To make connections to separate ISPs work, you need to have some address space assigned to you that is large enough to be routed successfully. This generally means that you have to have at least a /24 prefix.
Once you've successfully gotten that address space from one of your providers you can apply at www.arin.net to get an ASN. If you were only considering multiple connections to the same ISP one option would be to use a private ASN, or you might not need to use BGP at all. However, to do what you're considering, you need to have your own ASN and address space. Also, for the nitpickers I'm being overly general on purpose. This can get to be much more complicated if you want it to be. :-) HTH, John ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ---- On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Shawn Xu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > As far as we know, when you connect to two ISPs for load balancing and > fault > tolerance, you have to configure BGP, please refer > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/459/40.html > > but from the above examples, you have to have your own AS number. If I > don't > have my own AS number, I can not connect to two ISPs? > > Please help, thanks. > > Shawn Xu > > ________________________________________________________________ _ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32120&t=32107 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
