[47768] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP and aggregation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PS)
Mon May 13 06:57:57 2002
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:57:19 -0400 (EDT)
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On Mon, 13 May 2002, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> As long as this is getting messy... I'm tempted to suggest
> confederations. Or spending a few extra bucks on a second ASN,
> although that doesn't scale.
Multiple ASNs wouldn't solve anything in this case. What was wanted was
under normal circumstances both A and B only announce a /20, and when the
link between A and B breaks announce more specifics. Multiple ASN =
inconsistent AS.. no no.
- Paul
