reachability issue with 3ffe:80a::/32 (PAIX IX segment)

Stephen Stuart stuart@mfnx.net
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:11:37 -0800


So, I said:

> The only thing that having the IX announce an aggregated prefix would
> accomplish is to allow traceroute for networks *not* connected to the
> IX to work without seeing "* * *" in place of the hop through the
> IX. While it's nice when traceroute works, traffic will flow correctly
> on a path without it.

and. of course, I got it flipped around; traceroute from networks not
connected to the IX will report properly when tracing paths through
the IX, but networks not connected can't traceroute directly to an IX
address if its prefix is not propagated by the connected providers.

Stephen