[44073] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: redistribution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Sat Nov 3 13:45:15 2001
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 10:44:30 -0800
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>>> you want to redistribute the bgp routes learned at the exchange point
>>> into your dynamic igp so,
>> Even in a small country (perhaps a poor country), with old equipment, etc.
>> is this nowadays ever better than carrying it in iBGP?
>
> external ----- expensive ------ agggregation ------- exchange
> transit link router point
> | |
> | |
> some cust2
> custs
>
> if you don't, then traffic from cust2 to customers of exchange peers will
> trombone across the expensive link.
and back again, and back again, and ...
