Is it common or a good idea to have a route collector in a datacenter/enterprise environment ? We have 1 router that just collects routes using bgp and ospf, then set all servers to use it as the default gateway. Is this practical or am I making more work for myself ? Chris Pace
### On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:50:44 -0500, "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> ### casually decided to expound upon "Todd Suiter" <todd@s4r.com> the ### following thoughts about "Route Collector": CP> Is it common or a good idea to have a route collector in a CP> datacenter/enterprise environment ? We have 1 router that just collects CP> routes using bgp and ospf, then set all servers to use it as the default CP> gateway. Is this practical or am I making more work for myself ? So it's doing more than just collecting routes? It's also forwarding traffic? Is it carrying a full table of eBGP routes too? -- /*===================[ Jake Khuon <khuon@NEEBU.Net> ]======================+ | Packet Plumber, Network Engineers /| / [~ [~ |) | | --------------- | | for Effective Bandwidth Utilisation / |/ [_ [_ |) |_| N E T W O R K S | +=========================================================================*/
Yes, it is forwarding bgp routes. However, it has no serial lines connected. Do you think it is causing unnecessary traffic ? Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake Khuon" <khuon@NEEBU.Net> To: "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> Cc: "Todd Suiter" <todd@s4r.com>; <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:02 AM Subject: Re: Route Collector
### On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:50:44 -0500, "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> ### casually decided to expound upon "Todd Suiter" <todd@s4r.com> the ### following thoughts about "Route Collector":
CP> Is it common or a good idea to have a route collector in a CP> datacenter/enterprise environment ? We have 1 router that just
collects > CP> routes using bgp and ospf, then set all servers to use it as the default > CP> gateway. Is this practical or am I making more work for myself ? > > So it's doing more than just collecting routes? It's also forwarding > traffic? Is it carrying a full table of eBGP routes too? > > > -- > /*===================[ Jake Khuon <khuon@NEEBU.Net> ]======================+ > | Packet Plumber, Network Engineers /| / [~ [~ |) | | --------------- | > | for Effective Bandwidth Utilisation / |/ [_ [_ |) |_| N E T W O R K S | > +=========================================================================*/
### On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:14:11 -0500, "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> ### casually decided to expound upon "Jake Khuon" <khuon@NEEBU.Net> the ### following thoughts about "Re: Route Collector ": CP> Yes, it is forwarding bgp routes. However, it has no serial lines connected. CP> Do you think it is causing unnecessary traffic ? I guess I'm just a little confused. You have your servers pointing default to it which means it's intended to pass traffic but it has no external connectivity and it's passing eBGP routes? How is that possible? I guess it would help me to understand if I knew what you're trying to achieve. CP> ----- Original Message ----- CP> From: "Jake Khuon" <khuon@NEEBU.Net> CP> To: "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> CP> Cc: "Todd Suiter" <todd@s4r.com>; <nanog@merit.edu> CP> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:02 AM CP> Subject: Re: Route Collector CP> CP> CP> > ### On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:50:44 -0500, "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> CP> > ### casually decided to expound upon "Todd Suiter" <todd@s4r.com> the CP> > ### following thoughts about "Route Collector": CP> > CP> > CP> Is it common or a good idea to have a route collector in a CP> > CP> datacenter/enterprise environment ? We have 1 router that just CP> collects CP> > CP> routes using bgp and ospf, then set all servers to use it as the CP> default CP> > CP> gateway. Is this practical or am I making more work for myself ? CP> > CP> > So it's doing more than just collecting routes? It's also forwarding CP> > traffic? Is it carrying a full table of eBGP routes too? -- /*===================[ Jake Khuon <khuon@NEEBU.Net> ]======================+ | Packet Plumber, Network Engineers /| / [~ [~ |) | | --------------- | | for Effective Bandwidth Utilisation / |/ [_ [_ |) |_| N E T W O R K S | +=========================================================================*/
how is your "collector" attached to your network as well as to the outside world? At 09:14 AM 3/26/2002, Chris Pace wrote:
Yes, it is forwarding bgp routes. However, it has no serial lines connected. Do you think it is causing unnecessary traffic ? Thanks
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake Khuon" <khuon@NEEBU.Net> To: "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> Cc: "Todd Suiter" <todd@s4r.com>; <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:02 AM Subject: Re: Route Collector
### On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:50:44 -0500, "Chris Pace" <cpace@allmeds.net> ### casually decided to expound upon "Todd Suiter" <todd@s4r.com> the ### following thoughts about "Route Collector":
CP> Is it common or a good idea to have a route collector in a CP> datacenter/enterprise environment ? We have 1 router that just
collects > CP> routes using bgp and ospf, then set all servers to use it as the default > CP> gateway. Is this practical or am I making more work for myself ? > > So it's doing more than just collecting routes? It's also forwarding > traffic? Is it carrying a full table of eBGP routes too? > > > -- > /*===================[ Jake Khuon <khuon@NEEBU.Net> ]======================+ > | Packet Plumber, Network Engineers /| / [~ [~ |) | | --------------- | > | for Effective Bandwidth Utilisation / |/ [_ [_ |) |_| N E T W O R K S | > +=========================================================================*/
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