[48830] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: remember the "diameter of the internet"?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Tue Jun 18 14:55:12 2002
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:48:52 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
Cc: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>,
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.4.20.0206181834290.11819-100000@www.everquick.net>
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On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:39:45PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
>
> 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...
BGP twiddling cannot fix a broke-ass network design.
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Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras
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