[6108] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP / Requirements, etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jun (John) Wu)
Wed Nov 13 15:25:54 1996
From: Jun (John) Wu <jun@wolfox.gsl.net>
To: jamie@multiverse.net
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 15:11:10 -0500 (EST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199611131629.LAA29889@dilbert.multiverse.com> from "Jamie" at Nov 13, 96 11:29:31 am
Reply-To: Jun John Wu <jun@wolfox.gsl.net>
===== Jamie previously wrote: ====
>
> Our current backbone told me that it would be difficult to get full BGP
> running on our router: a Cisco 7010. RAM is not a problem, we can bump it
> up to 64M in a moment's notice.
>
We have some 7010s running as backbone routers, mainly for regional peering
purposes. The 7010 is identical to 7000 in performance, just less slots.
> Has anyone had problems running full routes on 7010s? Caveats? Things to
> look out for?
>
No problem. Problems seem to occur more on the 7000s since they normally have
more cards and trunks attached and hence more likely to get loaded.
> Also, one newbie-type question, our current backbone said that they "may not"
> pass traffic routed via backbone #2. If I am running full BGP between both
> backbones, what would the technical limitations be of passing traffic between
> all three sites (Backbone A, Me, and Backbone B)?
>
Just make sure you do not provide transit between two networks. Since they
are your providers, the traffic may kill your links if they've got
problems between their peerings/transits.
Jun
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