Roller NetworkAs part of our migration of all IPv6 services into 2607:fe70::/32, the Primary DNS servers now have new addresses. They are:
If you have reassigned our IP addresses to NS records under your domain please update your DNS. The old addresses have been depreciated and will stop answering queries soon.
On December 6 there is a scheduled maintenance window that will impact one of our transit circuits. Traffic destined to or originating from Roller Network (AS11170) via AS1239 will be rerouted at least one hour prior to the start time and no earlier than 30 minutes following the stop time as shown below.
| Purpose | Change |
| Location | STOCKTON, CA |
| Impact | yes |
| Summary | Sprint will be performing Scheduled Maintenance which will result in a loss of IP services for approximately 30 minutes during the scheduled time below. |
| Start Time | 12/06/10 12:00 AM PST |
| Stop Time | 12/06/10 2:00 AM PST |
| Status | Approved |
This information was provided by Sprint.
Following this maintenance window we expect to have a big announcement hopefully within the next week, but it will depend on how soon Sprint implements the change this maintenance window is for. Stay tuned to the newspipe for details!
UPDATE: Sprint is now indicating the status as “Complete-Successful”. Actual time our circuit was down: 00:11:23.301 to 00:19:39.883 PDT. Route preferences are now restored to normal.
As part of our migration of all IPv6 services into 2607:fe70::/32, the Secondary DNS servers will be getting new addresses. They are:
If you are performing zone transfers using IPv6, please permit these addresses as slaves on your masters. If you have reassigned our IP addresses to NS records under your domain please update your DNS. The old addresses have been depreciated and will stop answering queries soon.
Re-posted from the arin-announce mailing list:
Today, 30 November 2010, the IANA allocated four /8s to the RIRs – 23/8 and 100/8 to ARIN and 5/8 and 37/8 to RIPE NCC. This leaves only seven /8s remaining in IANA free pool of IPv4 addresses, or 2.73% of the total.
When the IANA IPv4 free pool has only five /8 blocks remaining, they will be simultaneously distributed to the five RIRs in accordance with global policy. This means that only two blocks remain to be handed out under the normal distribution method.
With so little IPv4 address space left in the global free pool, ARIN continues to emphasize the need for all Internet stakeholders to adopt the next generation of Internet Protocol, IPv6.
Visit https://www.arin.net/knowledge/v4-v6.html for more information on IPv6 adoption, or contact us at info@arin.net with any questions.
Regards,
Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
As to what we, Roller Network, are doing:
I made a quick improvised video of our automatic generator test cycle using my cell phone just for fun this morning for a bit of an inside look at Roller Network and the general sequence of how our generator self test operates. The common practice is to test monthly without load, but simply idling a generator doesn’t indicate it will work during a real outage. Diesels also don’t like to be idled and shut off; they like to work loaded. Unless you take the system on load you aren’t actually testing the whole transfer path.
The most common fault for datacenter transfer switches is failing to transfer. By taking ours on load for tests, we can prove this critical junction between utility and backup power is fully functional.
I recorded this on my EVO which unfortunately doesn’t adjust focus once it starts recording, so everything but the display screens are blurry.