Justin M. Streiner wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012, Joe Maimon wrote:
Just got told by a Lightpath person that in order to do BGP on a
customer gig circuit to them they would need a visio diagram (of what
I dont know).
Has anybody else seen this brain damage?
I can understand wanting to diagram a complex design, so everyone
involved has a clear picture of what needs to happen, but for an ISP to
bring up BGP to a customer? If that's not something that can be done in
a relatively cookie-cutter fashion, there is something horribly broken
with that ISP.
My diagram would be something along the lines of
your_router --------[GIG-E WITH BGP]-------- my_router = :)
your_router --------[GIG-E WITH NO BGP]-------- my_router = :(
jms
I figured they are expecting something other than cookie cutter, so I
gave them a multi session + multi hop. 4 boxes with labels, 4 lines and
some router commands in vendor 'C' language in a text box.
If they dont like that, they can provide me with their own diagram.
Someone did mention that perhaps its a vetting/hoop-jumping process.
My takeaway is that it is always easier to not accept the circuit until
BGP is up, rather then saving that for a step 2.
Joe
