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  1. Comment on Tildes End-of-Year 'Awards' 2024 in ~talk

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    Literally the whole reason I ended up here. Three cheers for Tildes in general. Three cheers for @talklittle today.

    Literally the whole reason I ended up here. Three cheers for Tildes in general. Three cheers for @talklittle today.

    9 votes

  2. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    This whole escapade has coincidentally led me to this device. For $230 I'm not gonna take a chance on trying it out, but I love the idea of bypassing their equipment and terminating the fiber line...

    This whole escapade has coincidentally led me to this device. For $230 I'm not gonna take a chance on trying it out, but I love the idea of bypassing their equipment and terminating the fiber line directly into my router.

  3. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    I do, although I don't route V6 addresses to my devices, just the router. While the addresses were different, the hops (and hop failure on #11) were the same, when the issue was happening.

    I do, although I don't route V6 addresses to my devices, just the router. While the addresses were different, the hops (and hop failure on #11) were the same, when the issue was happening.

  4. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    Yeah, I try a handful of methods to imitate the supplicant on the router directly, none successfully. In any case, the problem is now resolved. Update in the main post. But while I am technically...

    Yeah, I try a handful of methods to imitate the supplicant on the router directly, none successfully.

    In any case, the problem is now resolved. Update in the main post. But while I am technically behind a double NAT, I've configured IP pass-through that I've never had any trouble with connectivity or port forwarding over the last year that I've been using this same configuration and this service.

  5. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    Yeah, it's been some months since I've done it, but I know I've successfully done full traces in the past. I remember at the time I was interested in how many hops there were between my home and...

    Yeah, it's been some months since I've done it, but I know I've successfully done full traces in the past. I remember at the time I was interested in how many hops there were between my home and VPS, as I selected the Atlanta datacenter from my VPS provider for proximity.

  6. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    I can't find any other reason that no ICMP, TCP or UDP packets can seek me out when they used to be able to. It's been some months, but I know I've successfully traced all the way to my house before.

    I can't find any other reason that no ICMP, TCP or UDP packets can seek me out when they used to be able to. It's been some months, but I know I've successfully traced all the way to my house before.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    Yeah... I shot off emails to their IP admin and their routing email addresses. Failing that, I'll see if I can use an FCC complaint to get the right department to help me. Failing that, I'll hope...

    Yeah... I shot off emails to their IP admin and their routing email addresses. Failing that, I'll see if I can use an FCC complaint to get the right department to help me. Failing that, I'll hope a tech can get the right department to help out. I also just hate to bring a tech out to the house for an issue not in the house.

  8. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    Nice recognition! Yes, given that this host is my biggest, and hosts the majority of my services, it felt fitting to name it Vergil after the Superintendent from ODST. Not that you care, but I...

    Nice recognition! Yes, given that this host is my biggest, and hosts the majority of my services, it felt fitting to name it Vergil after the Superintendent from ODST.

    Not that you care, but I also have:

    My laptop: Cortana
    My desktop: River
    My router: Woodhouse
    My primary DNS RasPi: GLaDOS
    My secondary DNS RasPi: Wheatley
    My brewing controller RasPi: Wash
    My backup host odroid: GuiltySpark
    My Steam Deck: Amos
    My VPS: Bucket

    Each host (for the most part, Amos excluded) has a file containing a number of quotes from the relevant character, upon login/shell initiation, a random one is chosen and printed with the MOTD.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    As @Weldawadyathink says, they want $99 to come out if they aren't convinced it's a them issue. And given the difficulty I've had in explaining hops of a traceroute to them, I'm concerned they...

    As @Weldawadyathink says, they want $99 to come out if they aren't convinced it's a them issue. And given the difficulty I've had in explaining hops of a traceroute to them, I'm concerned they wouldn't accept fault of the issue.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    Great question! I've confirmed it. I've set up my shell (zsh) that it reports the IP on each initiation (from icanhazip actually!) Linux Vergil.goose.ws 5.10.0-30-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.218-1...

    Great question! I've confirmed it. I've set up my shell (zsh) that it reports the IP on each initiation (from icanhazip actually!)

