[14241] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: handling large numbers of EBGP peers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rob@rjl.com)
Thu Dec 11 15:16:28 1997
To: Leigh Porter <leigh@wisper.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:35:20 GMT."
<348FA5C8.AC9C8774@wisper.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:05:16 -0800
From: rob@rjl.com
It's not running on a 4700 right now. It is a Pentium 133 with 96mb
of memory running gated. Actually, it runs just fine. The box is
barely loade and we have no problems with it at all.
In message <348FA5C8.AC9C8774@wisper.net>, Leigh Porter writes:
> 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
>
