>> According to all of the documentation I've found, the first 2 bytes must be >> the ASN of the network the community is being sent to.
A best practices recommendation... not a technical requirement If you have a hard time believing it .. feel free to explore what others are doing... https://onestep.net/communities/ :) Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom http://www.snappytelecom.net Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Bright via Mikrotik-users" <mikrotik-users@wispa.org> > To: "Mikrotik Users" <mikrotik-users@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 1:51:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Mikrotik Users] BGP Communities with 4 Byte ASN > On 3/8/2018 7:48 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >> I think you are being presumptuous that if someone has a 4 Byte ASN they >> have to >> have a 64 bit community. >> Standard BGP communities are defined as 32bit, using the ASN as the first >> part >> of the community is only a BEST Practices and not a Technical Requirement. >> i.e. there is nothing stopping you to have a community defined in your >> network >> where the first part is not your ASN. > According to all of the documentation I've found, the first 2 bytes must > be the ASN of the network the community is being sent to. Following what > documentation says is not "presumptuous", it's following documentation. > >> Extended BGP Communities can be 64 bit, and yes current version of MT does >> not >> support them. > I did see that extended BGP communities aren't yet supported, which is > unfortunate. > >> Having said that, I would suggest that you contact your upstream and ask >> them if >> they have a Standard 32 Bit Community which would allow you to do what you >> need. > > They said 'we don't support communities'; I got the impression they > weren't familiar with BGP communities, as it took about six emails to > explain it. I was hoping to just try it and see if their network would > pass on assigned communities through the advertisements, hoping that > other networks might abide by them. > > -- > ----------------------------------------------- > - Nick Bright - > - Vice President of Technology - > - Valnet -=- We Connect You -=- - > - Tel 888-332-1616 x 315 / Fax 620-331-0789 - > - Web http://www.valnet.net/ - > ----------------------------------------------- > - Are your files safe? - > - Valnet Vault - Secure Cloud Backup - > - More information & 30 day free trial at - > - http://www.valnet.net/services/valnet-vault - > ----------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik-users mailing list > Mikrotik-users@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users _______________________________________________ Mikrotik-users mailing list Mikrotik-users@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users
