[nsp] HSRP and VLANs

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:32:30AM -0500, jlewis at lewis.org wrote:
> That just made me wonder...if you connect to an upstream via ethernet, are 
> there good reasons not to terminate your end on a switch going to 2 
> routers and actually have a BGP session from each of your routers to the 
> provider?  Does anyone do this?

We do this towards our BGP-over-ethernet customers, and it "just works".

The drawback is that the customer's router needs to be able to carry
an additional copy of the full table.  Some 10 Mb more RAM, and slower
startup time.

gert
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