[14236] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: handling large numbers of EBGP peers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leigh Porter)
Thu Dec 11 04:43:11 1997
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:35:20 +0000
From: Leigh Porter <leigh@wisper.net>
To: Alex Bligh <amb@gxn.net>
CC: Rob Liebschutz <rob@rjl.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Alex Bligh wrote:
> > I've got a router on Mae West with an open peering policy that has
> > close to 70 peers.
Sorry, we are not at MAE(E/W) right now. What effect does running 70 peers on a
4700 give, is ita memory or just a not enough UMPH problem?
> 1. Consider using RA for less important peers. This saves you EBGP sessions.
> 2. I'm running a 7507 at MAE-East with a similar number of peers which
> is as stable as MAE-East allows it to be.
--
Leigh Porter
