[nsp] BGP tweaking possibility

[Sean Finn]

Charles Sprickman wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Gerald wrote:
> 
> > I have a 2 Mb commit for one Internet connection and I would like to send
> > my first 2 Mb of traffic out that line and the rest out another
> > connection.
> 
> You won't be able to be that exact...

I beg to differ ... my experience shows that 
route optimizers can indeed offer *exactly*
that functionality.

But then ... my opinion may be considered a 
bit biased based on my corporate affiliation :)


cheers -- Sean
          (who will acknowledge that the degree 
           to which "exact" can be realized is 
           dependant on measurement rates, and
           related aspects of traffic demographics.)

 
> > What is the best way to go about doing this?
> 
> I know one of those providers will let you tweak things with communities
> in a very fine-grained fashion.  I would have a look at perhaps just
> taking routes from their direct peers and ignoring their transit
> connections.  This could also possibly net you a discount if you promise
> not to use their transit at all.
> 
> That's just an idea.  Don't ask me how to set any of that up as I've never
> touched communities.  Not that I don't want to or anything...
> 
> Charles
> 
> > A little about my setup: Dual homed FE's in the same Cisco 7206 router
> > with BGP sessions established to both connections.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> > Systems are my strength, Routers are my weakness but I'm workin on that.
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