[48826] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: remember the "diameter of the internet"?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E.B. Dreger)
Tue Jun 18 14:44:04 2002
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 18:39:45 +0000 (GMT)
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>
Cc: Mathew Lodge <mathew@cplane.com>,
Pawlukiewicz Jane <pawlukiewicz_jane@bah.com>,
brett watson <brett@the-watsons.org>,
"nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0206181926170.8598-100000@staff.opaltelecom.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
SJW> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:28:41 +0100 (BST)
SJW> From: Stephen J. Wilcox
SJW> BGP first checks all kinds of network admin defined things
SJW> such as local prefs etc which ought to be properly set by
SJW> the admins to ensure traffic is going the best way (which
SJW> should include local interconnects rather than last resort
SJW> transits). Then all things being well BGP can make choices
SJW> on path!
That's what happened here. Rather than transitting the traffic
via a "last resort" across town/state, the higher local-pref of a
"local" peer won.
Geography requirements for peers aren't inherently bad. There's
a point where things get extreme, but it would be nice to see
nationals peer in the south as well. If one has peering
requirements, at least set them to reach a positive goal...
Eddy
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