[165324] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent multi-hop BGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Maimon)
Thu Aug 29 19:08:54 2013
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:08:33 -0400
From: Joe Maimon <jmaimon@ttec.com>
To: Tim Durack <tdurack@gmail.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAE_ug17UDwzdbGY13DaMup3FfG9uDdoaKEWd0opFW11Hcgpvfg@mail.gmail.com>
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Tim Durack wrote:
> I was under the impression Cogent no longer did the multi-hop BGP thing,
> but then I got a copy of their NA user guide, and saw the peer-a/peer-b
> configuration. Not a fan.
>
> Anyone know if this is still required for Cogent IP transit service?
> (on/off list is fine.)
>
A/B multihop has plenty of good points. I would not mind it being a more
widely available deployment option.
B does not have to be your edge device.
Joe
