not really true , some isp run BGP just to facilitate
troubleshooting by viewing at the BGP status . If you
only have one link to the isp YOU can still RUN bgp
with no routes from the isp and you in turn still need
to run a default route to them the BGP is just for
troubleshooting purposes
regards,
suaveguru
--- "Fenech, William J"
wrote:
> You're absolutely right....with only one connection
> to your ISP, all you
> are doing by running BGP is using up your Router's
> memory and CPU resources.
> You're better off going with a default route.
>
> Bill Fenech
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irwin Lazar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: BGP question [7:4973]
>
>
> This is not a company that I would want to do
> business with. :-)
>
> Maybe it is just me, but if you only have one
> connection to your ISP, I
> don't see any reason for BGP.
>
> Irwin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rizzo Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 9:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: BGP question [7:4973]
>
>
> Hey folks, I have a quick question regarding BGP. We
> are looking for an
> alternative ISP for our Internet. One company we
> spoke with that offers a
> 100MB connection, said that in order to use their
> services we need to
> implement BGP on our Internet router. We currently
> utilize a class A address
> on our Internet router, and they said BGP will only
> work with Class C
> addresses. I don't know enough about BGP yet to
> argue this fact, so I turn
> to you to ask if you agree or disagree with this
> comment? Thanks a lot!
>
>
> -Rizzo
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