[c-nsp] Default Route vs Full routing table with BGP

[Joe Maimon]

Joseph Jackson wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 	I currently recivie only default route from my two providers because
> of memory issues.  We are doing an upgrade of our internet routers to 1 gig
> of ram and that would enable me to recivie the full internet routing table.
> Should I?  

Yes
> Is it any better to do so?

Yes
> 
> (what you didnt ask)
> Why?

a) because you detect full failures much more reliably
b) because you detect partial failures (some prefixes)
c) because you do proper load balancing based on a destination being 
"closer"



> Thanks
> 
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