Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:08:18 -0700 From: "Justin G." <justin@sigsegv.ca> To: "Michael DeMan (OA)" <michael@staff.openaccess.org>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BGP with OpenBGPd. Message-ID: <5da021490904131408o74e7366dob39081c2337e032c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49E39529.1090300@staff.openaccess.org> References: <5da021490904131135k7c78b2few5c48ee8b0a001e5@mail.gmail.com> <49E39529.1090300@staff.openaccess.org>
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Michael DeMan (OA) <michael@staff.openaccess.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I've looked at OpenBGP off and on over the years, but never actually tried > it out. > > I'm curious on why you decided to make the jump? > > Thanks, > > - mike > > > Justin G. wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> We're an ISP and we're about to switch to routing with OpenBGP with >> two different providers. We're just doing some preliminary research >> and I wanted to ask a few questions for those of you here. >> >> How many are running OpenBGPd? >> >> Is OpenBGPd the "ideal" platform for BGP on FreeBSD? I've know of >> Zebra and Quagga but was told that OpenBGPd is the way to go. Anyone >> have any comments? >> >> And finally, does anyone have any suggestions or bits of knowledge >> that would be helpful for us? This is our first venture in to BGP and >> if there's anything you wish you'd have known when you started, we'd >> love to know too. >> >> Have a great day everyone, and thank you in advance for the responses. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Michael, We're making the jump simply because we're becoming multihomed and are working towards routing our own IP addresses. It's something that we are not very experienced with -- uncharted territory. Not so much BGP in general as much as BGP on PC platforms. I'm hoping the experience of those in freebsd-isp can save us a couple headaches as we proceed :-)
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