So from what I understand BGP is going to be difficult to get going. Basically we are too small a fish for them to worry about.
How are others handling multiple T1 lines into their networks? I would think that this would be a common thing for companies to do. But I could be wrong it wouldn't be the first time. ""Troy Leliard"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > True, getting a AS for a /27 could be quiet a challenge, and even harder > trying to convince your bgp peers to advertise that. Fortunatley, I know > play with a /16 and a /19. BUt when I was contracting for another compnay, > I managed to get an AS for a /24, and get our peers to advertise it (was > factored into out monthly bandwidth charges though). > > I know that there are some "hacks" out there that increase the intelligence > of DNS servers, so that may still be an option. It depens on what SLA's you > have to meet. Obviously the more strict your SLA requirements, the more > cricital services are, and more likely the higher your budget. > > Anyways, moving away from the if and whens etc, lets look at possible > solutions. > > Initially I thought what about NAT, but you can't have a many-to-one inbound > nat, so we can't really do much with NAT. > > The only other option I can think of, (cheaply) ...see if you can get a /30 > from each of the providers and use this for your WAN links to them, (of see > if they would support IP unnumbered, although personally I am not a fan. > This would mean that you could have both /27's for use on your "internal" > ethernet, just as you suggested having one as a primary and the other a > secondary. > > Hope this makes sense? > > > > Andrew Dorsett wrote: > > > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Mark W. Odette II wrote: > > > > > Can you even obtain an AS for BGP without a full Class C > > block of your > > > own?? > > > > Mark - > > It doesn't matter how much IP Space you have to get an ASN. > > You have to > > meet ARIN guidelines. Those are > > 1. A unique routing policy. > > 2. A multi-homes site. > > http://www.arin.net/policy/asn.html > > > > But, you do have to convince your peers to advertise your small > > routes. > > That's the hard part. A lot of places don't like carrying /27 > > blocks > > around in their tables. > > > > Andrew > > --- > > > > http://www.andrewsworld.net/ > > ICQ: 2895251 > > Cisco Certified Network Associate > > > > "Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough > > to make all of them yourself." Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=64610&t=64469 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
