At 4:04 PM -0400 2002/07/27, Paul Schultz wrote:
> If you connect to the same transit(s) in both cities you can announce more > specific networks with no-export set, keep most of your external traffic > off your own network, and not cause the entire world to know about your > more specific advertisements. Right, but he's already explained that he is unable to connect to the same two providers in both cities, because one of them doesn't have a presence in both cities. > Responsible yet lacking some redundancy: connect to the same single > provider in both locations and announce more specific networks w/ > no-export. That doesn't help if that one provider goes Tango-Uniform. > Irresponsible yet gaining redundancy: connect to a different provider > in each region and announce more specifics. no-export not an option, > longer prefixes heard globally. Can we gain redundancy by connecting to a different provider in each city, but still find a way to be responsible? > Responsible and overall best: connect to the same 2+ providers in both > locations and announce more specifics locally in each region/city/whatever > with no-export. As said above, this isn't possible. I'd like to learn what could be done in this kind of situation that would allow the desired redundancy, while also being responsible. I'm not a manager of a large network (where I might have this kind of problem myself), nor am I employed at a large ISP (where my customers might have this kind of problem). But I would like to learn. -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.