[145743] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP Peers as basis of available routes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Raymond Dijkxhoorn)
Wed Oct 19 03:21:15 2011
In-Reply-To: <4E9E7A77.5010109@stluke.com.ph>
From: Raymond Dijkxhoorn <raymond@prolocation.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:20:04 +0200
To: "Nathanael C. Cariaga" <nccariaga@stluke.com.ph>
Cc: NANOG Mailing List <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hi!
You wont see those local peerings unless all those providers have looking gl=
asses. So thats not gonna work out in this case. You will only see who they t=
ransit with...
Thanks,
Raymond Dijkxhoorn, Prolocation
Op 19 okt. 2011 om 09:21 heeft "Nathanael C. Cariaga" <nccariaga@stluke.com.=
ph> het volgende geschreven:
> Hi.
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> Thanks for the prompt response. Actually our requirement is to find a web=
hosting provider whose routes are widely advertised locally and regionally. =
This is why I thought of using bgp as a basis studying the availability of r=
outes of the hosting provider.
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> -nathan
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> On 10/19/2011 3:00 PM, Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote:
>> Hi!
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>> Dont mix up peering and transit connections!
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>> That you dont see that route on a lookingglass doesnt mean much. Only Cou=
ld tell you they dont transit there.
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>> Its all depending what you defini=C3=ABren with available routes.
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>> If i peer with all ISP's in a specific area and your looking glass isnt l=
icated there does that mean its bad? You need to know much more. If your cus=
tomers are local there its even prefered.
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>> Its never that black/white ...its depending on your needs!
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>> Thanks,
>> Raymond Dijkxhoorn, Prolocation
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>> Op 19 okt. 2011 om 08:46 heeft "Nathanael C. Cariaga"<nccariaga@stluke.co=
m.ph> het volgende geschreven:
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>>> Hi!
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>>> We're currently evaluating web hosting providers in the APAC region and o=
ne of the criteria that we are currently considering is the availability of r=
outes going to the web hosting provider.
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>>> In this regard, I would like to ask for your idea regarding this. Is i=
t safe to conclude that the web hosting provider's available routes would wo=
uld depend on the peers who are advertising their AS / network? (i.e if web=
hosting provider claims that they are peering with telco a, b, c but as see=
n from a third party looking glass, only C is seen advertising the web hosti=
ng provider network that would mean web hosting provider is effectively util=
izing c as their upstream??)
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>>> Thanks.
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>>> --
>>> -nathan
