[5893] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering is a lot of work.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Salo)
Tue Oct 29 17:37:14 1996
From: salo@msc.edu (Tim Salo)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 16:24:48 -0600 (CST)
To: nanog@merit.edu
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:10:26 -0500
> To: "Kent W. England" <kwe@6SigmaNets.com>,
> Robert Laughlin <robert@portal.dx.net>
> From: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@erols.com>
> Subject: Re: Peering is a lot of work.
> [...]
> 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?
> [...]
Unless, of course, you are using ATM for your NAP or interconnect
medium.
-tjs
