Questions about OpenBGPD setup

2009-06-05 Thread alex sp
Hi Misc, I'm thinking about the best way to accomplish a redundant BGP setup with two boxes running OpenBGPD. I know there are 2 ways that are frequently suggested: First one: active / passive setup with depend on. Bad because sessions are reset, and bad as well because one router idles while

Re: Questions about OpenBGPD setup

2009-06-05 Thread Henning Brauer
* alex sp alex@googlemail.com [2009-06-05 17:55]: I would prefer to connect both carriers to both routers so that still both carriers remain active when one router fails. that is what I do, tho in active-passive and only with the two main upstreams. peerings and less important upstreams via

Re: Questions about OpenBGPD setup

2009-06-05 Thread alex sp
Sorry about my unreadable ASCII art, please have a look at: http://nopaste.org/p/aB4Lq6knf Thank you, Henning. I'll set up a test configuration and report how it's working. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Henning Brauer lists-open...@bsws.dewrote: * alex sp alex@googlemail.com [2009-06-05