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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Global BGP community values?
On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 05:49:41AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > but there is an underlying problem. i have a business relationship with my > direct neighbors under which we can negotiate traffic patterns. i do not > have a business relationship with a 'distant' network. hence i am rather > reluctant to allow them to influence my policies when those decisions my be > costing me money, or my customers performance, or ... You don't have to. The original proposal was for a community value which *hinted* to the routeing policy that the originator would prefer that return traffic went "thata way" if poossible. Those of use who run simplistic networks (we only currently have one upstream, but clients we help manage networks for still only have 2 to 4 upstreams) would see this hint to the policy engine as "good enough" for most circumstances. Those with more complex network can just ignore (and transit on please) the communities proposed. That's my understaning anyhow. Regards, -- Peter Galbavy Knowledge Matters Ltd http://www.knowledge.com/
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