20 Feb
2025
20 Feb
'25
12:03 p.m.
Hi
I'm thinking about running up further machines and wonder if anyone would
object to me using my own area (eg either 40. or 50.) both of which are
available according to the database. I have a permanent static L2 pyDecnet
router.
I currently peer with Keith's area 29 router and would also seek to peer
with area 1 and any others looking for redundancy.
Best wishes
Peter Whisker
Peter R Whisker BA BAI CEng MIET
Chartered Engineer - IT Technical Architect
E: peter(a)whisker.org.uk
20 Feb
20 Feb
12:53 p.m.
I have set up an L2 router on 40.1023 - temporarily peered with 29.851.
If there are no objections in the next day or two I'll start to renumber my servers.
Peter
1:06 p.m.
Don't ever do this! *Never* setup nodes with numbers that you don't
"own". You can potentially break things for others. The fact that you
might not see anything in the nodename database, or not see any nodes
online in one area does not mean that there might not be someone who
"owns" that area, and could at any point bring something online, in
which case your actions can cause disruptions and mess for people.
Dammit. It shouldn't be so hard to adhere to the few rules that there in
on HECnet. It's not like I go crazy with what people can or should do.
I'll respond to your request later today. (With that said, no, actually,
area 40 was not allocated to anyone at the moment, so it was not
potentially disruptive, but the allocation of areas is tracked in
another document I have.)
Johnny
On 2025-02-20 12:53, peter(a)whisker.org.uk wrote:
I have set up an L2 router on 40.1023 - temporarily
peered with 29.851.
If there are no objections in the next day or two I'll start to renumber my servers.
Peter
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1:14 p.m.
Hi Johnny
I'm sorry, the router is offline. I'll wait until I hear more.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt(a)softjar.se>
Sent: 20 February 2025 12:07
To: hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se
Subject: [HECnet] Re: New area?
Don't ever do this! *Never* setup nodes with numbers that you don't
"own".
You can potentially break things for others. The fact that you might not see
anything in the nodename database, or not see any nodes online in one area
does not mean that there might not be someone who "owns" that area, and
could at any point bring something online, in which case your actions can
cause disruptions and mess for people.
Dammit. It shouldn't be so hard to adhere to the few rules that there in on
HECnet. It's not like I go crazy with what people can or should do.
I'll respond to your request later today. (With that said, no, actually,
area 40 was not allocated to anyone at the moment, so it was not potentially
disruptive, but the allocation of areas is tracked in another document I
have.)
Johnny
On 2025-02-20 12:53, peter(a)whisker.org.uk wrote:
I have set up an L2 router on 40.1023 - temporarily
peered with 29.851.
If there are no objections in the next day or two I'll start to renumber
my
servers.
Peter
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