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[Thread Next] Re: towards turning up bgp...
you're right, of course, bgp gives you many different ways to shoot yourself in the foot ;-) my point was that if the picture is: +------------+ +---------+ | world expo |-------------| cyber24 | +------------+ +---------+ | | +----------+ +----------+ | | +-------+ | MCI | +-------+ then assuming no drastic bandwidth differences, shortest AS-path should do what we want /jws > > "John W. Stewart III" <jstewart@mci.net> writes > * > * carl, > * > * i'm around to talk. i'm not sure what the cyber24 thing is, > * but i don't think it will be a problem -- if the picture in > * my head is right, then the shortest-AS-path step of the bgp > * decision process should prevent any "silliness" > > hehe, this is the beauty of BGP. There are many ways to route around > the shortest path selection criterium.... We may want to check with > Tony's group to make sure all goes the way it is supposed to go. > > -Marten
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