[6bone] pTLA request NDSOFTWARE - review closes 23 October 2002

[Pekka Savola]

On 19 Oct 2002, Nicolas DEFFAYET wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 20:38, Rico Gloeckner wrote:
> 
> > Ok, let me rephrase you:
> > | I close tunnels to small local Peers because i want to peer with Large
> > | Peers around the world.
> > 
> > Did I understand you correctly?
> > 
> > If so, i hope all your Peers will decrease the Priority to you to a very
> > minimum, because this is the best Way to fuck up IPv6-Routing.
> 
> I use MED, i don't have a bad routing, you can check:
> 
> http://noc.ndsoftwarenet.com/stats/aspath-tree/bgp-page-complete.php
> 
> I see all european pTLA/sTLA by European peer,...
> 
> My MED for tunnels:
> 
> 500: - 10 ms
> 510: 10 - 25 ms
> 520: 25 - 50 ms
> 530: 50 - 100 ms
> 540: + 100 ms
> 
> A lot of pTLA and sTLA don't use MED, i use MED for have a good quality.

Are you aware of the fact that unless you have 'always-compare-med' (or 
equivalent), MED is only used when comparing paths for which the neighbor 
AS is the same?  So, unless you have two connections to a neighbor AS, 
it's of no use?

Pretty much useless in the 6bone context otherwise.

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Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy                   not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords