Hi all I could not find any documentation about the relevan between BGP and the size of capacity contract. CMIIW that any one can request a /20 IP / AS-number allocation from the NIR as long as they can fulfill all the condition, and AFAIK the most important condition is about "usage plan" and "multi-homed". Usualy ISP have huge IP allocation and they can (or have to ?) allocate /24 to their customer as long as the customer have ability to take responsible (technicaly and administrative) of this allocation.
Basicaly AFAIK ... IANA never bundle the IP/AS-number allocation procedure to a "pipe-size". CMIIW Sincerely -bino- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'William Burns'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 4:30 AM Subject: RE: [leaf-user] BGP > > I've got 2 T1s w/ two different ISPs (hence the desire to use BGP) > > I already have two dinky cisco routers w/ v.35 interfaces. > > You'll never get any ISP to peer BGP with you for 2 T1 lines. Sorry. The > best option for you if your requirement is NAT-centric is > http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html. (See Julian's kernel > patch at the end!). Alternatively if you need external site failover maybe > buying an F5-3DNS (DNS failover) or cheap round-robin DNS will work for you. > > > >From what you said, I should be looking for a motherboard w/ dual > > gigabit interfaces. > > (either Intel e1000 or Broadcom bcm5700) > > NICs are important, but not at dual-T1 speed. It becomes important in > 20mbit+. I think you'd be fine with eepro100's or bcm5700 (with tg3), or > anything onboard on a decent server. If you have extra $ the Intel gigabits > are great. Eepro's are the most popular NIC in servers so you can't go > wrong there. > > We use Dell PE 2650's here with CF/IDE adapters, 4 extra ports from Intel > cards, and dual power supplies. They are exponentially faster than what we > used previously, Cisco 3640 series. They were also exponentially cheaper, > though you might find a set of 3640's for sale on Ebay for $10k or so. > That having been said you probably won't get fired for buying a Cisco but > you might for your LEAF solution if it doesn't work right. Be sure to > budget extra time from the start to get all the pieces talking right to each > other. > > > VRRP is... Virtual Redundancy Router Protocol? > > Is this an alternative to BGP, or is it something that complements it? > > Compliments. It's like HSRP for Cisco. Actually VRRP is the protocol that > HSRP is built on. http://www.keepalived.org > > Cheers, > > P > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek > For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 > or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! > http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
