From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Wed Apr 20 05:15:31 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47DBFB14E25 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:15:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jounijl@yahoo.co.uk) Received: from nm42-vm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm42-vm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.120.214]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14FBB1079 for ; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:15:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jounijl@yahoo.co.uk) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.co.uk; s=s2048; t=1461129323; bh=bHaC2a8tL1o13+nwtN1lg+/VVCN46S6KjkfhFtuJBKs=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=AdHjts0ZX3QcegvsRijNV3BkSXKZx5LWNgDkc3eMuWDSmpNWTb/2shegLjbH5QN5KgDvz3neGx0UeSBSzmwM2XEwYUxRZ7rUJqHFVPFWQlcm5BRKekt6ECx8gml+opx/fR3XOHbxjJhbHP4hLv5rneYpiHYiWMsp1G3/XT/JIiilV4EigeZ/fVnT/l4KFtp8VhxX7Aascw25R7H2fPycqnc1slw+EHxUfInpLPARKs9pagAiUGTc1ilLkU5VkC3g9ObaLocQdn62pzc+m7h6jo2gRM7OPwgX56v2d4tjOTudLxMCHcv3/a00qhgpk25YszxKIQ3o3gLg/hvUIOLM8w== Received: from [127.0.0.1] by nm42.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Apr 2016 05:15:23 -0000 Received: from [98.138.100.116] by nm42.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Apr 2016 05:12:26 -0000 Received: from [66.196.81.170] by tm107.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Apr 2016 05:12:26 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.215] by tm16.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Apr 2016 05:12:26 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1024.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 20 Apr 2016 05:12:26 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-4 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 563415.66715.bm@omp1024.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-YMail-OSG: LrzwZF8VM1krdgsn.92qgg1JrptzQlpEgALdxnolsUAJAR2uPDAoF4akSrOfa7Y Q.Df0qAPvN0BjbqQDkSyP6oFeMXgXf5Rt8CHIuHe2G7U2BeVx1k.Bh5QXMgm3DA02cfqEVXWfjLH wdndQPzcqtbtFx853Tc91tTHV3EeX7DefDksOK4x78hD0IW5Wsw226tqwro1lkxMt8CJ4iAg5ysm vMhZWr0C3n2GGFVe5.aa9FpHt455s9ZzRTr3iLS29aasWb1B91XYwQzPhGIIg59xgGCgqeynyf4s 3VvDd04hMHco7APjoN6Xl94kT0FOTjYkubonwtcwdvbO0QHN3_hKXVUSIq93jI6nCasUrIa1n7J2 CglX5kO9SJxzteVPnpEXz_XwJeDDO5WiztWf1TpIVlBc5AnI6_vqpzLN1Fy8F.11LEzEo4oPfVH3 q3yLXFXoLNZOgamShif_4oHK9Bf67SXGrKT7IGjvGC93f64SWRnqOAEZMHW5YlWsaVoGBV_R67Yv mNP2scKY0GDdCgyw- Received: by 66.196.81.105; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:12:26 +0000 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:12:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Jouni Laakso Reply-To: Jouni Laakso To: Message-ID: <1474511574.3898272.1461129145774.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Recommendations for routing in a WAN-link MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1474511574.3898272.1461129145774.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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, 20 Apr 2016 05:15:31 -0000 I would need some recommendations for best practises in a WAN-link. I do not have many IP-addresses or public subnets. Is it still important to add for example RIP, BGP or OSPF to the WAN link? Is it possible to use my IP-address and route my IP-traffic to a foreign server? How common it is that the ISP has not given proper subnets to the outside world to use or it routes my IP-traffic not to me but to an another server using the same IP? Is it too ridiculous to add just an address and a routing protocol just for it? How do I configure this? I do not have an own AS. Do I have to know of the ISP:s routing protocols to choose the protocol, can I determine the protocol from something? What is the best router software? wkr Jouni L.