More US Level3 issues

Continuing from http://status.netnorth.net/2015/05/06/us-based-connectivity-issue/ We just started to receive monitoring reports showing the same level of packet loss as received earlier this morning. We have removed the Level3 connectivity from our network immediately forcing re-routing of traffic.   We will contact Level3 for more information.

Why Level3 Connectivity Issues Are Difficult To Diagnose

Level3 based network issues are often very difficult to diagnose. This is due to Level3 operating their BGP network via MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching), a wonderful and useful technology (but difficult to diagnose when your network spans the entire world!) Take this snippet of a traceroute for example: 2  ge-6-18.car1.Manchester1.Level3.net… Continue reading

IXmanchester Maintenance (18/Mar/2015)

We have received a maintenance notification from IXmanchester(LINX) stating that they will be performing switch maintenance on their network. 18/Mar/2015 midnight – 5am (UK local time) This maintenance will affect our IXmanchester peering connectivity during the window. We do not anticipate any disruption from the above maintenance as the exchange… Continue reading