From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 13 19:38:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 916B316A41B for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 283C313C4DD for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:38:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so1174322uge.37 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:38:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=heWnJvT6sG796uTKRiF++NE+JvUZkKUJxtV8lC2+kPM=; b=Lh52LKpGWtZt9PCYnDai4EEnP2nBvhFTC9IXxGwc7lW1TVp2SNLuzbb0a0ba/44j0G9C9HMuX+LEqw90YYkhrpxEKba46O4Wk6acl4Xa2v7MDLvsdAaGdpHTux5tVRQ1An9+lz9LknSQDEUKLrDJahXodr/buuabq/YAUj3mO7U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=oTzXzI+jnsHsUcEUlWsUppA06XGoguN2UvRYikOl6tgcfUY/05cxrcci0iS4wvk6nVMnTh71VXbdKiBLfaaD4QW7xJmIOr6n3eFvvM+vGuBT0N31fczGrOOPdjqCAR30lFbAxosa3WmqbOupMkzmFm4iZKhht+9Eqf6bGzSBlbs= Received: by 10.142.225.11 with SMTP id x11mr274905wfg.175.1202931508129; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:38:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.72.20 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:38:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:38:28 -0800 From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Nick Rogness" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newb question X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:38:31 -0000 Nice, concise. Thanks! Kurt On 2/13/08, Nick Rogness wrote: > > > > On 2/8/08, Kurt Buff wrote: > > All, > > > > My company is getting a fractional DS3 in the near future, and I've > > acquired a Sangoma a301 card to handle the interface. > > > > We're retaining one of the T1s we currently have, from a different > > provider, and we're intent on using BGP to manage the two connections. > > > > Does anyone have good pointers to tutorials or howtos on setting up > > OpenBGP for a newb like me who has never done this before? > > > > I've got the ARIN web site open now, looking through the docs on > > getting our ASN, but it's all new to me, and I could use a little > > help. > > 1) talk to your providers to see if they will BGP peer with you > - Get their ASN and ARIN Organization Names > > 2) Get stuff from ARIN: > a) Register a POC (POC Template) > - You will get a POC handle back ARIN > b) Register your Organization (Organization Template) > - You will need the POC handle from step a. > - You will get a ORG ID back from ARIN > c) Request an ASN (AS Number request template) > - You will need the info from #1, step a & step b > - You will "hopefully" get an ASN number from ARIN. > > 3) Choose a routing deamon, zebra or openbgp > - You will need to setup them up with info from #1 & #2 > - Make sure you understand everything, BGP can be dangerous > - Please filter announcements and source addresses!!!!! > > 4)Coordinate time with Providers to turn up BGP > - you can do them one at a time. > > 5) Turn BGP peering up with provider on the phone (not a VoIP phone) > >