Jack Bates wrote: > Steve Bertrand wrote: >> Well, unfortunately, the local PUC owns the fibre, and they have a >> switch aggregating all of their fibre in a star pattern. They then trunk >> the VLANs to me across two redundant pair. I'm in the process of >> persuading them to allow me to put my own gear in their location so I >> can manage it myself (no risk of port-monitor, no risk of their ops >> fscking up my clients etc). This way, they connect from their >> client-facing converter into whatever port in my switch I tell them. >> > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this exactly the type of situation > that BFD was designed to detect and help with?
I don't know, but I'm printing it[1] anyway to take home and read. It's been mentioned a few times, and clearly worth learning about. Thanks, Steve [1] http://bgp.potaroo.net/ietf/all-ids/draft-ietf-bfd-v4v6-1hop-09.txt
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