hello all ... ive always wanted to learn how stuff like dynamic routing really works, and also, BGP ... can anyone suggest to me a site that I can go to where I may find those kinds of info ? (aside from cisco.com)
TIA, Chad --- Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You don't have to have your own IP space from ARIN to have another > ISP > route your /24. BGP handles this fine. Just negotiate with the > second > ISP to route the first ISP's IP's to you. You may have to add your > information to the Route Arbiter database(s) for your new ISP to do > it. > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 07:23:24PM +0000, Fraser Campbell wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We are a small ISP currently utilizing about 75% of a /24 from our > upstream > > provider. Due to problems with this provider, we wish to > multi-home our > > network. We also wish to obtain our own address space (portable > address > > space). > > > > Is there *any* way for us to obtain our own IP number allocation > when our > > utilization is so small (/24). From the reading I have been doing, > it > > seems that unless you can justify a /19 you are out of luck. ARIN > > apparently assigns nothing smaller than a /20 and we certainly > cannot > > justify an allocation that large at this > > > > I have read countless websites and articles and am still not clear > on these > > issues. RFCs which I have read seem to state that allocation is > possible > > if "the organization is multi-homed with no favored connection" ... > which > > is where we wish to be. > > > > If we cannot obtain our own allocation, and must keep our current > > allocation, what are our options? Ideally we would like to be in a > > situation where we have no ties whatsoever to our current upstream > provider > > but we could always keep them as a lower speed connection so that > we can > > retain their allocation. > > > > Basically I'd like to see all of this information in one place. If > you can > > point me to some URLs or even books I should buy, great. If you > have the > > patience to explain it all, even better. > > > > Regards, > > > > Fraser Campbell > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE > C1D2 > Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
