Equinix Virginia - Ethernet OOB suggestions

Owen DeLong owen at delong.com
Mon Dec 1 19:41:27 UTC 2014


> On Nov 10, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> because a /23 of ipv6 is very large.... :)

That’s a good reason not to use a /23, but not a good reason not to use IPv6.

> 
> also, it's hard to use ipv6 when your last miile provider doesn't offer it...
> 
> #fios
> 

No it’s not… #tunnelbroker

Owen

> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:
>> Why use IPv4 for OOB?  Seems a little late in the day for that.
>> 
>> 
>>                -Bill
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 10, 2014, at 15:02, "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Paul S. <contact at winterei.se> wrote:
>>>> I'd be doubtful if anyone will feel like offering a /23 with OOB as
>>>> justification these days, sadly.
>>> 
>>> why thought? Justification is really about having a use for the ips,
>>> right? and if you have 500 servers/network-devices ... then you have
>>> justification for  a /23 ... it seems to me.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck nonetheless.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 11/10/2014 午後 11:00, Ruairi Carroll wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hey,
>>>>> 
>>>>> VPN setup is not really a viable option (for us) in this scenario.
>>>>> Honestly, I'd prefer to just call it done already and have a VPN but due
>>>>> to
>>>>> certain restraints, we have to go down this route.
>>>>> 
>>>>> /Ruairi
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 10 November 2014 14:38, Alistair Mackenzie <magicsata at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Couldn't you put a router or VPN system on the single IP they are giving
>>>>>> you and use RFC1918 addressing space?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> OOB doesn't normally justify a /24 let alone a /23.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 10 November 2014 13:18, Ruairi Carroll <ruairi.carroll at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dear List,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I've got an upcoming deployment in Equinix (DC10) and I'm struggling to
>>>>>>> find a provider who can give me a 100Mbit port (With a commit of about
>>>>>>> 5-10Mbit) with a /23 or /24 of public space , for OOB purposes. We had
>>>>>>> hoped to use Equinixs services, however they're limiting us to a single
>>>>>>> public IP.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm also open to other solutions - xDSL or similar, but emphasis is on
>>>>>>> cheap and on-net.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> /Ruairi
>>>> 




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