[23067] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: transit across the ixs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Bligh)
Mon Feb 15 05:32:03 1999
From: Alex Bligh <amb@gxn.net>
To: Randy Bush <rbush@bainbridge.verio.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:35:20 PST."
<m10CCwS-0008G5C@rip.psg.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:34:52 +0000
> you might be amused to write a bit of code to see if your ix peers are
> giving you next-hops of other provider(s). it is clear that a number of
> providers are selling transit across the ixs. not at all cool.
>
> we can't decide whether to force next hop on their routes, or keep watching
> and de-peer them if they do not cease and desist. what do others do in this
> circumstance?
Note some people are:
a) Selling/Giving transit (often backup) *but* setting next-hop (much less
bad if bad at all)
b) Setting next hop to other routers also owned by them (nothing wrong with
this). I think one major MAE user is doing this to work around HOL blocking.
--
Alex Bligh
GX Networks (formerly Xara Networks)
