On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 01:20:42PM -0500, Jack Bates wrote:
On 10/19/2011 12:48 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
On Oct 19, 2011, at 3:00 AM, Raymond Dijkxhoorn wrote:
Dont mix up peering and transit connections!
I've nearly given up on this. I've heard many a small provider say they are "Peering" with level3 when they mean "we are buying transit from Level3".
Many people equate having BGP up with them to mean something else.
And yet I might pay for transit from Sprint, but decide to limit routes to just between us (which is peering, but technically I'm paying for transit).
Terminology has always been a blast.
Jack
actually, its pretty clear. peer - exchange routes with a neighbor (BGP/OSPF/ISIS/EGP/Static). transit - your neighbor agrees to send your routes to -their- neighbors. peering you can control, transit is controlled by a third party. so Jack, you could pay Sprint for transit (they propogte your routes elsewhere) and then insist on no-export for the routes you give them.. -IF- Sprint honours your no-export, then your just peering, regardless of what you are paying for. /bill