At 5:52 PM +0200 5/11/2000, Dollard Morgan wrote:
>right, i understand that just fine, and i know where ebgp multihop is to be
>used. what i dont understand is WHY would u wa nt to cross over ur isp,
>plus whatever other transit as u'll have to go through to hit another isp u
>do want to peer with, even though u might end up with an ebgp multihop of 20
>or 30.
>explain that, since i dont see the point in it.
>example. i connect to uunet, and i want to go peer with another big isp out
>there, so ill cross all the way to the other network to hit by bgp peer.
>wheres the logic behind this kind of usage.
I don't know of any usage where you would BGP peer, in either sense
of peering, with another AS to which you don't have a direct
connection. I'm lost. Who wants to peer across multiple AS? Do
they have any rationale for doing so?
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De: Joe Szczepanski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Date: jeudi 11 mai 2000 17:59
> > À: Dollard Morgan; 'Dale Holmes'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Objet: RE: BGP peering question
> >
> > Generally the multi-hop command is used when you have more then one
> > connection between your router and the upstream router. For example if
> > you
> > have 2 t's between your router and your isp's router, you would run
> > multi-hop. This allows you to balance traffic across those two t's to the
> > next hop router.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > Dollard Morgan
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:10 AM
> > > To: 'Dale Holmes'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: BGP peering question
> > >
> > >
> > > ok, i dont think this is a valid question. when peering bgp sessions to
> > an
> > > external as, u add a command called bgp beighbor ebgp-multihop " for
> > > example, which defines how far away ur peer is going to be. im
> > > not sure how
> > > or why ud want to peer a bgp session acroos multiple isps , or what the
> > > reason for this would be. i dont think your going to get any1 to
> > > peer a bgp
> > > session with u unless ur directly connected to them, such as UUNET. ask
> > if
> > > anymore info
> > >
> > > > -----Message d'origine-----
> > > > De: Dale Holmes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Date: jeudi 11 mai 2000 16:22
> > > > À: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Objet: BGP peering question
> > > >
> > > > A friend of mine has the following problem:
> > > >
> > > > >I've been given the project of establishing peering connections with
> > > > >other
> > > > >ISP's/carriers. The biggest problem I have is finding the
> > > >right dept to
> > > > >call or e-mail. Take AOL for example, 40% of our >traffic is
> > > destined for
> > > >
> > > > >AOL, can't find a clue on how to contact >them about establishing a
> > > > peering
> > > > >session via BGP. Is their a list >of companies willing to peer?
> > > >
> > > > Any clues?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Dale
> > > > [=`)
> > > >
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