    Linux Vergil.goose.ws 5.10.0-30-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.218-1 (2024-06-01) x86_64
Last login: Fri Dec 20 04:25:06 2024 from 192.168.3.159
Sync: Done

NO PARKING AT ANY TIME
  -Vergil

Uptime: 23 weeks, 4 days, 2 hours, 6 minutes
IP: LANv4[192.168.2.100] | WANv4[99.42.115.109]
APT: Up to date
ZFS: download[Online] | plex[Online] | zpool[Online]
GPU: Quadro P400[51°C]
CPU: cpu0[46°C] | cpu1[48°C]
HDD: sda[36°C] | sdb[36°C] | sdc[34°C] | sdd[41°C] | sde[36°C] | sdf[40°C] | sdg[38°C] | sdi[37°C] | sdj[39°C] | sdk[38°C] | sdl[36°C] | sdm[37°C] | sdn[32°C]
NVMe: nvme0n1[46°C] | nvme1n1[48°C] | nvme2n1[34°C] | nvme3n1[45°C]
ZSH: 1796ms
[goose@Vergil: ~ ] $                                                         [ 4:27AM]

    And a dynamic IP script running every 5 minutes, that updates the DNS record if necessary (which has a 5 minute TTL). While I don't explicitly pay for static, I haven't had an address change since my service with AT&T began.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    Yeah, I have to put my router behind the gateway due to authentication limitations. The tech who installed my service and I spent some time trying to find a way to bypass the gateway as my router...

    Yeah, I have to put my router behind the gateway due to authentication limitations. The tech who installed my service and I spent some time trying to find a way to bypass the gateway as my router can accept the SFP+ connection straight off the ONT, but we weren't able to make it work, so we ended up putting the gateway in bypass mode. I still manage to get a symmetrical 1.2 GB/s from the 1 GB/s service I pay for, despite that.

    I verified that IP passthrough is still correctly configured, and all firewall and traffic filtering functions on the gateway are disabled. Good thought, though. This service has been so rock solid I was sure at first that it was me, not them. This is the closest thing to an outage I've experienced since beginning service with them.

    But I did all my traceroute's via IP to avoid any DNS hangups.

    7 votes

  12. Comment on I think I have a broken AT&T route? in ~tech

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    I've certainly broken my fair share of things in the past by tinkering. I'd be more suspicious of myself if I'd changed anything recently. It's been months since my last configuration change, let...

    I've certainly broken my fair share of things in the past by tinkering. I'd be more suspicious of myself if I'd changed anything recently. It's been months since my last configuration change, let alone at 2am when I was asleep. Even my UniFi auto updates are scheduled for 4am, so it wasn't a router update or reboot that changed anything.

    The tricky part of testing is that I don't have another WAN connection to plug in to my router and test if it's the AT&T connection or not. But it's not just my VPS, traceroute from multiple hosts fail to route to my IP. While my Plex monitor alerted me to the issue, the biggest problem so far is that I can no longer access my UniFi gateway remotely, and therefore don't get doorbell/camera notifications when I'm not home anymore.

    I'll try and plug directly into the gateway and bypass my router, in the morning. We'll see if that gets any different results.

    5 votes

  13. I think I have a broken AT&T route?

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    Posting for ideas/advice, if anyone has any, as I'm unsure of where else to turn. I have a VPS (Named "Bucket") I rent and self host a few services on, along with a home server (Named "Vergil")...

    Posting for ideas/advice, if anyone has any, as I'm unsure of where else to turn.

    I have a VPS (Named "Bucket") I rent and self host a few services on, along with a home server (Named "Vergil") that lives under my basement stairs and I host many more services on. At 2:01 AM today I got a notification from Bucket that my Plex (hosted on Vergil) was down/unreachable. I'm assuming that's when this issue started.

    When investigating I found that Plex wasn't down, but Bucket couldn't reach/talk to Vergil. Further investigation showed that it wasn't just Bucket, but nothing can reach/talk to Vergil. At first I thought it was an issue with my router, as I have my gateway set up in IP bypass mode and manage my network via my third party router (UDM-Pro). But after digging through logs looking for any automated blocks from any misclassified intrusion attempts, I realized that none of my attempts were even reaching the router. So I checked the route, and that's where I found what I think is the problem.

