$quoted_author = "PHILLIPS Mark" ; > > Does anybody have any experience with Border Gateway Protocols? I know I > don't, I had to Google it!
experience, yes. expert, no. :) > "I am trying to locate people who have had experience operating large > networks, in particular people who are familiar with the operation of > BGP within the networks. Specifically, what I am trying to locate is > some stories of what occurs within a network during periods of > instability. > > So when routes flap, how long does the network take to converge again > and what are the factors that influence the network convergence." oh, that's a whole can of worms right there. time to convergance varies from network to network: - number of eBGP & iBGP talkers - number of feeds and size of feeds - underlying hardware (CPU intensive) repeated flaps also encounter dampening at some sites. cheers marty -- supine: From the Latin for "lying on one's back," to be supine has come to mean "inactive." But as Damien Hirst suggests with his maxim "Minimum effort for maximum effect," there's nothing wrong with being inactive. "An Idler's Glossary" - http://www.hermenaut.com/a158.shtml -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
