> > Apparently there is a conflict between what you want and what 47787 wants. > As you both seem to be paying customers, you should probably ask 3356 to > resolve that instead of us random internet folks. >
Calling 3356 and saying "I know your global routing policy is to prefer a customer learned route over a peer route, but can you change that for me please?" probably won't see much success. On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 8:39 AM Alex Le Heux <ale...@funk.org> wrote: > > >> Packets don't have customers, ISPs do. And in this case you're not a > customer of the ISP making the routing decision > > > > Incorrect. I am a customer of 3356. A residential customer, not a BGP > > customer. I'm paying them to route my packets too, and they're routing > > them poorly. > > Oh, you should have said that right away, or perhaps I missed it. > > In that case it’s simple: Stop giving them money for bad service. By > continuing to give them money you’re incentivizing them to continue > breaking your internet, making you the architect of your own misery ;) > > > Also incorrect: every packet in your network is linked to either one > > or two customers. Never more. Never less. Routing my packet via 47787 > > in this case serves neither of us: my Internet access is severely > > degraded and 47787 is charged money for a packet they need not have > > handled. > > Nonsense. 47787 is clearly telling 3356 they *want* to handle that traffic > and even paying for the privilege. Apparently there is a conflict between > what you want and what 47787 wants. As you both seem to be paying > customers, you should probably ask 3356 to resolve that instead of us > random internet folks. > > >> Fact is that all prepending does it provide a vague hint to other > >> networks about what you would like them to do. > > > > Until they tamper with it using localpref, BGP's default behavior with > > prepends does exactly the right thing, at least in my situation. > > Try giving your money to someone who runs BGP with just its default > settings and no policies, see how well that works out. > > Cheers, > > Alex > > > > Regards, > > Bill Herrin > > > > -- > > William Herrin > > b...@herrin.us > > https://bill.herrin.us/ >
