Google compute engine private ASNs

Tue Aug 9 02:57:20 UTC 2016

The stock 7206 that works with GNS3 also supports a full BGP feed.

 -mel beckman

> On Aug 8, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Mansoor Nathani <mnathani.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If you manage to run a CSR1000v on something like Virtualbox, with like 8
> GB of ram, you can actually work with a full IPv4 table.
> 
> Check this video on how to set up CSR1000v with Virtualbox within GNS3:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkRZRAU7n7E
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Mel Beckman <mel at beckman.org> wrote:
>> 
>> The best way to learn BGP is using a network simulator such as GNS3. This
>> way you can use industry-standard configurations and experiment with
>> various failover scenarios. Http://gns3.org. There are tons of tutorials
>> out there using Cisco BGP router syntax.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -mel beckman
>> 
>>> On Aug 8, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Lee Fuller <leefuller23 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey, first post so sorry if it's misguided. I'm curious about the BGP
>>> implementation in Google compute engine that allows you to define routing
>>> policy using private ASN numbers. How similar is it in terms of learning
>>> about BGP as a broader concept, or is it all smoke and mirrors?
>>> 
>>> I'm not in a position where iBGP would benefit me in any other context
>> than
>>> learning so I'm keen not to bother if it's too abstracted from a real
>> world
>>> scenario.
>>> 
>>> Lee Fuller (mobile)
>>> 
>>> PGP Fingerprint: 4ACAEBA4B9EE1B3A075034302D5C3D050E6ED55A
>> 