Re: CIDR FAQ

[bmanning () ISI EDU]

> > So what would the normal implementation of such a design be?  ebgp-multihop
> > all of your peers into the PC, and then a single peering session the Cisco,
> > presuming no "next-hop-self" routes?
>
> No. Colocated BGP4 "proxies" (I'm still not sure what to call these,
> anyone?) would peer via EBGP with other ASes BGP4 "proxies" on the same
> net. The next_hop BGP4 attribute on all routes exchanged would be that
> of the routers on the high speed interconnect, not of the "proxies."
> ASes that do not implement this would still peer via EBGP
> router-to-router as usual and would not see the "proxies;" eventually
> everyone would move towards having "proxies" or else router vendors
> would beef up their products, either way, we're all happy.
>
>
> Nick

This is very similar to the existing RA route server design.  If you want
to play with this, then pick up the RS code and try it out. Its a lot
closer than the gated base is for doing this kind of "toying around".

--bill