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Re: BGP Multihoming 2 providers full or partial?


From: Baldur Norddahl <baldur.norddahl () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 23:13:47 +0200

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" <bill () herrin us>:

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Blake Hudson <blake () 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



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