Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers

Tue Apr 3 00:57:44 UTC 2001

it also works the other way around.  letting clueless networks manage 
multihoming with BGP
can be a bad thing for the internet in general, especially if the upstreams 
do not enforce some
*discipline* on their customers in these cases.  this can be as detrimental 
to the customer as
having lousy upstream service.

At 03:37 PM 4/2/2001 -0700, Bill Woodcock wrote:

>     > So, please explain to me how not being multi-homed is anything 
> other than a
>     > bad-thing and high-risk? No, I am not including colo, because it is 
> assumed
>     > that you know what their arrangements are before you "buy". 
> Reputable colos
>     > are multi-homed, in spades.
>
>You say "responsible cab drivers must have not one, but two taxicabs, in
>order to provide service in the event of a failure.  Therefore, I bought
>one from Fisher-Price, and one from Hot Wheels, and I'm astounded to find
>that neither provides me with the luxury which I expected."  I think
>Patrik may have been suggesting that if you had a Checker, you might not
>need to worry quite so much about redundancy.
>
>                                 -Bill