[ietf78-tech] Fwd: [78attendees] A few clarifications on the NH network

[Jim Martin]

	More kindness from the users...

	- Jim

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> From: Larissa Shapiro <larissas at isc.org>
> Date: July 28, 2010 11:04:01 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Jim Martin <jim at daedelus.com>
> Subject: Re: [78attendees] A few clarifications on the NH network
> 
> You and yours are fantastic. Know that those of us who got up this morning and were greatly pleased/surprised to have our mail load quickly and then to easily make our skype calls home to our kids and spouses appreciate it more than we can say.
> 
> Or at least I do.
> 
> 
> On Jul 28, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Jim Martin wrote:
> 
>> 	In an act of barely constrained insanity, last night the IETF NOC team took over the wireless network in the NH, with the consent of the NH Management, and astoundingly good support from Swisscom. There is a long saga, best told over beer, on how it all happened, but let it just be said that it included a "creative" run from the MECC, an emergency equipment delivery from Utrecht at 2am, learning a completely new wireless system, and a team that just wouldn't quit. They finished at about 7 this morning.
>> 
>> 	Our goal was to send out just an IETF ssid, with the wireless system acting as a simple bridge, so we could provide public v4 addressing and IPv6. Alas, their smart system was far too smart for that, and as the sun came up, the pragmatic decision was made to keep the NAT and the original "Swisscom" SSID, so long as we could substitute our uplink, get rid of the logon pages, and remove all the bandwidth restrictions.
>> 
>> 	So, as it stands, you'll see the same swisscom ssids as before, with RFC1918 IPv4 space only, but it'll go out over the IETF net at 100M using a new upgraded wireless controller. No charges are involved, and nothing other than DNS should be being proxied.  Those who bought a 7-day pass from Swisscom should talk to the front desk about the possibility of a refund.
>> 
>> 	The original controller and uplink will be put back in service mid-afernoon on Friday, as we need to tear out the IETF network. Hopefully it will hold up for the few of us remaining over the weekend.
>> 
>> 	Please join me in thanking everyone involved in this project. The NH staff who facilitated the change, the Swisscom NOC that not only helped, but rousted someone out of bed to bring us new hardware, and most importantly the IETF NOC engineers that worked all night, Chris Elliott,  Bill Jensen, and Geert Jan de Groot.
>> 
>> 	Enjoy it, but treat it gently ... I'm not sure we have a plan C ;-)
>> 
>> 	- Jim
>> 
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