North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: remember the "diameter of the internet"?
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:39:45PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote: > > That's what happened here. Rather than transitting the traffic > via a "last resort" across town/state, the higher local-pref of a > "local" peer won. > > Geography requirements for peers aren't inherently bad. There's > a point where things get extreme, but it would be nice to see > nationals peer in the south as well. If one has peering > requirements, at least set them to reach a positive goal... BGP twiddling cannot fix a broke-ass network design. -- Richard A Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
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