Re: BGP Failover Question

[Chris Wallace <lists () iamchriswallace com>]

We are recieving full routes from both providers.

---Chris

On Feb 21, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Charles Gucker wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Chris Wallace
> <lists () iamchriswallace com> wrote:
> > This isn't the first time we have seen this issue with our various providers, how can I prevent issues like this 
> > from happening in the future?
>
> Quick question, are you running with a default route from your
> provider?   If so, you're better off either finding another provider,
> or upgrading the router (if necessary) to carry a full table.   If
> they do something to partition their network, you will see the
> decrease in routes learned from them, provided you see those routes
> and not the default route as asked above.
>
> charles