Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 00:34:35 +0100 (BST) From: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net> To: Chris Watson <scanner@webspan.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BGP on a cisco 2500 series Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960619002607.11078G-100000@uk1.vbc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960618181001.28545B-100000@orion.webspan.net>
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Chris Watson wrote: > I saw this topic discussed briefly on one of the lists. > I didnt pay much attention till now. My boss wants to go multihomed and > run BGP. We have a 2501 cisco router, and i'm pretty confident theres no > way on gods green earth we can do it on a 2501. both serials are used. > And i dont think it has the ability to hold a full routing table? I think that a full routing table takes about 6 MB these days. The Cisco 2501 comes with 2 MB and you can add 16 MB for something like $300 if you don't buy the SIMM from Cisco. Use one Cisco to handle one feed and the other Cisco to handle the other feed. If you get a lot of route flaps, increase the dampening. This approach saves money and gives you real fault-tolerance. Either provider or either Cisco can fail and you won't go down. I would also put them on separate UPSs. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 http://www.uk.vbc.net VBCnet West +1 408 971 2682 fax +1 408 971 2684
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