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On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:36:58AM +0530, Rohit Gupta wrote: > On a related note : Do ISPs ever tweak around with Local Prefs and weights so as to select BGP paths with greater AS PATH length? > > Would it ever make sense for a provider to chose a longer AS PATH length BGP route against a shorter AS PATH length route? > Yes many do -> Prefer your customer routes via customer interfaces, over transit and peering interfaces. Higher LP over cust interfaces = more bits = more revenue. There is nothing wrong with this IMO, considering many of them who do this, also provide a community for customers to override this behaviour. -J -- James Jun TowardEX Technologies, Inc. Technical Lead Network Design, Consulting, IT Outsourcing [email protected] Boston-based Colocation & Bandwidth Services cell: 1(978)-394-2867 web: http://www.towardex.com , noc: www.twdx.net
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