[159106] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: JunOS IPv6 announcements over IPv4 BGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Ashdown)
Fri Dec 21 14:48:17 2012
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:47:30 -0700
From: Pete Ashdown <pashdown@xmission.com>
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <AAEFDADC-1533-4715-8B7E-E5D695304F93@puck.nether.net>
X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: pashdown@xmission.com
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Itis just informational rather than real peering. Akamai CDN.
On 12/21/2012 12:45 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Pete Ashdown wrote:
>
>> I've got a peer who wishes me to send my IPv6 announcements over IPv4 BGP.
>> I'm running around in circles with JTAC trying to find out how to do this
>> in JunOS. Does anyone have a snippet they can send me?
> I would say don't do this. You are likely to experience software defects that are unique to this configuration which IMHO is far less common than a peer per v4/v6 transport. It will also show they aren't doing any 'kinky' engineering to get you IPv6. While some folks may disagree, the ability to connect you to an edge device that does dual-stack will provide you better service.
>
> - Jared