    Running mtr to route from Vergil to Bucket gives full resolution of the route:

        mtr -rwzbc 10 45.79.209.169
    Start: 2024-12-19T16:49:53-0500
    HOST: Vergil.goose.ws                                                    Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
      1. AS???    192.168.2.1                                                 0.0%    10    0.1   0.1   0.1   0.2   0.0
      2. AS???    192.168.99.254                                             10.0%    10    0.5   0.6   0.4   0.8   0.1
      3. AS7018   45-26-156-1.lightspeed.tukrga.sbcglobal.net (45.26.156.1)   0.0%    10    4.4   3.6   2.0   5.9   1.2
      4. AS7018   107.212.169.24                                              0.0%    10    5.2   3.7   1.6   6.1   1.5
      5. AS7018   12.242.113.31                                               0.0%    10    2.2   3.7   2.2   5.3   1.0
      6. AS7018   12.247.68.178                                               0.0%    10    2.8   3.8   2.2   5.8   1.2
      7. AS20940  ae6.r21.atl01.mag.netarch.akamai.com (23.192.0.94)          0.0%    10    3.2   4.3   2.3   5.7   1.1
      8. AS20940  ae0.r21.atl01.icn.netarch.akamai.com (23.192.0.65)          0.0%    10    3.7   4.1   1.9   6.5   1.5
      9. AS20940  ae1.r21.atl01.ien.netarch.akamai.com (23.207.235.35)        0.0%    10    4.2   3.5   1.9   5.6   1.1
     10. AS20940  ae22.gw3.atl1.netarch.akamai.com (23.203.144.39)            0.0%    10    5.2   5.0   2.4   8.8   2.0
     11. AS???    ???                                                        100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
     12. AS???    ???                                                        100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
     13. AS???    ???                                                        100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
     14. AS63949  bucket.goose.ws (45.79.209.169)

    However, routing from Bucket to Vergil does not:

        mtr -rwzbc 10 99.42.115.109
    Start: 2024-12-19T16:49:13-0500
    HOST: Bucket.goose.ws                                                Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
      1. AS???    10.204.3.155                                            0.0%    10    0.2   0.3   0.1   0.8   0.2
      2. AS???    10.204.35.16                                            0.0%    10    0.4   0.4   0.3   0.5   0.1
      3. AS???    10.204.32.2                                             0.0%    10    0.7   9.4   0.4  74.3  23.2
      4. AS63949  lo0-0.gw4.atl1.us.linode.com (74.207.239.106)           0.0%    10    0.7   0.5   0.4   0.7   0.1
      5. AS20940  ae45.r22.atl01.ien.netarch.akamai.com (23.203.144.36)   0.0%    10    0.4   0.4   0.4   0.6   0.1
      6. AS20940  ae4.r22.atl01.mag.netarch.akamai.com (23.192.0.98)      0.0%    10    0.6   0.7   0.6   0.8   0.1
      7. AS20940  ae1.r24.atl01.ien.netarch.akamai.com (23.192.0.103)     0.0%    10    0.5   0.4   0.4   0.6   0.0
      8. AS7018   12.247.68.177                                           0.0%    10    1.0   1.0   0.8   1.2   0.1
      9. AS???    ???                                                    100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
     10. AS7018   107.212.169.25                                          0.0%    10    1.4   1.4   1.4   1.5   0.0
     11. AS???    ???

    Calling the tier 1 support number for AT&T residential support was very less-than-helpful. They kept on wanting to send a tech out to the house claiming there's an issue with the line. I kindly thanked them for their efforts but gave up, and tried emailing the contact email address for the AT&T datacenter/core router from the WHOIS in that last successful hop of the trace from Bucket to Vergil. I doubt I'll hear anything back, but I'm unsure of who else to turn to/what else to try. I've never seen/experienced a route broken in one direction like this. But I'm unable to access any of my devices/services from outside my house, due to it. Hoping someone has an idea or suggestion?

    Edit:

    Well, after about 38 hours of this issue, the power went out at my house. My networking equipment is on a UPS, so it did not go down. But when the power returned, the route began resolving again, and I am connectable again. Don't know if an area power outage rebooted some AT&T equipment nearby, I would imagine their stuff is also on UPS. But who knows?

