AT&T NYC

Fri Aug 30 16:33:29 UTC 2002

> 
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 alex at yuriev.com wrote:
> 
> > > I would definately not recommend route reflection or a confederation in a
> > > network with such a small number of BGP routers:
> 
> > In spirit of the above, I suggest you also do not have maintenance window,
> > forget about re-checking configs, enable to do the simpliest commands, and
> > of course let everyone try debugging any problems by typing random commands
> > into your routers. After all, your network consists of only 4 routers.
> 
> Ok, but how is _not_ using route reflection or a confederation similar to
> the above???

I fail to see how using confederations makes it complicated. In fact, should
a network consist of two or above pops, and has more than one exit point,
confederations are an excellent way to give one ability to fine tune traffic
distribution.

Alex