[j-nsp] cogent bgp example?

[manolo]

Be careful with this cogent setup under high load. It tends to break 
quite easily. I have a long documented history of having to prove it to 
cogent how bad it really is. I am glad to see cogent doesn't learn from 
its mistakes.



Manolo

Korey Verlsteffen wrote:
>> Hi, I'm a small site and I'm just getting ready to go live with a
>> cogent connection. But, I'm finding myself a bit confused by their
>> Peer A / Peer B description. I can find some examples of multihop
>> things, but none seem very clear.
>>
>> Can someone send a basic cogent bgp setup?
>>
>> thanks
>> seph
>>     
>
>
> Peer A starts the initial connection to Cogent.  Peer B is for advertising the routes.
>
> A.A.A.A = Cogent Peer A IP address
> B.B.B.B = Cogent Peer B IP address
> X.X.X.X = Your interface IP (assigned by Cogent)
>
> protocols {         
>     bgp {           
>             group Cogent-Peer-A {
>             type external;
>             neighbor A.A.A.A {
>                 import cogent-peer-policy; ### Set this policy to allow all from Cogent Peer A
>                 authentication-key "xxx"; ### Set your bgp password that was assigned to you from Cogent
>                 export my-bgp-network; ### Policy that advertises your routes to Cogent
>                 peer-as 174;
>             }       
>         }           
>         group Cogent-Peer-B {
>             type external;
>             local-address X.X.X.X;
>             neighbor B.B.B.B {
>                 multihop {
>                     ttl 6;
>                 }   
>                 import cogent-policy; ### Policy to allow all routes from Cogent or filter them as needed
>                 authentication-key "xxx"; ### Set your bgp password that was assigned to you from Cogent
>                 peer-as 174;
>             }       
>         }  
>
> You will need to set your IP assigned by Cogent on the loop back interface    
>
>  interfaces {
>         lo0 {
>         description Loopback;
>         unit 0 {
>             family inet {
>                 address 127.0.0.1/32;
>                 address X.X.X.X/32;
>             }
>         }
>     }
>
> Don't forget to setup your policies.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Korey Verlsteffen
> kverlsteffen at securenetsystems.net
> http://www.securenetsystems.net
>
>
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