[115858] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AT&T and having two BGP peers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Jul 10 13:54:55 2009
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9418aca70907101048h452520b0sd8681585e4b2709f@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:54:08 -0400
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On Jul 10, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Jay Nakamura wrote:
> We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that
> they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can
> only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk
> them in to bending their rule? If so, how?
>
> I know this should have been negotiated before signing a contract but
> I was unfortunately not in the loop... :(
>
> It seems like a ridiculous bureaucratic restriction.
Welcome to AT&T's "reality".
Fighting people who have been set in their ways for over a century and
actually capable of making the federal government bend to their will
is probably not good for your stress level.
--
TTFN,
patrick
