Merit joined the RING today. Merit Network, Inc. - AS 237 - is a nonprofit, member-owned organization formed in 1966 to design and implement a computer network between public universities in Michigan. After 40 years of innovation, Merit continues to provide high-performance networking and services to the research and education communities in Michigan and beyond.
Users can connect to merit01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Michigan, US.
GRNET - AS 5408 - joined the RING today. The Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET) provides internet connectivity and advanced networking, computing and storage services to the Greek education, academic and research community.
Users can connect to grnet01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Athens, Greece.
IP-Max - AS 25091 - joined the RING today. Since 2005, IP-Max is offering its telecommunication services. IP-Max has a proven track record of setting up complex network solutions for demanding customers, with very attractive prices. From Internet access to cloud or FTTH platforms, IP-Max is ranking as a sharp, disposable and flexible actor in the fields of Telecom solutions design and implementation, Physical hosting, IP transit, L2 transport, Security, Outsourcing, and Hardware ordering and installation. IP-Max strategy relies on strong partnerships, and on a reliable IT infrastructure. With a presence in Switzerland and France, the IP-Max network is in constant development, and can be present anywhere in the world thanks to their strategic partnerships.
Users can connect to ipmax01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Lyon, France.
Netflix - AS 2906 - joined the RING today. Netflix offers movie streaming.
Users can connect to netflix01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in San Jose, CA, United States.
Afilias - AS 12041 - joined the RING today. Afilias contributed the following: “Afilias is the world’s leading provider of Internet infrastructure solutions that connect people to their data. Whether you need to connect to your domain name or the DNS, Afilias' technology connects you in a reliable, secure, stable, and globally available manner. "
Users can connect to afilias01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Nexellent - AS31424 - joined the RING today. Nexellent ag, headquartered in Glattbrugg, is a Swiss ICT service provider. The company has been providing business customers with future-oriented, Infrastructure as a Service communication solutions since 2004. nexellent can meet the highest demands in terms of security, availability and quality of service thanks to multiple data centres and an innovative and modular range of colocation hosting and housing services, servers, private clouds and computer networks.
Users can connect to nexellent01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Interxion, Glattbrugg, Switzerland.
This is an example one of the RING participants (eBay Classifieds Group) wanted to share with all RING participants.
Several weeks ago we (eBay Classifieds Group) encountered an issue with some customers coming from Denmark (more precise, TDC customers), having issues reaching websites in the eBay Classifieds Grou network. These issues were showing as a slow website, and packetloss to our network. This lasted for some time, but it didn’t escalate in time to me, so by the time it did, the issue was already gone.
Now I haven’t been following the connected member list for the NLNOG/RING project, but Job Snijders pointed me out that TDC does have a RING node!
Now Job showed me during that weekend while we had some drinks, his new cool tool on the ring, it was even better then what I did pitch to him some moons ago. Not just latency monitoring, but the NLNOG/RING project keeps track of the number of hops, and keeping archives of traceroutes. And it all presents it in a very nice interface.
First, looked up the actual issue at hand.
AMP Latency Measurement:
From 13:40 there is an increased jitter, and packet loss visible! So, let’s check out that cool graph that displays number of hops history.
AMP Path Analysis:
And we see increase in number of hops, now let’s take a look at the actual ‘traceroute’ history.
AMP Traceroute History:
Take a small look at 13:45 on August 1st, hey… why has the traceroute from ECG towards TDC changed into going over the AMS-IX platform instead of the usual Level3 path? We see the real cause at 14:00, the number 3 hop has become Novatel in Bulgary.
Now, a quick search in my mailbox reveals that Novatel recently connected to AMS-IX, also this is listed on the AMS-IX “connected” page.
It seems Novatel went live at AMS-IX the day before, my idea is that they accidentally leaked their NTT routes via the AMS-IX routeservers, and had their NTT link congested by doing so. This might have been prevented if the AMS-IX routeservers would have done strict RPSL checking.
If you have any questions regarding the use of the tool, or question about this article, don’t hesitate to contact me: Maarten Moerman / mmoerman@ebay.com
Backbone uhf - AS 6775 & AS 44432 - joined the RING today. Backbone uhf is a backbone provider for ISP’s in Iceland with some operations in Switzerland
Users can connect to backbone01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Switzerland Users can connect to backbone02.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Iceland! (The RING has conquered a new country! :-)
Today ISC - AS1280 - joined the RING. To quote from their application form: “Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ISC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation dedicated to supporting the infrastructure of the universal connected self-organizing Internet - and the autonomy of its participants - by developing and maintaining core production quality software, protocols, and operations.
ISC also provides a number of Operational Programs and Services that benefit users of the Internet directly and indirectly. Since 1994, ISC has operated F-Root (one of the 13 root DNS servers) as a public service to the Internet.”
RING-users can connect to isc01.ring.nlnog.net, which is hosted in CA, USA.
Kordia - AS24324 - joined the RING today. Kordia is an experienced trans-Tasman business that powers some of the most significant communications technologies in their part of the world (New Zealand). Thanks to Kordia the RING has conquered a 28th country!
RING users can connect to kordia01.ring.nlnog.net, which is located in Avalon, New Zealand.