April 2026 Maintenance Complete
The maintenance of the router got pushed back a little, but it's now complete.
AS46733
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Upcoming maintenance
We will be performing some maintenance on our primary router this weekend. While we expect minimal downtime, users should be prepared for at least 10 minutes of downtime.
General Update for 2026
We just moved from a Hugo site hosted with Cloudflare Workers to the Bear Blog . Over the last few months we've primarily been focused on stability over growth. Achieving stability takes time and patience. And we're proud to say we haven't had any major outages in sometime now ( knocks on wood ). We continue to monitor our network very closely and that allows us to address any potential problems…
AS46733 Joins MANRS
We joined the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) to help protect the internet. While our network is small, we still want to do our part to help secure and protect the internet. Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) is a global initiative, supported by the Global Cyber Alliance, that provides crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats. MANRS offers specific…
Bad Network Card
Back in June we experienced an issue with our router. It had power, but we couldn't login. We were able to access it using our OOB network and reboot it. It came back online and ran fine. It looked like a problem with a network card. We had an extra NIC already installed. So, we asked the Remote Hands to run two more SFP+ DAC cables from the router to our switches. Then we forgot to add them to…
Router issue resolved
We were recently experiencing an issue with our FreeBSD router using the wrong IP. It turns out this router issue was because the FreeBSD kernel does not support krt_prefsrc . So, we migrated to Debian last weekend. The migration went surprisingly smoothly. The issue seems to be resolved. Now we're focused on expanding our redundancy.
Overcoming a Routing Challenge
At our organization, we've been facing an issue with our FreeBSD Router running BIRD. Fortunately, our link to SIX has brought this problem to our attention. The router has been handling internal and external traffic without a hitch, but we've encountered an issue when the router itself needs to access the internet. In these situations, it's using the wrong IP, resulting in increased latency. We…
Router Migration Finished
Yesterday, we completed the router migration! We transitioned from a router running Debian on a VM to a router running FreeBSD on a dedicated server. The new server features ten 10 Gbit ports, and we've set up MLAG on multiple interfaces to multiple switches for redundancy. With this upgrade, rylx was able to add another node to the VM cluster, enabling seamless VM migrations between nodes.…
Seattle IX Update
Well, it's been almost two months since we first mentioned we would be joining SIX , but we've finally made some progress! Just to be clear, the delay was with us, not SIX; they have been fantastic. We are now officially a member, and we have the IP configured on our new router. We're still planning on moving to the router on 2024-12-21. We don't yet have a plan on how to accomplish this with…
Router Update Part 2
I've installed FreeBSD on the hardware and am working on it as time allows. I plan to switch from the VM router to the hardware router on the weekend of 2024-12-21. This timeline gives me enough time to complete the configuration and ensure everything works smoothly. I chose FreeBSD for its stability, but I want to confirm it's the right choice before making the transition.