Hi Chris to complete this general discussion , i believe the other thing you need to do to to determine and configure your BGP peering policy Main/Backup ISP , route advertised to each peer , recieved routes .
i believe the below link can be useful http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/459/hsrp_bgp.html but as Jay said , a network topology will be better . best regards --Abo Zaid On 4/22/08, Jay Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dracul wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm building a design that involves having a 2nd BGP router to act as a > > backup if something goes wrong with the main router (heaven forbid). I > have > > two peers to different ISP's. There are some questions I have in mind: > > > > a. Should my configuration involve route reflectors? > > No, not with just two routers. > > > b. Do I need interconnectivity between the 2 routers? ethernet or > serial? > > Yes. If in the same building, ethernet makes more sense. > > > c. Where would the two ISP links attach? Router A or B? > > For best redundancy, one to each. IBGP between them, HSRP/VRRP towards > the LAN. > > Note that the above is very generic, much more information is needed to > come up with a sensible design. > > -- > Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ > Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
