BGP user friendliness (was Re: IPv4 flag day)

[Brian Knight via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Is there any current effort underway to make BGP more accessible, 
user-friendly, or "plug and play?" Anything that might address some of 
the more technically demanding aspects of multihoming?

Quick Google says no, but maybe someone has more awareness.

I'm pipe-dreaming BGP multihoming becoming as simple as connecting two 
Internet links to a CPE, with no reduction in MTU. No SD-WAN, no 
tunnels, no NAT. Works over any kind of link: 5G, wifi, GPON, cable, 
fiber, carrier pigeon.

CPE vendors might set up web pages that request IPs and an ASN for you. 
Sets up ROAs, IRR, and the CPE, start to finish.

Maybe there's a new protocol where the carrier auto-generates a BGP 
multihoming token and sends it to the user in the order docs. User sets 
the token on the CPE interface facing that provider. Successful 
negotiation lets the customer announce their prefix and ASN. CPE and 
carrier manage it all, no network staff needed.

-Brian


On 2026-06-21 19:29, Dorn Hetzel via NANOG wrote:
> Sure, have every hotdog cart run BGP, pretty soon we'll need 64 bit AS
> numbers :)
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM Mike Hammett via NANOG <
> nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
>
> > Most pizza shops aren't going to be able to manage BGP.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> >
> > Midwest Internet Exchange
> >
> > The Brothers WISP
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