[50948] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Max Prefixes Configured on Customer BGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Wood)
Thu Aug 15 21:22:29 2002
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 18:22:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Wood <joew@accretive-networks.net>
To: "Peter E. Fry" <pfry@swbell.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3D5C0A2B.11079.6E9EF5@localhost>
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On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Peter E. Fry wrote:
> On 15 Aug 2002 at 17:38, Joe Wood wrote:
> > It's been my experience that a lot of the providers that do prefix
> > filtering on customer BGP sessions take great amounts of time before they
> > act on the prefix-filter update request. This much fun when it's 5pm or
> > later and you really need to announce a new customer netblock.
>
> How often do you run into that situation?
> I understand that you may not like it when you do, but a little
> planning on someone's part somewhere down the line eases the pain for
> everyone.
I can say all but one of my past transit providers has taken an
unappropriate amount of time to do filter updates, especially after-hours.
Proper planning is fine, when you have all the correct information. I've
run into situations more than once where a customer will not provide us
with the correct information until the last minute.
Joe
