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> > The third is a route server. The route servers allow > > exchange participant to outsource the routing task (but not the > > forwarding of packets) to a specialized host within the exchange. > > I've also heard some semantic confusion between route-servers and route > reflectors. In conversation, I usually assume that distinction to be > between functionally equivalent boxes operating in the plenum between a > number of administrative domains (a route-server) or as glue between > regions or ASes within one administrative domain (a route reflector). > I don't know how common that understanding would be, though. Anyone have > any better thoughts on the difference between a route-server and a route > reflector? I've attempted to write that up in a whitepaper I'm doing for several IXP projects in Africa (see http://www.cisco.com/public/cons/isp/ixp/ - just remember it is a draft and focused for non-US/Europe IXPs). One key difference between a Router Server and Route Reflector is that a Router Server allows for bi-lateral agreements. A Router Reflector forces Multi-lateral on the whole IXP (see the history with HKIX. Barry
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