Re: RFC becomes Visio

[Joe Maimon <jmaimon () ttec com>]

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