Update time. The installation of the new ER1 has been largely completed. I ran into a couple of configuration issues but the major ones (mostly omissions in the conversion from the old config) have been resolved.

I am still trying to fix a backup link from Fremont to Everett that is causing routing issues when enabled. I am still researching this and experiments may cause brief routing glitches until this is resolved.

There was about an hour of downtime and another hour with intermittent connections.

Please report any network anomalies you see to netops@hamwan.org so that I can make sure they get resolved if they were caused by this activity.

Thanks,

-Doug-

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 6:57 PM Doug Kingston <dpk@randomnotes.org> wrote:

Starting tomorrow around 10am, we will be attempting a major upgrade of the HamWAN network, replacing the existing edge router (ER1.seattle.hamwan.net) with a new implementation. There will likely be some network disruption, though we have taken steps to try and minimize this.

The new router is built on RouterOS 7 and replaces 5 year old software on the existing router. Preparation for this has involved moving several tunnel connections to our new tunnel server (R2.westin.hamwan.net).

I will be following up to this email with status tomorrow. During the maintenance I will be available on our IRC channel (#hamwan on libera.chat) or Google chat (dpk@randomnotes.org).

-Doug-, KD7DK
HamWAN Netops