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Re: AT&T and having two BGP peers


From: Stephen Kratzer <kratzers () pa net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:36:52 -0400

Use a /30 across the circuit and do multihop BGP using other IPs.

On Friday 10 July 2009 13:48:15 Jay Nakamura wrote:
We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that
they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side.  The WAN circuit can
only have /30 they say.  Has anyone been able to successfully talk
them in to bending their rule?  If so, how?

I know this should have been negotiated before signing a contract but
I was unfortunately not in the loop... :(

It seems like a ridiculous bureaucratic restriction.


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