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In the referenced message, Andy Walden said: > On Sun, 12 May 2002, Stephen Griffin wrote: > > > > > In the referenced message, Andy Walden said: > > > > > > > > > Conditional Router Advertisement: > > > > > > http://www.american.com/warp/public/459/cond_adv.pdf > > > > > > > As it sounds like he's using a single AS, the above may not be > > a fix, since a partitioned AS is still a failure condition. > > Why? > > If you announce one prefix via one circuit and announce a different > prefix via a different with the same source AS, I don't see a problem > since traffic will continue to reach its intended destination. > > andy BGP will discard any prefix with its own AS in the path, for loop prevention. Hence, one half of the AS would still be unable to reach the other half. This is why a partitioned AS is a failure condition. A tunnel is a means to keep the AS nonpartitioned. There are other ways to treat the symptoms, but they aren't particularly good, imho.
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