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Re: Problems with specific routing policies for each exchange point

  • From: Jake Khuon
  • Date: Fri Oct 31 13:57:49 1997

### On Fri, 31 Oct 97 08:10:58 -0800, "Kevin Oberman" <[email protected]> wrote
### to [email protected] (Jake Khuon) concerning "Re: Problems with specific
### routing policies for each exchange point ":

KO> I must admit that I do not see the reason for using AS macros in rs-in
KO> and rs-out statements. As far as I know these statements merely
KO> control which AS peers will receive your routes from the route server
KO> and vice-versa. Since these are direct peers with the route server, I
KO> can't see the need to put anything other than specific AS numbers into
KO> the rs-in and rs-out lines.
KO> 
KO> Am I missing something obvious?

One particular instance where an as-macro could be useful within rs-in/out
is in the case where one wants to support an MLPA.


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