Re: Single AS multiple Dirverse Providers

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Jun 10, 2013, at 13:36 , Bruce Pinsky <bep () whack org> wrote:
> Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

> > > however, providers a/b at site1 do not send us the two /24s from
> > > site b..
> >
> > This is probably incorrect.
> >
> > The providers are almost certainly sending you the prefixes, but your router is dropping them due to loop 
> > detection. To answer your later question, this is the definition of 'standard' as it is written into the RFC.
> >
> > Use the allow-as-in style command posted later in this thread to fix your router.

> Or maintain "standard" behavior by running a GRE tunnel between the two
> discontinuous sites and run iBGP over the tunnel.

Standard how? I don't remember any such standard, but always willing to be educated.

Also, as someone who helps run 2500 non-connected sites, I can't begin to imagine the mess of GRE that would require. 
(OK, not all are in the same ASN, but I like hyperbole. :)

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TTFN,
patrick

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