Re: [78attendees] A few clarifications on the NH network

I relay this message from a Swisscom Employee who was involved in the NH
issue (he is not subscribed to the list, I just forwarded the mails
regarding the network problems as well as the reactions to the solution to
them)

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Thanks Jim for sharing - I am glad to know that the customer is happy.

The beginning of the story went a bit chaotic.
but after the understanding of what we needed... we unleashed our best
resources to meet the customer need ;-)
I am at your disposal, Matteo.

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> 	In an act of barely constrained insanity, last night the IETF NOC team
> took over the wireless network in the NH, with the consent of the NH
> Management, and astoundingly good support from Swisscom. There is a long
> saga, best told over beer, on how it all happened, but let it just be
> said that it included a "creative" run from the MECC, an emergency
> equipment delivery from Utrecht at 2am, learning a completely new
> wireless system, and a team that just wouldn't quit. They finished at
> about 7 this morning.
>
> 	Our goal was to send out just an IETF ssid, with the wireless system
> acting as a simple bridge, so we could provide public v4 addressing and
> IPv6. Alas, their smart system was far too smart for that, and as the sun
> came up, the pragmatic decision was made to keep the NAT and the original
> "Swisscom" SSID, so long as we could substitute our uplink, get rid of
> the logon pages, and remove all the bandwidth restrictions.
>
> 	So, as it stands, you'll see the same swisscom ssids as before, with
> RFC1918 IPv4 space only, but it'll go out over the IETF net at 100M using
> a new upgraded wireless controller. No charges are involved, and nothing
> other than DNS should be being proxied.  Those who bought a 7-day pass
> from Swisscom should talk to the front desk about the possibility of a
> refund.
>
> 	The original controller and uplink will be put back in service
> mid-afernoon on Friday, as we need to tear out the IETF network.
> Hopefully it will hold up for the few of us remaining over the weekend.
>
> 	Please join me in thanking everyone involved in this project. The NH
> staff who facilitated the change, the Swisscom NOC that not only helped,
> but rousted someone out of bed to bring us new hardware, and most
> importantly the IETF NOC engineers that worked all night, Chris Elliott,
> Bill Jensen, and Geert Jan de Groot.
>
> 	Enjoy it, but treat it gently ... I'm not sure we have a plan C ;-)
>
> 	- Jim
>
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