SORBS & deaggregation

Wed Jul 6 23:49:05 UTC 2005

>> Perhaps the networks are disconnected? Perhaps there is insufficient 
>> bandwidth between the cities to carry inter-city traffic?
>
> So, why would GRE not be a reasonable (temporary) solution here?  If the 
> islands are going to remain disconnected long term, why not get 
> additional AS numbers?

I don't believe the fact of having multiple ASNs solves this issue, I 
believe ARIN looks at allocated space per OrgID.

> I find blaming 250 extra routes WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PATH INFO on ARIN 
> pretty unconvincing...

Personally, I (or my routers) don't have a problem -- at least at the 
moment. You could always filter.

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