What if contacting the provider to announce the more specific /24 is not an option and also getting an AS#, will buying a transmit carrier from the satellite provider solve this problem?
thanks for your input anyway regards, suaveguru --- Chris White wrote: > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, suaveguru wrote: > > > situation goes this way > > > > > R1--------Receive-Only-------R2---------Terrestrial > gw > > | > > | > > Transmit-Only > > > > > > > > Problem : > > > > > customer has only one block of Class C Address and > > when I advertise the whole class C over the > satellite > > link it does off-load the terrestrial link for the > > return path but this time the satellite link get > > congested . I could not do a AS-PATH prepend as > they > > are using Private-As and the provider is stripping > > private-as at their end > > > > My question is how can I solve this problem of > > load-balancing by introducing as shown in the > diagram > > another satellite link from the same provider with > > only a transmit path ? > > Correct me if I am wrong but it sounds like the > customers Class C was > assigned by the terrestrial provider. If so the most > likely problem is > that the Class C is being aggregated by the > terrestrial provider into > a larger block. The satellite provider on the other > hand is announcing > the more specific /24. > > terrestrial provider /19 > > Global BGP table > satellite provider /24 > > Since the more specific route would be preferred > most traffic would > prefer the satellite link. There are a couple of > ways you could address > this. One would be to ask the terrestrial provider > to announce the more > specific /24 as well. This would probably help but > you would still not > have any control over the traffic...The other option > would be to get > an AS# and run BGP with both providers. > > > > > > appreicate your inputs > > > > suaveguru > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > > http://personals.yahoo.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24732&t=24628 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
