I've decided to get transit from provider B independently of A, so I don't
create a conflict of interest as mentioned below. However I think that I will
have to use provider A's dark fibre network to connect to both peerings.
Provider A tells me that they will use different routes and differen
On 10/11/2009 09:52, a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote:
3) Arrange for PI space and ASN myself, so become an LIR through RIPE.
You don't need to become a LIR to get PI space and an ASN.
Do I really lose a lot by asking Level3 or GBLX to get the PI and ASN
for me?
You lose relatively little. If
If nothing else by the time this deployment is finished I will surely have
become extremely cynical. Now reading through peoples answers, I think the
general consensus is that
I would be giving too much control to provider A in the scenario I suggested
below. So as someone mentioned they have
a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks to everyone that replied to my post on failover configuration. This
> has lead me to this post. I'm at a point now where I'm looking at
> dual-homing with two BGP peers upstream. Now what I am looking at doing is
> as follows:
>
> BGP Peer wit
William Herrin wrote:
>
> Be aware that provider A's diverse network for provider A's service is
> the same diverse network they'll use to connect you to provider B. As
> a result, many or most of the outages which impact provider A will
> also impact your connectivity to provider B, defeating the
> Don't let them cross connect over their network. Bring it in to your
> site separate from A, otherwise there's no point in the multihoming
> exercise.
s/no point/less benefit/
... JG
--
Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the a
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, wrote:
> I have an existing relationship with provider A, colo, cross connects
> etc. Provider A has offered to get the PI space, ASN number,
> purchase the transit for us with provider B and manage cross
> connects to provider B (they say they have a diverse "fi
a...@baklawasecrets.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks to everyone that replied to my post on failover configuration. This
> has lead me to this post. I'm at a point now where I'm looking at
> dual-homing with two BGP peers upstream. Now what I am looking at doing is
> as follows:
>
> BGP Peer wit
Hi,
Thanks to everyone that replied to my post on failover configuration. This has
lead me to this post. I'm at a point now where I'm looking at dual-homing with
two BGP peers upstream. Now what I am looking at doing is as follows:
BGP Peer with Provider A who is multihomed to other provider
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