[5889] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering is a lot of work.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Sheppard)
Tue Oct 29 16:57:17 1996
From: doug@pbi.net (Doug Sheppard)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 13:05:53 -0800
In-Reply-To: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@erols.com>
"Re: Peering is a lot of work." (Oct 29, 15:10)
To: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@erols.com>,
"Kent W. England" <kwe@6SigmaNets.com>,
Robert Laughlin <robert@portal.dx.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
On Oct 29, 15:10, Justin W. Newton wrote:
>
> One can point default at someone whether or not they are peering with the
> person. I am somewhat confused by the thought that people believe that
> they need to be peering with someone to have that person point default at
> them. I could (I don't, but I could), point default at /anyone/ on the
> same switch fabric as me, whether they are peering with me or not. Why do
> people continue to tie these 2 issues together?
>
At the PacBell Nap for instance, you *couldn't* just point default at anyone on
the same switch fabric -- because you need to set up a peering (mapping) within
the switching fabric first, before you do any route peering. Until this happens
there would be no unwanted traffic.
-d
