[5646] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: a multihomed net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miguel A.L. Paraz)
Wed Oct 23 10:39:02 1996
From: "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <map@iphil.net>
To: paul@vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 14:22:30 +0000 ()
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9610220726.AA27951@wisdom.home.vix.com> from "Paul A Vixie" at Oct 22, 96 00:26:59 am
Hi,
Paul A Vixie wrote:
> So don't let's talk any longer about multihoming requiring PI space.
> I did this whole thing with an almost-stock BSD/OS 2.1 system (other than
> the "socket" command which is off the net from way back.)
Yeah, application-level multihoming is great, considering most folks only
need a couple of applications. :) Also, it is very applicable for
our part of the world, where bandwidth costs are humongous, and BGP-
capable routers come at inflated prices.
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