[AusNOG] PIPE NSW Changing Details

[Joseph Goldman]

Oh well. I'm happy to wait for it as I only save 10-20mbit via PIPE and 
have enough capacity to absorb it elsewhere (PIPE is my lower preferred 
exchange by now), so its not worth mucking around with mac address 
changes then changing it back later once its changed etc.

My concern was more so for those who do rely on it for a significant 
portion of their domestic transit who would be bitten by having it down 
for 72 hours. Seems a few on-list based on their replies were surprised 
by the news so hopefully they can plan for the disappointment in future 
if required.

P.S. moved my MegaportIX over at the same time and was able to update 
the MAC address in the portal and plug it in almost straight away :P

On 01/10/14 10:21, Brad Gould wrote:
> My understanding is that this is all about their change control policy.
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> Change the MAC on your router and book a window to change it back to the native MAC when Pipe can get their process sorted.
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> Brad
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Chris Chaundy
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2014 09:36
> To: Joseph Goldman
> Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] PIPE NSW Changing Details
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> Dependent on your make of router, it may just be easier to change the MAC address for the interface on the new router to match the old router's one.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 1 Oct 2014, at 9:15, Joseph Goldman <joe at apcs.com.au> wrote:
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>> Hi list,
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>> I am just wondering if this is normal - trying to change MAC address for router port after urgent change-over for our PIPE peering connection in NSW, request was sent through to the MACD team but they are telling me the request needs to be approved by their management and ETA is 3-5 business days??
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>> I'm not a massive user of PIPE IX but I have now been without it for 24 hours and its looking like it could be another 48-72 hours before getting it back! For someone who might get a LOT of their traffic via PIPE IX this would be a pretty bad amount of downtime, as other transit links would have to pick up the slack.
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>> If any PIPE engineers on list willing to help the request move a little quicker I'd appreciate it.
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>> Thanks,
>> Joe
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