Questions tagged [isp]
Questions relating to the operations of ISPs and interacting with them.
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BGP send community for individual IP
We have BGP running over default route for x.x.x.x/24 subnet, but yesterday after talking to ISP they said if you want to send traffic over to their specific peer ISP then you need to use 65000:170 ...
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How does S/RTBH work in BGP?
We have recently gotten DDoS attacked and we found in NetFlow around 30 ro 40 source IP addresses are attacking us and filling our pipe.
So, to prevent DDoS we have null routed the destination (...
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How do I route a public /24 subnet?
I have from my isp a static ip X.X.X.X and an unrouted public subnet Y.Y.Y.0/24 registred at ripe.
An ex-coworker of mine setup a server that does the routing which have te folowing config:
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OSPF question from ISP perspective
Was hoping for some advice regarding an OSPF solution for a customer.
Basically the customer has about 4 sites.
These would all be linked together physically.
I have attached a basic network ...
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block route being advertised to SP
I have a network that resembles this
CUSTOMER - BT - SPRINT
BT - CISCO
customer loopback 192.168.10.1
customer loopback1 192.168.1.1
BT loopback 192.168.50.1
CISCO loopback 192.168.100....
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Directing traffic with Multihomed Connections to Service Provider
Is there any way to load balance certain types of inbound traffic for one or multiple Service Providers. For example can VoIP and video be directed to come from a specific service provider while other ...
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Service Provider inbound routing problems before using communities
As I understand it Service Providers used to use BGPs local preference for manipulating outbound traffic and AS Path for manipulating inbound traffic before they used communities.
As the internet grew,...
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How do I know my network traffic go through Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable System? [closed]
I have leased many internet links from many ISP with the requirement: "do not route my traffic to Asia-America Gateway (AAG) Cable System".
How can I check that the ISPs are compliant with my ...
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Making my computer public [closed]
My ISP provides me with an ethernet cable which I connect to my TP-Link router to set up my home network.
I have assigned a static local IP of 192.168.0.110 to my computer which i wish to make public....
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How ISP track the individual subscriber data download and falling back to lower mbps?
I work on software development for routers. So, I am aware of QoS in routers, where we can do scheduling and policing of the traffic.
However, one question is still in my mind, is how does the ISP ...
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Could accessed sites over an SSH tunnel be tracked by ISP? [closed]
I created an SSH tunnel and using it as SOCKSv5 proxy on Firefox. I checked whatismyipaddress.com and some other sites, they could not detect a proxy on my computer and shows my location on the server'...
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FortiGate 100A with VLAN on WAN port
I am trying to set up my old FortiGate 100A as a simple router for a small office network. My ISP's incoming PPPoE connection runs on VLAN 100 and I can't seem to get it going on a WAN port of the ...
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Is it possible for ISPs to block part of VPN traffic, like UDP traffic only [closed]
My Question isn't about any carrier or ISP, as it might sound.
It's about the technical aspect of internet censorship and needs networking experts to help.
As you may know, some countries are blocking ...
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BGP Dual link with single ISP two different router
We have above scenario where currently we have only single link with ISP ROUTER1 but soon we are planning to have second link on same BGP router but ISP side it will comes from ISP ROUTER2.
I heard ...
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/16 and /24 routing from ISP
For a long time we had /24 from our ISP with a static route. Now we would like to have our own routers and do BGP on our own. Our ISP says your block is on our 16 so it may create routing loop. How do ...
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Query: Purpose of splitting circuit between MPLS/Internet [closed]
I have a new 100mb line at work that has a 80mb(MPLS)/20mb(Internet) split. I just want to confirm my understanding of this. The MPLS connects us to our HQ in London and with the current split that ...
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Advertise downstream customer-owned /24 without BGP-Peering
First post, so I apologize if I don't lay things out clearly, or if this is the wrong forum.
We are a small/regional ISP. We have a customer who has a couple of /24s (not purchased through us), and ...
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Not able to access the static IP from local internet service provider's internet
Our one of static IP from Tata lease line is natted (i.e. configured in firewall) for our virtual server IP and we are using this IP globally as an RDP for ERP access. But currently we are not able to ...
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Fiber Type and transceiver model required
We have an existing 10 G p2p link between our Datacenter ( DC) and Corporate Office ( HQ )with a service provider, Lets call A
When A did our install they have used a Cienna box on HQ side , I ...
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connecting two routers, each connected to a different ISP
I have two routers, one wireless connected to ISP1 with optical cable, and the second one connected to ISP2.
The second router is cisco 860 series, i will configure ACL lists and zone based firewall ...
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ipsec balancing with multihomed setup
I have a multihomed setup with two ISPs with similar bandwidth characteristics. I want to route my traffic to a remote site via ipsec, so that my local network traffic goes through the tunnel and ...
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Is my dynamic IP address provided by my ISP shared?
The IP address provided by my ISP changes. I want to know if it is shared by someone else in this world.
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What does "10Gbps wave connection" mean?
When I work with multiple ISPs, they refer a connection type as a "10 Gbps wave connection". What does it really mean? I can understand 10 Gbps fiber but what does "wave" meas?
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Would you recommend IPtables/Netfilter as a main firewall for an ISP? [closed]
As the title says. And since we are doing our own Support. Would it be recommended? I am talking about the Main firewall of the ISP, the Firewall that routes your data to the Router before exiting to ...
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VPN over Crappy ISP [closed]
Like many folks, I have a crappy ISP. Every couple of minutes, my ISP will drop a handful of packets.
For "normal" activity such as web browsing, emailing, or even netflix, it works great; no one ...
