Re: IP Address Management IPAM software for small ISP

[Adam Leff <adam () leff co>]

On Jan 23, 2013, at 14:42, "Blake Gillman" <bgillman () godaddy com> wrote:

> Hey guys - We too are evaluating 6Connect, moving away from BlueCat Proteus.

What are some of the reasons you are migrating away from BlueCat's products?

-Adam






> So far so good on the backend and with automation.
> We start our net ops operational trials tomorrow.
>
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric A Louie [mailto:elouie () yahoo com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:57 AM
> To: James Wininger
> Cc: <nanog () nanog org>
> Subject: Re: IP Address Management IPAM software for small ISP
>
> Thanks James.  We just activated a demo with 6Connect last week.  We'll see
> how 
> it goes.
>
> Much appreciated, Eric
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: James Wininger <jwininger () ifncom net>
> To: Eric A Louie <elouie () yahoo com>
> Cc: "<nanog () nanog org>" <nanog () nanog org>
> Sent: Mon, December 17, 2012 8:56:53 AM
> Subject: Re: IP Address Management IPAM software for small ISP
>
> Eric, 
>
> We recently migrate away from IPPlan to 6connect. There is significant cost
> to 
> the application but the end result (IMHO) is well worth it. 
>
> IPPlan was great that is used MySQL, as many of us use that DB, so
> integration 
> was easy, but what we were trying to do with the integration on the
> "backend" 
> with IPPlan, 6connect does out of the box.
>
> DNS integration, RESTful with ARIN, user access control etc. Not trying to
> sell 
> the product here, just saying that we went through what you are going
> through 
> and if it helps, I wish we had the time back that we put into IPPlan.
>
> They have hosted and "local" installs available, but they prefer the hosted 
> model. We did local install.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jim
>
> On Dec 12, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Eric A Louie wrote:
>
> I'm looking for IPAM solutions for a small regional wireless ISP.  There are
> 4 
> > Tier 2 personnel and 2 NOC technicians who would be using the tool, and a
> small 
>
> > staff of engineers.
> >
> > They have regionalized IP addresses so blocks are local, but there are
> subnets 
> > that are global.
> >
> > don't care if it's a linux or windows solution.
> >
> > Need to be able to migrate from FreeIPdb (yes, I know, it's a dinosaur)
> >
> > We're not dealing with a lot now, but the potential for growth is pretty
> high.
> > What are you using and how is it working for you?
> >
> > Much appreciated, Eric