This is only a problem if you use so called tier 1 transit providers. The smaller fish in the pond have multiple transits themselves and will there by always have an alternative route available.
Regards Baldur Den 01/06/2015 22.32 skrev "William Herrin" <b...@herrin.us>: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Blake Hudson <bl...@ispn.net> wrote: > > A gateway of last resort, also called a backup default route, will take > care > > of partitions > > No, Blake, it won't. A partition means one of your ISPs has no route > to the destination. Route the packet to that ISP via a default route > and it gets sent to /dev/null. More, during a partition you don't get > to pick which of your ISPs lack the route. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > > -- > William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> >
