[c-nsp] VRRP for eBGP

[Frank Cisco]

Hi Joseph,

Is the 1 min 30 sec total time changing from one router the another
router plus downloading the full internet routes ? If our customer
doesn't use multihome to other ISP, we will ask customer to point
default gateway to us to reduce the downtime.



Frank

> Yes they would most likely be off the air durning that time.  But if
> that is a concern for them they need to get a bigger box to handle the
> routing table for two bgp peers.  In tests that I have done with this
> same type of setup (using HSRP tho) you will see a downtime of 1 minute
> and 30 seconds until you can begin to access sites on the internet.
> Though that was when HSRP was running between too routers connected to 2
> differnet ISPs.  In this setup it might be only a few seconds.
>
>
> Joseph
>