North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: BGP and aggregation
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 06:57:19AM -0400, PS wrote: > > > > On Mon, 13 May 2002, E.B. Dreger wrote: > > > As long as this is getting messy... I'm tempted to suggest > > confederations. Or spending a few extra bucks on a second ASN, > > although that doesn't scale. > > Multiple ASNs wouldn't solve anything in this case. What was wanted was > under normal circumstances both A and B only announce a /20, and when the > link between A and B breaks announce more specifics. Multiple ASN = > inconsistent AS.. no no. > Not necessarily. If 'A' originates the aggregate route it can still be transited via 'B', though with an additional AS hop. Not a perfect solution, but then neither is running a gre tunnel. Austin
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