[86171] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What is multihoming was (design of a real routing v. endpoint
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Reilly)
Mon Oct 24 18:07:13 2005
From: John Reilly <jr@inconspicuous.org>
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <31D73BCDE467BCD716C9773E@odpwrbook.hq.netli.lan>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:06:44 +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 02:24 -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> As I understand it, the term multihoming in a network operations
> context is defined as:
>
> (A multihomed network is)
> A network which is connected via multiple distinct
> paths so as to eliminate or reduce the likelihood that a single
> failure will significantly reduce reachability.
Given that definition of multhoming.....
> 3. Most multihoming today is done using BGP, but, many other
> solutions exist with various tradeoffs. In V6, there is
> currently only one known (BGP) and one proposed, but,
> unimplemented (Shim6) solution under active consideration
> by IETF. (this may be untrue, but, it seems to be the
> common perception even if not reality).
... shim6 doesn't fit into the definition does it? Its seems to be a
question of multihomed networks Vs. multihomed hosts (although the
effect may be the same at the end of the day).
