[4855] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering versus Transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barney Wolff)
Mon Sep 30 11:12:16 1996
From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 11:01 EDT
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 09:01:14 +0100
> From: "Alex.Bligh" <amb@xara.net>
>
> > And of course, to be in a position to "dump data" on a router at an
> > exchange, one must have one's own router there peering with *somebody*,
> > right?
>
> You needn't peer with anyone
>
> ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 w.x.y.z
>
> will do the trick nicely if you aren't carrying full routing.
Er, why did the exchange operator let you put a router on their switching
fabric if you're not peering there with somebody? Are there actual
cases of people with routers at NAPs/MAEs/xIXs who don't peer with anyone?
Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
