On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Joe Abley wrote: > On 31 Dec 2004, at 11:01, Edward B. Dreger wrote: > > Am I missing something? > > For your provider, supporting pur-laine, standard-configuration > customers is cheaper than supporting customers where each has their own > special-case setup. Supporting a network of routers where the protocols > and configuration is consistent is also easier (and hence cheaper) than > a network where each router has special, exciting new config bits found > nowhere else. > > Your choices may be: > > 1. Pay a premium to deal with an ISP who can really afford to support > special-case customers;
i think, based on Eddy's previous message (the original for this) it seems like he almost wants 'shadow link' capability. Given that as a start, dropping HSRP and just managing 2 BGP peers from both ends one with metric 0 and one with metric 10 toward his ISP should satisfy all parties requirements. It should be a 'standard' config for the ISP and should be very simple for his customer to manage as well. > > 3. Accept the standard setup, pay a cheaper price and get reasonable > support. > it might be as simple as showing the ISP that the configuration requested is no more than a 'standard' config called 'shadow link' :) Hopefully it's something as simple as a miscommunication between provider and customer. -Chris
