[33301] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Exchange point networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Raveendran Greene)
Mon Jan 8 17:06:56 2001
From: "Barry Raveendran Greene" <bgreene@cisco.com>
To: "abha" <ahuja@wibh.net>, "William B. Norton" <wbn@equinix.com>
Cc: "Bill Woodcock" <woody@zocalo.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:29:49 -0800
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Another difference is cost:
+ Router Server - cost is workstation, software, and training. You need to
buy the RS software. $120,000 (Merit's price) is a lot of money to collect
for an IXP project in places like Kenya, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Philippines,
etc.).
+ Router Reflector - cost is a router (or a unix box with gated) and
training. (3620 works fine for a IXP with +60 ISPs).
Barry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> William B. Norton
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:27 AM
> To: Bill Woodcock; nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Exchange point networks
>
>
>
> One difference is that Route Servers, like the ones run by Merit
> RSNG team,
> are based on the Internet Routing Registry, whereas route reflectors are
> not. Route Server routes are re-announced based upon configured
> IRR policy.
>
> I also think of Route Reflectors as being both internal AS (IGP) and
> external AS (BGP) re-announcers whereas Route Servers are
> strictly inter-AS
> (BGP).
>
> Bill
>
> >I've also heard some symantic confusion between route-servers and route
> >reflectors. In conversation, I usually assume that distinction to be
> >between functionally equivalent boxes operating in the plenum between a
> >number of administrative domains (a route-server) or as glue between
> >regions or ASes within one administrative domain (a route reflector).
> >I don't know how common that understanding would be, though. Anyone have
> >any better thoughts on the difference between a route-server and a route
> >reflector?
>
>
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