https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/ 2026-04-04T04:14:11+00:00 https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/ https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2023-04-09T17:31:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/about?rev=1681061465&do=diff Philip Smith - Career Highlights Biography Philip Smith has been working in the Internet industry since the early 1990s after catching the Internet bug in the mid 1980s while at University. He runs his own consulting company, PFS Internet Development. text/html 2018-12-03T07:08:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/activities?rev=1543820919&do=diff The main activities of the company are as follows: * BGP training (through workshops and tutorials) * Internet infrastructure development in developing countries * Migration from legacy IPv4 to IPv6 * Workshops in the major routing protocols, network design and scaling, and sharing current industry best practices text/html 2022-01-05T06:26:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/clients?rev=1641364003&do=diff Clients PFS Internet Development has several clients. The majority of activities are undertaken with: * Network Startup Resource Center, based at the University of Oregon, United States. * Cenpac Net, based in the Republic of Nauru * European Internet Exchange Association, based in London, UK. * Asia Pacific Internet Association Pty Ltd, based in Brisbane, Australia text/html 2018-12-03T07:15:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/contact?rev=1543821333&do=diff How to contact Philip Smith: * Paper: PO Box 1908, Milton, QLD 4064, Australia * Bits: contact at bgp4all.com * LinkedIn * Facebook Back to Home page text/html 2022-01-05T06:22:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/highlights?rev=1641363724&do=diff Philip Smith - Responsibility Highlights * December 2021: inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame * December 2021 to date: Product Manager, Euro-IX Association * January 2014 to date: Owner: PFS Internet Development Pty Ltd * January 2014 to date: Senior Network Engineer & Trainer, Network Startup Resource Center text/html 2020-07-14T07:25:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/hints?rev=1594711559&do=diff Hints, Top Tips, and FAQs This page has a random collection of configuration hints and tips, and frequently asked questions that are worth documenting. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear from you. * Linux related * Routing related * Everything else Back to Home page text/html 2018-12-03T07:15:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/links?rev=1543821317&do=diff Useful Links * Network Startup Resource Center * Security and Network Consulting Back to Home page text/html 2020-07-14T08:00:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/linux?rev=1594713618&do=diff Linux Hints, Top Tips, and FAQs Here are some of the Linux hints and documentation that seems to be woefully lacking or just mis-leading on the greater wider Internet. Setting iDRAC8 Server info This applies to Dell servers of course. First off, install text/html 2023-08-22T16:44:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/misc?rev=1692722668&do=diff Miscellaneous things that don't really fit anywhere else and are nothing really to do with my business, but I thought I'd just pop up here for amusement or otherwise. * UK Broadband install Back to Home page text/html 2021-11-25T00:03:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/rpki?rev=1637798618&do=diff RPKI Notes Basically BGP implementations should/must not send a route refresh when receiving updated RPKI data, and are recommended instead to retain the received prefix that was marked as invalid should the future RPKI state change. It has been noted by several operators that their Cisco routers implementing ROV were bombarding peers with Route Refresh requests. This is difficult for those routers which are text/html 2022-01-22T06:22:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/site?rev=1642832528&do=diff Service Updates 22 January 2022: Everything working normally! Back to Home page text/html 2023-08-22T16:23:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/start?rev=1692721425&do=diff BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the routing protocol of the Internet. Without it, we'd have no Internet, at least not as we know it today. PFS Internet Development is a consultancy involved in the ongoing development of Internet infrastructure around the world. The company’s owner, Philip Smith, has been involved in the Internet industry since the late 1980s, in roles ranging from commercial ISPs, to working in development activities for a major Internet equipment vendor, to working for not-fo… text/html 2023-08-23T08:43:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://bgp4all.com.au/pfs/uk-broadband?rev=1692780198&do=diff UK broadband install Background So this is a bit of a story worth telling. Some folks still seem to have this weird belief that the UK is so much better off now after “brexit”, that the economy is strong, businesses are flourishing, and it is so easy to get things done now.