On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, suaveguru wrote: > What if contacting the provider to announce the more > specific /24 is not an option and also getting an AS#, > will buying a transmit carrier from the satellite > provider solve this problem?
Not unless you need to offload outgoing traffic...If you had IP's from both upstreams you could assign them in such a way as to distribute the traffic. NAT is also a possibility depending on the end station requirements. > > > thanks for your input anyway > > regards, > > suaveguru > --- Chris White wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, suaveguru wrote: > > > > > situation goes this way > > > > > > > > R1--------Receive-Only-------R2---------Terrestrial > > gw > > > | > > > | > > > Transmit-Only > > > > > > > > > > > > > Problem : > > > > > > > > > customer has only one block of Class C Address and > > > when I advertise the whole class C over the > > satellite > > > link it does off-load the terrestrial link for the > > > return path but this time the satellite link get > > > congested . I could not do a AS-PATH prepend as > > they > > > are using Private-As and the provider is stripping > > > private-as at their end > > > > > > My question is how can I solve this problem of > > > load-balancing by introducing as shown in the > > diagram > > > another satellite link from the same provider with > > > only a transmit path ? > > > > Correct me if I am wrong but it sounds like the > > customers Class C was > > assigned by the terrestrial provider. If so the most > > likely problem is > > that the Class C is being aggregated by the > > terrestrial provider into > > a larger block. The satellite provider on the other > > hand is announcing > > the more specific /24. > > > > terrestrial provider /19 > > > Global BGP table > > satellite provider /24 > > > > Since the more specific route would be preferred > > most traffic would > > prefer the satellite link. There are a couple of > > ways you could address > > this. One would be to ask the terrestrial provider > > to announce the more > > specific /24 as well. This would probably help but > > you would still not > > have any control over the traffic...The other option > > would be to get > > an AS# and run BGP with both providers. > > > > > > > > > > appreicate your inputs > > > > > > suaveguru > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > > http://personals.yahoo.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24775&t=24628 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
