Peer1/Server Beach support for BGP on dedicated servers

Alain Hebert ahebert at pubnix.net
Sat May 19 11:56:51 UTC 2012


> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Anurag Bhatia <me at anuragbhatia.com>
> wrote:
>> Was wondering if there's anyone from Server Beach/Peer1 here. We have a
>> dedicated server with them which we primarily use for DNS. I am adding
>> support for anycasting on that one but seems like Peer1 is not
>> supporting
>> BGP at all. NOC support told me that they can announce our block
>> and statically pass us but cannot hear BGP announcement from our router.
>> Was wondering if someone else had similar issue?
>
> Generally, most dedicated hosting (renting/leasing the exclusive use
> of a computer in their facility) outfits aren't setup to speak BGP to
> individual servers/customers. Such a request is usually infrequent
> enough that it doesn't warrant setting up the added hardware.
>
> While you could have your provider announce your space for you, you'll
> loose the fine-grained control over how that route gets announced once
> the routing is out of your hands.
>
>> This is important and if doesn't works then I would have to find a new
>> place for dedicated server somewhere in California.
>
> I would instead recommend looking for a colocation provider that will
> host small installations (1 - 5 U), but is also savvy enough to speak
> eBGP with their customers.
>
> Cheers,
> jof
>
>

Hi,

Knowing Peer1, they *may be* accommodating enough to provide you with
something.

Are you talking only to server beach support?

PS: Yes, your need are a bit different from their usual customers =D

( I wont make a shameless plug ... )





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