Re: Traffic Engineering (fwd)

[John W Stewart III <jstewart () juniper net>]

i know that AS loops were allowed primarily because it could
allow for a partitioned AS to heal itself through other AS(s).
however, i don't know that anyone has ever used it that way
(correct me if i'm wrong), so i'm curious what, if anything,
it *has* been used for

/jws

At 05:45 PM 9/18/97 -0400, John G. Scudder wrote:
> John W Stewart III writes:
> > > This is actually useful in some circumstances.
> >
> > serious question:  what circumstances?
>
> Sean already mentioned one:  Healing a partitioned AS via an external
> AS.
>
> --John
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