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ISP connections Vs IX Connections
I would like to know the difference between ISP connections and IX connections? Basically we are evaluating some of the ISPs to get our edge circuits. While doing some research on it, came across to ...
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Multi-homing and BGP routing with less than /24
Background: We own /24 as well as /23 blocks provider independent.
I am talking to an ISP, say ISP-A for a 10G line with a IPVPN line (2 links - actual inbound + IPVPN link for clean traffic when ...
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How does an ISP keep track of who has which IP address? [closed]
If an ISP sets up cable modems in bridge mode and lets users change the mac address on their internal router (or completely change routers), which then assigns a new IP address, how can the ISP track ...
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BGP RTBH setup with ISP
I had a discussion a while ago, related how to stop DDoS. Read this first: BGP null route when DDoS?
Finally, we talked to the ISP, and it agreed on setting up a BGP trigger so the next time a DDoS ...
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How does the ping work from a private IP source address towards a public IP destination address without NAT enabled?
These are my first questions asked into this forum so could you please help me? These were asked during a job interview:
How does the ping work when we launch an ICMP echo request message from an ...
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BGP null route when DDoS?
I need suggestion related this issue. We are getting DDoS every two days and its small DDoS last for 5 to 10 min. but sometime its longer in that case we call ISP and they null route specific targeted ...
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Rate limit based on VLAN
My ISP company has some PoPs in remote areas, as shown in diagram. It is currently, it's getting all prefixes from Local IX and getting only a default route from the upstream Internet provider. ...
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What's the difference between autonomous systems, ISPs and RIRs?
First of all, I am not sure if I can ask this question here, and, if not, I appreciate that you indicate me the best website to ask this question.
I have been reading about ASs (Autonomous Systems), ...
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Prefix hijacked by another ISP
I had the <sarcasm>privilege</sarcasm> for the second time in 10 years to have one of our smaller prefixes hijacked. I have a branch office with a /27 assigned from ISP-A PA space ...
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How google is connected across internet [closed]
Well, the question is not only for Google, but for other big Internet companies like Amazon or Yahoo.
I know the question can be a bit weird, but I'll try to explain it a bit. Internet is a network ...
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Link layer protocols used by ISP?
Newbie networking question here...
Do ISPs generally use the same link layer protocols (Ethernet, ARP to relate to network layer 3, etc.) that are used on LANs? In school I learned in some detail ...
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no ip unreachables good or bad
Using following command on my cisco WAN interface is good or bad?
no ip redirects
no ip unreachables
no ip proxy-arp
no cdp enable
are there any advantage?
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Missing major ISP's from local major IXP's?
I read all the posts on this site on IXP's and my question remains. Any clarity that anyone can bring to this topic would be much appreciated.
I have trying to get a better mental big-picture of how ...
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Why is the router is not giving an Internet connection to the PCs? [closed]
The Cisco ISR 4321 router is not giving Internet connections to the LAN PCs when the WAN interface has a /30 mask length (mask of 255.255.255.252), which is the actual IP address range I got from the ...
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ASA5506 Likely NAT issue with ISP
Background: I am setting up a network for a local church I attend. The setup will be:
Currently ATT DSL --> Motorola 3801HGV set in transparent (bridging) mode -->outside interface of ASA5506 (...
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P2P Applications and ISPs
My book says that because most ISPs support asymmetrical bandwidth usage and so support greater downstream traffic than upstream, that P2Ps somehow put stress on the ISP due to this? I don't ...
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How can calculate IP address when subnet number is different? [duplicate]
There is an example in 'Computer Network : A top down approach' : how to calculate IP address of the network from the parent network using subnet numbers: Parent Network(Parent ISP)'s IP Address 200....
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IPv4 public address
I know the basics of NAT technique and public/private IP addressing but I still have one conflict.
Let's say that my private address is 192.168.1.2 and my public one is 180.180.1.2.
If I ping 180.180....
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How many people share 1 Mbps of an ISP backbone? [closed]
We all know that all consumer based internet connections are shared and that ISPs protect themselves with "best effort" contracts, also we know that a client's 50 Mbps (for example) connection speed ...
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Who owns address betwen ISP links?
When ISPs connect with each other via peering or through transit who among the two owns the ip address between them?
To explain my question further, When ISPs peer, the links between them must be ...
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Wifi speed 30 fold higher then actual speed coming in from ISP?
My ISP (Internet Service Provider) tells me that my Down speed is 10 Mbps (Megabits per second) and Up speed 1 Mbps. But when I'm searching for a wifi router, the average speed is 300 - 400 Mbps... Do ...
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Can you keep DHCP addresses from your ISP
I have my modem configured for bridge mode. I get one IPv4 for my router and one goes to my server for public access. If I static assigned these IPv4 address would I keep them as long as no one else ...
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Multihomed Internet edge without BGP. Overlapping routes, a viable design?
While the industry is preaching cloud in every market, and users, whether eagerly, reluctantly or unwittingly start falling in line
everywhere, few seem to talk about the actual fabric of the ...
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Is the Slow-Start algorithm responsible for ISP speed throttling?
I've been looking up how ISPs manage to cap a user's network speed given the theoretical limit of the infrastructure is usually much higher than the speed ISP's sell. I've stumbled across the TCP slow-...
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Proxying a private network (Ethernet LAN) at workplace to home via a VPS [closed]
We have a 172.20.0.0/* LAN at workplace. I have a Computer in this LAN with IP 172.20.164.174. This Computer has both Internet connection and workplace network access. I also have a Computer in home ...
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