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Looking for cheap v6 transit to balance my v4-heavy mix · Networking

nate_pad said:

How do I know it's working?

show ip bgp rpki statistics

in FRR vtysh. Or

show bgp ipv6 unicast x.x.x.x

for a specific prefix, look for the validity state. Valid, Invalid, or NotFound. You want Valid for your own prefixes, and you want to drop Invali...

Richard7 6d ago

Mini-guide: Reading between lines of registrar promotional emails · Domain Names

847 days is brutal but I have to ask, did anyone actually test Contabo's "archive" link they started adding last year? I clicked one in January and the page 404'd. Emailed support, got a coupon code instead of a fix. Classic.

harbourops said:

Transparency reduces support volume

Would love...

Richard7 7d ago

I ate the same lunch for a year · Off Topic

zhaojuho said:

Finnish lunch culture is basically this thread's endpoint already.

We had a canteen at the factory, same four options on rotation since 1987. The hot plate had a name. Colin. We knew Colin's hum, Colin's warm spots, Colin's bad days when the thermostat stuck. They replaced C...

Richard7 7d ago

Understanding this weird traffic spike pattern · General Discussion

engzur said:

Someone left a wget in a cron on a forgotten box.

Turned out my own backup script was running amok every night, pulling the same files over and over because the timestamp check was broken. They don't make them like that anymore, the debugging experience I mean. Modern tools ma...

Richard7 9d ago

I ate the same lunch for a year · Off Topic

PollosHenry said:

I felt actual loss. Like a breakup with a very quiet partner.

Turkey and swiss on rye, they don't make them like that anymore. The machine had a personality, I swear. I still remember its hum. Your container sounds nicer than my sandwich, but I understand the goodbye. War...

Richard7 14d ago

Home lab 2026 — post your rack (or cardboard box) · Off Topic

SingaporeRep said:

15 watts at the wall

It's not about the watts, it's about what the watts are doing. That T430 runs my whole web presence, my mail, a gopher server for the three people who still care. Back in 2009 I burned 2kW easy and half of it was idling.

The bamboo organizer is the...

Richard7 17d ago

Looking for cheap v6 transit to balance my v4-heavy mix · Networking

nate_pad said:

Is there a guide somewhere for someone running pfSense

PfSense has RPKI support in FRR package now. Go to Services > FRR > BGP > RPKI tab. You need a validator, routinator is easiest. I run mine on the same Pentium III that handles my NAS because routinator uses 200MB RAM. D...

Richard7 18d ago

Home lab 2026 — post your rack (or cardboard box) · Off Topic

Back in 2009 I had a real rack

A full 42u compaq from a datacenter liquidation. Weighed 400 pounds empty. Filled the bottom with sun fire v240s I got for scrap value, ran gentoo on all of them because compiling for sparc was character building. They don't make them like that anymore.

These days I'...

Richard7 18d ago

Funny: I typo'd my SSH port and locked myself out for 6 hours · General Discussion

readerkrakw said:

9600 baud console cable

Still have mine. DB9 to RJ45, Cisco rolled, the whole set. Use it maybe once a year when someone's "cloud native" kubernetes cluster decides it doesn't want to cloud anymore and I need to see what the bare metal underneath thinks about that.

Richard7 18d ago

Funny: I typo'd my SSH port and locked myself out for 6 hours · General Discussion

Had to call the isp and pretend I didn't know why it was down. Took eight hours because the tech read me the config over the phone, line by line, and I had to act surprised at each error. Warm memory now. Kids with their api consoles will never know the romance of a 9600 baud console cable and a pra...