We're a "regional" ISP in Cleveland and Akron, OH, and are in the process
of adding 2x10Mb links out. The new uplink wants to peer between us and
our current backbone, running BGP.
Our current backbone told me that it would be difficult to get full BGP
running on our router: a Cisco 7010. RAM is not a problem, we can bump it
up to 64M in a moment's notice.
Has anyone had problems running full routes on 7010s? Caveats? Things to
look out for?
Also, one newbie-type question, our current backbone said that they "may not"
pass traffic routed via backbone #2. If I am running full BGP between both
backbones, what would the technical limitations be of passing traffic between
all three sites (Backbone A, Me, and Backbone B)?
Any BGP gods out there for hire on a consultant basis?
Our current backbone told me that it would be difficult to get full BGP
running on our router: a Cisco 7010. RAM is not a problem, we can bump it
up to 64M in a moment's notice.
Suggest you get your backbone to fire whomever told you that. From a BGP
perspective, the 7010 and the 7000 are identical. It will be sufficient
for a while (time TBD depending on net conditions).
Also, one newbie-type question, our current backbone said that they "may
not" pass traffic routed via backbone #2. If I am running full BGP
between both backbones, what would the technical limitations be of
passing traffic between all three sites (Backbone A, Me, and Backbone
B)?
You _could_ technically, provide transit between the two backbones in this
situation. It sounds like your current backbone does not want that.
Wholly understandable. You should configure your BGP to only advertise
your routes to both backbones.
Any BGP gods out there for hire on a consultant basis?
Also, one newbie-type question, our current backbone said that they "may
not" pass traffic routed via backbone #2. If I am running full BGP
between both backbones, what would the technical limitations be of
passing traffic between all three sites (Backbone A, Me, and Backbone
B)?
Check out this BGP doc on our web page for some hints on how to do this:
