[c-nsp] Question on BGP Link-Local peering...

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 01:13:34PM -0500, Aaron Daubman wrote:
> In trying to follow the guidance in
> draft-kato-bgp-ipv6-link-local-00.txt while setting up a network using
> BGP link-local peering, I came up with a few questions I could not
> answer on my own.

My primary question is "why would anyone want to do this"?

I've seen the capability documented in the IOS manuals, but never understood
the benefits.  Yes, it saves some effort in picking a suitable transit
network - but I think the operational hassles are far outweighing the
initial "find a transfer network" effort.

gert
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