18 Jun
2002
18 Jun
'02
3:10 p.m.
"Broke-ass" is that a new technical term? I like it:) On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:39:45PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
That's what happened here. Rather than transitting the traffic via a "last resort" across town/state, the higher local-pref of a "local" peer won.
Geography requirements for peers aren't inherently bad. There's a point where things get extreme, but it would be nice to see nationals peer in the south as well. If one has peering requirements, at least set them to reach a positive goal...
BGP twiddling cannot fix a broke-ass network design.