[143844] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What do you do when your Home ISP is down?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Fri Aug 19 14:51:00 2011
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.95.0.1313777910.roll@rutten.stupi.se>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:50:17 -1000
To: Peter Lothberg <roll@stupi.se>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Aug 19, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Peter Lothberg wrote:
> Why would you put yourself in such a situation?
>=20
> - Arrange for two or more diverse fiber entrances to your house
> - Put atleast one Ds3 microwave link for emergency access
> - Have diffrent routers terminate each link
> - Redundant interconnects inside the house, no single ethernet switch
> - Run a ISP proven IGP (M-ISIS)
> - Run IBGP and have your redundant peer routers to talk EBGP at a
> exchange point that has physically diverse swithes
> - Add a hadfull upstreams in addition to your exchange point peers,
> and make sure the private point-to-point links are diverse
> - Establish contacts with the organisation on the remote
>=20
> I did not list it, but you need to make sure you have emergency power,
> generators, UPS and batteries etc to keep things running. Put your
> routers in two compartments that are isolated from flooding and fire..
And don't forget to make sure your grandmother has at least 40Gbps to =
her CRS-1 clothes drier.
Regards,
-drc
