On 26/03/2014 22:08, Neil J. McRae wrote: > That may well be true - but in this situation what was being proposed in > my view is dreadful but your welcome to recommend what ever "rubbish" > solution you think is acceptable :)
there's nothing wrong with connecting a switch to an IXP - people do it all the time and it's fine by any sane ixp. The only functionality that you lose is bgp-down on unexpected carrier loss, but that tends to be a rather one-sided operation at an IXP anyway because you have no control of the other side. IOW, if you want any sort of reasonable control over how bgp reacts to unexpected carrier loss, it's a good idea to drop your bgp timers down to something small. Some IXPs now use L3 filters for forcing BGP sessions to drop during scheduled maintenance. This further reduces the impact of the carrier loss problem. Media converters are a different matter, of course. You only want to use those if you hate your life. Nick