    For the non-believer about my route previously being complete:

    [goose@Bucket: ~ ] $ mtr -rwzbc 10 99.42.115.109
Start: 2024-12-20T15:20:23-0500                                                        HOST: Bucket.goose.ws                                                        Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1. AS???    10.204.3.155                                                    0.0%    10    0.1   0.2   0.1   0.2   0.0
  2. AS???    10.204.35.16                                                    0.0%    10    0.2   0.3   0.2   0.4   0.1
  3. AS???    10.204.32.2                                                     0.0%    10    0.6   1.8   0.4   9.9   2.9
  4. AS63949  lo0-0.gw4.atl1.us.linode.com (74.207.239.106)                   0.0%    10    0.4   2.0   0.3  15.6   4.8
  5. AS20940  ae45.r22.atl01.ien.netarch.akamai.com (23.203.144.36)           0.0%    10    0.4   0.4   0.3   0.5   0.1
  6. AS20940  ae4.r21.atl01.mag.netarch.akamai.com (23.192.0.90)              0.0%    10    0.8   0.7   0.6   0.9   0.1
  7. AS20940  ae0.r24.atl01.ien.netarch.akamai.com (23.192.0.95)              0.0%    10    0.4   0.5   0.4   0.5   0.0
  8. AS7018   12.247.68.177                                                   0.0%    10    0.8   0.9   0.8   1.2   0.1
  9. AS???    ???                                                            100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
 10. AS7018   107.212.169.25                                                  0.0%    10    1.4   1.5   1.4   1.6   0.1
 11. AS???    ???                                                            100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
 12. AS7018   99-42-115-109.lightspeed.tukrga.sbcglobal.net (99.42.115.109)   0.0%    10    3.6   3.2   2.1   4.9   0.9
[goose@Bucket: ~ ] $
    16 votes

  14. Comment on Tildes Demographics Survey, year… uh, it’s 2024? in ~tildes

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    Survey completed, but I would like to complain about the lack of packaging options on the lightening, I'd prefer mine in a bottle please

    Survey completed, but I would like to complain about the lack of packaging options on the lightening, I'd prefer mine in a bottle please

    6 votes

  15. Comment on What are your Christmas movies? in ~movies

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    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation It was a family tradition growing up. And that scene where they ask the grandmother to say the blessing makes me laugh unreasonably hard, even though I know...

    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    It was a family tradition growing up. And that scene where they ask the grandmother to say the blessing makes me laugh unreasonably hard, even though I know what's coming every time.

    13 votes

  16. Comment on We built our house for LAN parties in ~games

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    I feel this in my soul. Three kids later I can't believe I used to think I was busy.

    I feel this in my soul. Three kids later I can't believe I used to think I was busy.

    6 votes

  17. Comment on We built our house for LAN parties in ~games

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    Jesus, and I thought retrofitting my house with cat6 drops across 6 rooms was impressive.

    Jesus, and I thought retrofitting my house with cat6 drops across 6 rooms was impressive.

    25 votes

  18. Comment on How has your industry changed in the past decade? in ~life

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    I'm sure people much smarter than me have some inclinations on the driver, if not evidence based research to point us in a direction. I couldn't say, as research has never been my passion, mine is...

    I'm sure people much smarter than me have some inclinations on the driver, if not evidence based research to point us in a direction. I couldn't say, as research has never been my passion, mine is putting the results of the research to use by putting hands on people who need help (guided by evidence based best practices).

    In any case, I would suspect it's some kind of generational change catalysed by social media in some form or fashion, with no clear cut solution, as we wouldn't want to interfere with the capitalistic freedom of social media companies. Even in the name of mental health for minors.

    🙄

    6 votes

  19. Comment on What's on your Christmas wish list? in ~life

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    The real terrifying thing is that because these technically don't fire a projectile, they're entirely unregulated by ATF. You can order one online right now, no background check needed, pay for...

    The real terrifying thing is that because these technically don't fire a projectile, they're entirely unregulated by ATF. You can order one online right now, no background check needed, pay for expedited shipping, and have it delivered by UPS to your door before Thanksgiving.

    What a time to be alive.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on What's on your Christmas wish list? in ~life

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    Oh you know.. stuff The majority of my content is 1080p HEVC, with TV media being my heaviest hitter at 57 TB. Following is about 12 TB of 4K media, both TV and Movies. But I also have a healthy...

    Oh you know.. stuff

    The majority of my content is 1080p HEVC, with TV media being my heaviest hitter at 57 TB.

    Following is about 12 TB of 4K media, both TV and Movies.

    But I also have a healthy amount of storage for other purposes. I use Veeam for backups, that ZFS pool is the primary backup target for the hosts' own OS (on a separate NVMe drive, not ZFS), my desktop, 2 laptops, and 4 raspberry pi's. It's also a backup mirror for my UniFi NVR, taking up 8 TB of space. Quarterly Google Takeout backups I keep for up to a year, Google Drive and OneDrive mirrors/archives. I also archive some content from Twitch, YouTube, and Soundcloud.

    4 votes