Cool!

Did you get your 25G BX optics out of FS ok? They’re running a bit behind on some gear still.

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Cool!

Did you get your 25G BX optics out of FS ok? They’re running a bit behind on some gear still.

Yep. Delivery is due mid-July.

The server next to the routers has a 25G DAC already connected.

The 25G router is currently offline.

The 2116 is waiting on confirmation that delivery of multiple circuits is possible. There's some missing duct meaning that rather than being connected to the underground DP just outside our shared drive we appear to end up somewhere else entirely.

No-one in their right mind would want to install the missing duct in block paving and a shared drive on a private road for the sake of 2 premises passed.

So I fully expect CityFibre to do so when they rock up in the next months.

Being serious we are on CF's plans but unless they're going to use underground infrastructure, no cabinets, they have no chance of being allowed to install anything. There are few places for cabinets to actually go and none that wouldn't involve digging in private roads.

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Cool!

Did you get your 25G BX optics out of FS ok? They’re running a bit behind on some gear still.

25G BiDi SFP28s delivered yesterday, once customs charge had been paid: thanks Brexit!

That's the DAC and those here so the 2 x 25G legs are now ready to go.

Waiting for the node outside the property to be cabled and lit and we're good to go - the splicing was completed to the level 2 node last week, I'm to be served from a level 3 a couple of hundred metres of 48 fibre cable from the L2.

Nice got mine through too. With nice customs bill courtesy of DHL

Managed to add a couple of their GPON sticks to the order. These are all programmable using simple SSH command shell. Not bad for £50.

First connection is now doing its' thing. Will certainly need the higher power 2116 router I mentioned for any second circuit as this guy maxes out at about 15 Gb/s - exactly as init7 saw when testing their 25G service.

It's working fairly well - a small discrepancy in upload that's being worked through.

Moving on I did indeed purchase the 2116 to give me extra overhead. The next 'networky' purchase is going to be an insanely expensive switch with 25G+ ports and can wait for the foreseeable.

My masterplan is to have the 2116 as a router on a stick with its 4 x 10G ports in a LAG to the switch, using VLANs to separate WAN and LAN.

Obviously this means that the router has a maximum throughput of 20G up and down simultaneously as data hairpins through it however I can't see a scenario where this is inadequate for the foreseeable.

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No-one in their right mind would want to install the missing duct in block paving and a shared drive on a private road for the sake of 2 premises passed.

So I fully expect CityFibre to do so when they rock up in the next months.

Being serious we are on CF's plans but unless they're going to use underground infrastructure, no cabinets, they have no chance of being allowed to install anything. There are few places for cabinets to actually go and none that wouldn't involve digging in private roads.

CityFibre built a cabinet just outside the development and have used PIA throughout from there. Expect to see them become available imminently, however have no use for them right now. They'll only be providing GPON and even though it's symmetrical they'd only be a backup link and I've a special arrangement with my current backup provider.

That and I'd potentially have to use Vodafone. I've no interest at all in using Vodafone.

Sounds good.

Was on the wait for a pair of 2216’s from Getic/EuroDK since their intro date. They finally came into existence at the end of October and the price was far better than I could get here, so pushed the button.

Have put one into service so far, migrating from a Tile-based CCR running v6 onto this box running v7- had some migration grumbles to sort, but all good now. IPSec performance seems incredible by comparison to the Tilera.

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Sounds good.

Was on the wait for a pair of 2216’s from Getic/EuroDK since their intro date. They finally came into existence at the end of October and the price was far better than I could get here, so pushed the button.

Have put one into service so far, migrating from a Tile-based CCR running v6 onto this box running v7- had some migration grumbles to sort, but all good now. IPSec performance seems incredible by comparison to the Tilera.

Yep! I know plenty that use them as LNS to terminate broadband customers so much the same workload.

Some muppet 🙈 here forget to check the depth of the 2216's compared to the older CCRs which are precisely 1/2 the depth in comparison. Need at least 450mm deep mounting. Result: deeper wall mount cab needed. Wait time 8-12 weeks for a deeper NetShelter 12U from APC/Schneider.

What switches are you considering?

Was looking one of the new Juniper EX4100's which look v.nice, but cant get stock for 25 weeks. Might go Cisco. Using a 2U Netgear M4300 elsewhere, but huge and overkill for here. Am not really a huge fan of Mikrotik switches but got a few tiny ones scattered about.

Wait times on everything at the moment still insane. Those 2216s took the best part of 8 months to begin shipping.