[139027] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Regional AS model
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Freedman)
Fri Mar 25 09:49:55 2011
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From: David Freedman <david.freedman@uk.clara.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:49:32 +0000
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> Single AS worldwide is fine with or without a backbone.
>
> Which is "preferable" is up to you, your situation, and your personal
> tastes. (I guess one could argue that wasting AS numbers, or
> polluting the table with lots of AS numbers is bad or un-ashetically
> pleasing, but I think you should do whatever fits your situation
> anyway.)
>
Depends on your routing requirements, for example, you need to rely on a
default or disable as_path checks (or re-write the path) to be able to
see your other clusters (if they do need to communicate)...
--
David Freedman
Group Network Engineering
Claranet Group
