[nsp] BGP tweaking possibility

[Tuc]

> > I've had 2 good suggestions off list so far. One is a commercial
> > solution (ick) ...and the other I don't fully understand yet so I
> > have to go do more Cisco reading. The recurring cisco wording from
> > the other suggestion on and off list is to use "Policies" to do what
> > I want. /me grabs Cisco dictionaries/URLs to read up on what
> > policies will do.
> 
> My understanding of the RouteScience and Sockeye boxes is that they
> can affect the traffic outbound from you to your provider(s) by
> adjusting the routes they hear on the basis of some criteria and
> perhaps bandwidth is one of them.  If the other suggestion is BGP
> policy propagation, from the use I'm familiar with, it doesn't do what
> you want.
> 
	 I wouldn't have used the Sockeye if it did use policies. That
would mean it would need to make route_maps or other. Sockeye uses BGP to
"whisper" more specific paths with next hop information.

		Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc.