Upcoming Emergency Alert Test - August 11, 2021

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: Gothmog

But like CWM said...which 2pm...EST, CST, PST??????

Seriously, my husband suggested we unplug the cable....or is there a better way???

Nothing that I know of.
I am just curious as to why one may have to reset the router .
This may be for some form of new EBS system that has to include a "firmware" update.

When I posted about me taking my equipment down , I did not mean that this was something nefarious.
For them to say "you may have to reboot the equipment" usually means that an upgrade would be in progress .
The one major time one "may have to reboot" is a firmware update hangs the router .
This may be due to receiving an upgrade for the EBS .
That is all .

And I am a curious person , after all .

a reply to: Gothmog

Well, we have still not heard a peep from our ISP.
Maybe they are too big to care what happens to their customers.

I'm curious as to what the hell kind of firmware update the government would be putting on citizen's routers......

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
So it's past 2PM EST, did anyone get abducted to a FEMA camp?

Dude, you're 48 hours early
Still time to pack those essentials

this test has been going on for years. us engineers check to see we re ieved the message, from which station first, and the time down to the second.

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: opethPA

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: opethPA

Sure, they are a PITA, and been around for years.

But for five minutes?
To the point you MAY have to reboot your system?
Because that is a new one on me

You only reboot routers after a NOS upgrade .

This is 100% wrong and if you believe it then you don't seem to know much about how layers 1-7 operate.

Any routing protocol change could very easily require a reboot of any distro or access networks along with any attached clients.

Did I say that it had to happen every time ? No.
But , it does happen given a lack of a failover switch or stacked switches .
You didn't think that one through , did you ?

Your original statement was , "You only reboot routers after a NOS upgrade ."
Part of your most recent statement was "For them to say "you may have to reboot the equipment" usually means that an upgrade would be in progress ."

I can think of multiple reasons why routers get rebooted that have nothing to do with NOS upgrades. Upgrades to anything can certainly be one of many reasons why you reboot but that is not the same statement as your absolute of " You only ...."

If you want to talk layer 2 (switching) vs layer 3 (routing) I'm all for it but if you want to do that then you should stop making statements that aren't accurate , like this one for example " You only reboot routers after a NOS upgrade ."

a reply to: incoserv

Come on.. that can't be intentional to try an infect urban areas. I can believe conflicting political interests and agendas, but to purposely infect urban cities is a bit too hard to believe.

Has anyone mentioned yet that August 11th is also the day Julain Assange goes back to court?
I read through 5 pages and didnt see it up till then anyway.

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
Dude, you're 48 hours early

Still time to pack those essentials

I'll be in Indy for D-Day, the essentials are NYC area pizza, not sure how many I can squash into my carryon.

a reply to: opethPA

Your original statement was , "You only reboot routers after a NOS upgrade ."

One last time :
1) You back up the running config.
2) You back up the prior NOS and firmware .
3) You install the updates on the back up switch .
4) You restart that switch (all offline to prevent any form of switch promotion)
5) You test and test under simulated conditions .
6) You failover to the back up once one is satisfied of the results.
7) You repeat for your primary switch .

You are thinking too much like a "user"

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
Dude, you're 48 hours early

Still time to pack those essentials

I'll be in Indy for D-Day, the essentials are NYC area pizza, not sure how many I can squash into my carryon.

Good plan.
What food is Indy noted for? Spaghetti noodles covered in chili (not even real chili) IIRC.

originally posted by: butcherguy
Good plan.
What food is Indy noted for? Spaghetti noodles covered in chili (not even real chili) IIRC.

Sorta like that vomit in a bowl they serve in Cincy.

a reply to: LSU2018

I don't have to worry about it, we don't have cable, I deactiviated my alerts on my phone, I was getting them everyday, it was annoying, so I got my hsuabnd to deactivate them.

originally posted by: Gothmog
a reply to: opethPA

Your original statement was , "You only reboot routers after a NOS upgrade ."

One last time :
1) You back up the running config.
2) You back up the prior NOS and firmware .
3) You install the updates on the back up switch .
4) You restart that switch (all offline to prevent any form of switch promotion)
5) You test and test under simulated conditions .
6) You failover to the back up once one is satisfied of the results.
7) You repeat for your primary switch .

You are thinking too much like a "user"

Hah. Whatever floats your boat. Me thinking like a user and all that.

Also nothing you said has anything to do with your inaccurate statement .

Layer 2 and layer 3 aren't the same so you let me know how that backing up a router to a switch works for you next time you do any routing protocol change. Of course you do have layer 3 switches but then you should call them that.

Dup

So in 42 yrs u never heard the high pitched ringing sound on your tv or radio followed by " this is a test of the energency broadcast system. Thus is inky a test. Had this been a real energency.......... blah blah blah."
In 42 yrs u never heard that? Im 42 yrs and heard it countless times. Either u been living under a rock or im experiencing another mandela type effect due to my several quantum suicides. By the way your universe sucks.

originally posted by: opethPA
a reply to: LSU2018

You do know there is nothing sudden about emergency testing right?
They happen multiple times a year.

The fact this obvious explanation is ignored is downright painful.

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: DontTreadOnMe
a reply to: Gothmog

But like CWM said...which 2pm...EST, CST, PST??????

Seriously, my husband suggested we unplug the cable....or is there a better way???

Nothing that I know of.
I am just curious as to why one may have to reset the router .
This may be for some form of new EBS system that has to include a "firmware" update.

Comcast/Xfinity restarts all its customer's routers after a firmware update, or just to "refresh" things from time-to-time.

a reply to: gflyg

I used to get alerts on my TV and Cellphone about Children being abducted. But I guess there's too many of them, because the alerts suddenly stopped this year. Only 1 thus far in 2021.

For everyone saying these tests happen multiple times throughout the year are wrong. The EBS happens multiple times throughout the year but not a nationwide EAS or WEA which is what is happening tomorrow.

This specific test has two parts:

First part is the Nationwide EAS test which has only happened 5 other times. This will happen at 2:20pm eastern time, 1:20 central time.
This part of the test will only last approximately 1 minute. It will be displayed on tvs and radios.

The 2nd part of the test is the WEA test.
This will be the second nationwide WEA test, but the first nationwide WEA test on a consumer opt-in basis. This test will also be conducted at 2:20pm where cell phone towers will be emitting the test signal for 30 minutes. That seems a bit excessive. It will be accompanied by a text and a unique tone and vibration on your phone.

It also says this on fema's site:
In case the Aug. 11 test is canceled due to widespread severe weather or OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, a back-up testing date is scheduled for Aug. 25.