Re: HE.net and BGP Communities

["Forrest Christian (List Account)" <lists () packetflux com>]

I wish they'd add one more that turns off their "prefer routes learned from
a customer" rule.   I'm having to split my blocks in half and announce them
that way to get them to send my traffic directly to me through our IX
peering session as opposed to one of my transit providers.

I'd rather they just let shortest path selection work.

On Sun, Jul 24, 2022, 1:43 PM Siyuan Miao <aveline () misaka io> wrote:

> They do have BGP communities ... but for black-hole only :-(
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 9:39 PM Ryan Hamel <administrator () rkhtech org>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+ryan=rkhtech.org () nanog org> On Behalf Of
> > Rubens Kuhl
> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2022 12:36 PM
> > To: Nanog <nanog () nanog org>
> > Subject: HE.net and BGP Communities
> >
> > The last mention I found on NANOG about HE.net and BGP communities for
> > traffic engineering is from April 2021 and said they provided none.
> >
> > Is that still the case a year later ?
> >
> >
> > Rubens