[ietf79-tech] default route?

[Joel Jaeggli]

On 10/12/10 8:23 PM, Xiaoliang Zhao wrote:
> furthermore, we are attempting to use 2x /17s on primary link and /16 on
> backup link to engineer inbound traffic, it seems easier and more
> predictable (sorry to worsen the global routing scalability problem, but
> it won't last long anyway)
> 
> thanks,
> Leon
> 

I am bit mystified as to how get default from two providers and picking
yourself is better or simpler than taking full tables from both
providers and letting best path selection sort it out.

> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Xiaoliang Zhao <xzhao at cernet.edu.cn
> <mailto:xzhao at cernet.edu.cn>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     We are thinking to get default route from our ISPs with the
>     intention to simplify the policy. So the basic idea is we get 0/0
>     from both primary and backup link via bgp, we do local pref to
>     engineer the traffic. Any thoughts on potential issues?
> 
>     thanks,
>     Leon
> 
> 
> 
> 
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