While we use a number of monitoring tools CACTI is still a faithful option to just keep the basic graphing in place. The ops team obviously have to keep this page running in the background – even when on standby remotely etc. A common pain with Cacti is it’s default meta refresh approach which redirects you to …
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Oct 13 2011
Getting serious about Time
Just a quick note – will update with a more complete post later… I’ll not go into details of why I had a spare Meinberg LANTIME 300/GPS as it would make my blood boil – so let me stick to the positive 😉 With a rather limited set of SA Stratum-1 servers publicly available we decided to deploy …
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Jan 10 2011
WOL – Pollutant Solution
As part of my preparations for this year’s studies I pulled my study apart – not a fun project. One of my main frustrations was that my multiple desktops chew power, generate heat and most importantly make noise! While I don’t need access to all the systems all of the time I certainly need the …
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Jan 07 2011
The art of the correct decision
While recently reading an article I was reminded of the value of effective decision making. There are a number of decisions that need to be made over the next couple of months and it is often very difficult to make a good decision – we all know just how a bad decision can affect the …
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Nov 10 2010
Vodacom, iPad’s and Blackberry’s — what is going on here
I hate it when I once again need to tick the ‘Rant Category’ – but what is a man to do when service delivery is less than it should be? So, after much deliberation Apple managed to corrupt my soul and I am now the owner of an iPad! Overall a very impressive device though …
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Nov 02 2010
Current state of Peering
Ok, so there’s been a ton of hoopla around MWEB’s decision to refuse to pay for local transit. Few have openly supported them with many such as Telkom (SAIX)and MTN somewhat less than enthusiastic. I thought it might be of interest to provide my perspective as a proponent of public peering. Neology went live at …
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Oct 05 2010
What is in a name – Neology
While Neology doesn’t make much use of the media, press releases or marketing we are often quoted or in the press. Our primary to-market opportunities are based on word-of-mouth, conferences and networking. In an effort to get our site updated I went hunting for some more info and press where Neology has been mentioned. Imagine …
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Sep 15 2010
On Network Fault Finding
<Rant On> Well, its been a rather frustrating 15 hours….. most of this could have been avoided with better interaction of an incumbent. While this is a ‘rant’ post it’s rather meant to show that communication needs to be improved… Around 5pm yesterday we experienced a massive network failure. This started off as an intermittent …
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Sep 01 2010
RICA – Fail
At the best of times I don’t consider myself someone that suffers fools – today I was held to be the fool. I decided to “quickly” pop past the Cresta Vodashop to buy a new BlackBerry Curve 8520 as an after-hours support phone for the Neology support team. After taking one look at the apparently …
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Aug 12 2010
AfPIF – African Peeering and Interconnection Forum
I’m currently attending the African Peering and Interconnection Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. So far it has provided some rather interesting sessions and a great networking opportunity. It is being hosted by TESPOK and KIXP with various international sponsors – , ISOC, NetNod, Amsix and DE-CIX. These international players has directly added to the forum so …
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