AT&T and having two BGP peers
We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk them in to bending their rule? If so, how? I know this should have been negotiated before signing a contract but I was unfortunately not in the loop... :( It seems like a ridiculous bureaucratic restriction.
On Jul 10, 2009, at 1:48 PM, Jay Nakamura wrote:
We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk them in to bending their rule? If so, how?
I know this should have been negotiated before signing a contract but I was unfortunately not in the loop... :(
It seems like a ridiculous bureaucratic restriction.
Welcome to AT&T's "reality". Fighting people who have been set in their ways for over a century and actually capable of making the federal government bend to their will is probably not good for your stress level. -- TTFN, patrick
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Jay Nakamura wrote:
We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk them in to bending their rule? If so, how?
Sounds odd. They do IPv6 tunnels using 2 tunnels/routers. The /30 reason is even more odd for an ethernet circuit. Antonio Querubin whois: AQ7-ARIN
If it is the way AT&T have designed their product, there may be no other way around.
From AT&T's viewpoint, it will add more complexity to troubleshoot.
If you pay extra, AT&T may have some solution for you. Alex Antonio Querubin wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Jay Nakamura wrote:
We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk them in to bending their rule? If so, how?
Sounds odd. They do IPv6 tunnels using 2 tunnels/routers. The /30 reason is even more odd for an ethernet circuit.
Antonio Querubin whois: AQ7-ARIN
Use a /30 across the circuit and do multihop BGP using other IPs. On Friday 10 July 2009 13:48:15 Jay Nakamura wrote:
We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk them in to bending their rule? If so, how?
I know this should have been negotiated before signing a contract but I was unfortunately not in the loop... :(
It seems like a ridiculous bureaucratic restriction.
All, Thanks for the help. I just got word that AT&T approved the two BGP peering with us. I think telling them others have done it with AT&T helped. Much appreciated. -Jay On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jay Nakamura<zeusdadog@gmail.com> wrote:
We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk them in to bending their rule? If so, how?
I know this should have been negotiated before signing a contract but I was unfortunately not in the loop... :(
It seems like a ridiculous bureaucratic restriction.
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