what it
>> does without it.  Just take a look at:
>>
>> MCR NCP TELL MIM SHOW KNOWN AREAS
>>
>> You will notice that SG1:: makes heavy use of the bandwidth given all
>> the areas it supports.  In addition to the Multinet Tunnels,  I also run
>> the bridge.  It is not only connected to Update but to others. It is
>> configured so that it does not introduce loops while providing a bridge
>> connection to sites that do not have static addresses.  It manages this
>> with a cron job that reloads the database periodically.
>
> Oh, I wasn't referring to just HECnet here. Update have a very wide 
> internet connection to most things. HECnet is not even a blip on that 
> radar.
>
>     Johnny
>
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>> On 04/23/2015 10:29 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> I don't think you fully appreciate the connectivity that Update
>>> have... :-D
>>>
>>> But if Peter were to step in, I'm sure we'd all be humbled. :-)
>>> (This is the guy that got 40Gb/s to his mom about 10 years ago... Yes,
>>> that was not a typo. Fourty gigabit per second. Ten years ago.
>>> Actually, maybe it only was seven years ago, but anyway...)
>>>
>>>     Johnny
>>>
>>> On 2015-04-24 03:51, Sampsa Laine wrote:
>>>> I'm aware of that Johnny, just thought the fact that the server is in
>>>> the UK might have helped if the issues were latency related, I have
>>>> fairly fast pings to the US..
>>>>
>>>> sampsa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24 Apr 2015, at 02:34, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-04-24 03:21, Sampsa Laine wrote:
>>>>>> On 24 Apr 2015, at 02:17, Steve Davidson <steve at davidson.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> VAXstation 4000/60
>>>>>>> DEChub-90 backplane with a DECserver-90TL and a 16-port DEChub
>>>>>>> VT320
>>>>>>> a gateway (actually bridge) machine to connect to HECnet only the
>>>>>>> link was pathetic
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Next year let me know, I've got a bridge sitting on a gigabit pipe
>>>>>> doing nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think that will help, unless that pipe happens to have one
>>>>> end somewhere on the US east coast I suspect...
>>>>>
>>>>> Update itself sits on even more bandwidth. Not helping either...
>>>>>
>>>>>     Johnny
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>>>>>                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
>>>>> email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
>>>>> pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
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