[132013] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AS path question.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Provo)
Wed Nov 10 21:10:44 2010
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:09:15 -0500
From: Joe Provo <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 03:39:31PM -0500, Greg Whynott wrote:
[snip]
> i have my maxas-limit set to 10 based on an article I was reading.
> perhaps I should up that a bit.
That article was deeply mistaken. 50 was reasonable for older IOS with
bugs back in ... 2001-2003? I think. under the auspices of apnic, gih
has done serious study of network diameter [specifically in relation to
churn and background noise, but useful data here]. I'm a big fan of
belts and suspenders but would reccomend taking at least a coarse
analysis of the path lengths seen in your neck of the woods from your
providers before setting a number.
Cheers,
Joe
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