OK.. So now that we are running BGP between multiple providers, we have noticed that none of the Internet speedtest are measuring results anywhere close. One of our circuits are 100MB and the other is 45MB. When running a speed test, it typically shows less than 2MB up or down. When I do a file transfer to an outside host, I can tell that I am getting great speed beyond what the speedtest will report
Could this be due to the fact that traffic may route out one provider and back in the other? - Don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Butch Evans Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:12 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] BGP Question On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Don Annas wrote: >When peering with multiple providers, is it a requirement that you >pick a primary to send and receive traffic or can you not prepend >AS hops and allow traffic to arrive to you via the 'best' BGP >route. There is no way to "insure" that traffic will come back to you on any particular interface/connection. Prepending is the "best method" to add to the probability that the "other" route will be used. It should be noted that it is possible that a BGP Peer will remove your prepended hops, however. -- Butch Evans Network Engineering and Security Consulting 573-276-2879 http://www.butchevans.com/ My calendar: http://tinyurl.com/y24ad6 Training Partners: http://tinyurl.com/smfkf Mikrotik Certified Consultant http://www.mikrotik.com/consultants.html -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
