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A Looking Glass or LG is a way to “look” into someone’s network so you can see what they see.Below are a list of various exchange points and networks.DE-CIX : https://lg.de-cix.netINEX : https://www.inex.ie/ixp/lgINX-ZA : https://lg.inx.net.zaLondon Internet Exchange : https://alice-rs.linx.netNetnod : https://lg.netnod.seCogent http://www.cogentco.com/en/network/looking-glassVodafone https://support.cw.com/prod/tools_lookingglass.htmlCT http://ipms.chinatelecomglobal.com/public/lookglass/lookglassDisclaimer.htmlTelia https://lg.telia.net/ATT: telnet route-server.ip.att.netTelkom: telnet tpr-route-server.saix.net/Level3: https://lookingglass.level3.net/NTT https://www.us.ntt.net/support/looking-glass/http://lg.retn.netSeacom : https://as37100.net/?lookingglassNTT : https://www.gin.ntt.net/looking-glass/Workonline https://as37271.fyi/looking-glass OVH https://lg.ovh.net Not quite an LG but can run tests like ping and Traceroute from a host in hetzner in DE https://lg.fsn.fognet.ch

Update : 6 November 2021. Radek Zajic from Showmax CDN posted some information on how to troubleshoot some Showmax/DSTV now issues. see the post in the list archives https://lists.nog.net.za/pipermail/zanog-discuss/2021-November/001339.html notes while working with issue where DSTVnow is blocking IP ranges so unable to watch IP addresses for some reason picked up as Hosting Providers and flagged as Proxy/VPN services, and therefor blocked Some sites to check the geolocation/type and reputation of IP addresseshttps://db-ip.comhttps://www.ipqualityscore.com/ip-reputation-check/lookup/https://www.abuseipdb.com/https://www.ip2location.com/ https://ipinfodb.com/ uses

Add route to macOSsudo route -n add -net 10.0.0.0/8 172.19.5.78 Add route to ubuntu sudo route add -net 172.31.255.0/24 gw 172.16.1.2 eno2 Show routing table ubuntu route -n ip routenetstat -rn

Note to Self about Resizing Disk on Proxmox VM and then extending the Partition. Also reference here : https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Resize_disks Resize VM disk on Proxmox Exampleqm resize 101 virtio-iscsi +100G log into the Linux VM fdisk -l /dev/sda | grep ^/dev can use cfdisk to check size of partitionscfdisk Extend the partition in Linuxroot@36826:~# growpart /dev/sda 2CHANGED: partition=2 start=1501182 old: size=837357570 end=838858752 new: size=1047074785,end=1048575967root@36826:~# growpart /dev/sda 5CHANGED: partition=5 start=1501184 old: size=837357568 end=838858752 new: size=1047074783,end=1048575967 resize the

I’m honoured to be invited to participate in a panel discussion for the upcoming African Peering and Interconnection Forum event. I will be representing our wonderful city and province of Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Details are here of the event and to register are here. https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/franchise-vs-homegrown-ixps-2/