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RE: bgp as-path info
From: "Austad, Jay" <JAustad () temgweb com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 13:18:59 -0500
Actually, it looks like this is what they are doing. I've already put a call in with them.
-----Original Message----- From: Jack Bates [mailto:jbates () brightok net] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 1:17 PM To: Austad, Jay Cc: nanog () merit edu Subject: Re: bgp as-path info If you look closely, they are probably not just stripping your AS. They are probably aggregating your network. One provider that I am aware of that does this is AT&T. Since your advertisements out the other network will be more specific, traffic will only come through them. If the networks are the same size, then traffic will most likely come through your first provider due to AS path counts. Usually, you have to request that your more specific routes be allowed out due to multi-homing. In the case of AT&T, they have a community that you must send with the route to have it sent beyond their local network. It's really just a matter of default preference on the part of your provider. Some default to advertise more specific while others default to advertising their aggregates. The latter is used most commonly when a provider does a lot of BGP peering that is not multi-homed. It's not a bad policy when it comes to looking at the BGP tables. -Jack Austad, Jay wrote:I just brought up a BGP session with one of my providers,they are strippingour AS as it leaves their network, so it looks like theroute is originatingfrom their network. I have another provider that I will bebringing up BGPwith later this week. Once I bring up the other provider, I will be advertising several networks out both of them. Is this as-path stripping going to cause issues? Does itmatter either way?-jay
Current thread:
- bgp as-path info Austad, Jay (Sep 02)
- Re: bgp as-path info Jack Bates (Sep 02)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: bgp as-path info Lucas Iglesias (Sep 02)
- RE: bgp as-path info Austad, Jay (Sep 02)
- RE: bgp as-path info Truman, Michelle, RTSLS (Sep 03)
- RE: bgp as-path info Ejay Hire (Sep 03)