[25315] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Global BGP community values?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Mcadams)
Tue Oct 5 09:33:45 1999
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:18:53 -0400
From: Jeff Mcadams <jeffm@iglou.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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Thus spake Randy Bush
>but there is an underlying problem. i have a business relationship with my
>direct neighbors under which we can negotiate traffic patterns. i do not
>have a business relationship with a 'distant' network. hence i am rather
>reluctant to allow them to influence my policies when those decisions my be
>costing me money, or my customers performance, or ...
But you already do...unless you control your traffic patterns
explicitely and completely with local-prefs and the like, as-path
probably makes the decision for a large portion of your traffic...and
as-path length certainly can be influenced by a "distant" network.
I understand your point, but its really just a matter of degree.
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