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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: RADWare Linkproof? (or better ways to multihome)
Couldn't you also advertise both blocks to both ISP then simply prepend or add community attributes to prefer one over the other with each provider. BTW, us providers I know or worked for will advertise blocks that are given to you so long as you have the provider that own the blocks to SWIP them with ARIN. Regards Mohamed On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, rick wrote: > > have you considered getting 2 ranges (1 from each provider) and then getting > agreements from each where they cross advertise your allocated ranges out, > > e.g. > > ISP 1 advertises its own /19 + /23 allocated to you from ISP2 > ISP 2 advertises its own /19 + /23 allocated to you from ISP1 > > Some ISP's will not do this but I do know some of the big boys in the UK > will do it and the US is where we first saw this idea in us. > > Then load each server across an address out of each range > > This then gives you full redundancy of running BGP without the expense or > without requiring the in house expertise > > Thanks > > > Richard Smith > Firstnet > email: [email protected] > **************************************************************************** > ****** > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > The views expressed in the email and files transmitted with it are those of > the individual, not the company. If you have received this email in error > please notify [email protected] > > ******************************************** > ************************************** > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Brantley Jones > Sent: 01 November 2000 16:50 > To: Mike Johnson > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RADWare Linkproof? (or better ways to multihome) > > > > At 11:38 AM 11/1/2000 -0500, you wrote: > > >Mohamed Hirse [[email protected]] wrote: > > > Mike, > > > If the purpose of using BGP is to server load balance, there are other > > > products that work as well if not better. Take a look at F5, Alteon and > > > Arrowpoint. BGP will be a good method to load share traffic between > > > multiple different providers > > > >I might not have made myself clear. We will be buying ISP services > >('net connections) from two different providers. > > > >We are looking at other products for server load balancing. I've > >kinda narrowed it down to Alteon, RADWare, and Foundry. But that's > >for server load balancing, not for load balancing between providers. > > > >Thanks, > >Mike > >-- > >Mike Johnson > >Network Engineer / iSun Networks, Inc. > >Morrisville, NC > >All opinions are mine, not those of my employer > > Mike, > > I know exactly what you're talking about. How much does the Linkproof > cost? It could come down to a cost issue. Looking at the Linkproof > documentation, it looks like you MAY still need a router. It sounds like > the Linkproof is just a smart NAT box with some QOS features. Are you > going to be advertising your IP block to both providers? If one goes down, > will you still be routable globally? If not, how could the Linkproof > possibly handle that? > > Brantley > > > >
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