We are getting an Ethernet DIA circuit from AT&T but they insist that
they can't BGP peer with 2 routers on our side. The WAN circuit can
only have /30 they say. Has anyone been able to successfully talk
them in to bending their rule? If so, how?
I know this should have been negotiated before signing a contract but
I was unfortunately not in the loop... 
It seems like a ridiculous bureaucratic restriction.
Welcome to AT&T's "reality".
Fighting people who have been set in their ways for over a century and actually capable of making the federal government bend to their will is probably not good for your stress level.
Sounds odd. They do IPv6 tunnels using 2 tunnels/routers. The /30 reason is even more odd for an ethernet circuit.
Antonio Querubin
whois: AQ7-ARIN
If it is the way AT&T have designed their product, there may be no other
way around.
From AT&T's viewpoint, it will add more complexity to troubleshoot.
If you pay extra, AT&T may have some solution for you.
Alex
Antonio Querubin wrote:
Use a /30 across the circuit and do multihop BGP using other IPs.
All,
Thanks for the help. I just got word that AT&T approved the two BGP
peering with us. I think telling them others have done it with AT&T
helped.
Much appreciated.
-Jay