[c-nsp] BGP Route Reflectors

[Arnold Nipper]

On 11.07.2006 13:15 Alex Foster wrote

> It will not be possible for me to implement a full mesh (at the
> physical level), due to restrictions on ports/connectivity between
> sites - hence my desire to run partial-mesh with route-reflectors.

There is no need to have full physical mesh to run iBGP fully meshed. As
long as their is *any* connectivity iBGP will work (use loopback
addresses if you not already do)

> The # of ISPs is really to allow us to maintain complete diversity
> across both sites - so that if we loose site A all traffic would use
> the alternative links through site B (and still have upstream
> resilience).  The nature of traffic is VOIP so high-availability is
> important to us in all scenarios.
> 


Again, dealing with only two ISPs may make life easier ... You still may
have full diversity.




Arnold