ip and routing subtleties

[David Bandel]

On 2/5/07, Matthew Carpenter <mcarpenter at intelguardians.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 04 February 2007 12:17, David Bandel wrote:
> > OTOH, I may be one of the few unhappy saps
> > without an AS but with numerous inbound and outbound routes.
>
> You're right, the IPROUTE2 docs suck.  Update away!
> However, I might ask why you don't have an AS?  With three separate
> connections to the Internet and (assuming) a static address range for doing
> business, I would assume you shouldn't have much difficulty (as long as you
> can figure your way through the process)
>

Well, I've discussed this with the folks from LACNIC that assign IP
blocks and ASNs.  Basically, until I can justify being assigned my own
/20 block (that is, I have a /21 worth of IP addresses in use), I
won't be assigned my own permanent IPs or AS.  I'm currently only up
to a /23 with assigned addresses in use.  It's just not enough.  But I
do worry about having dual routes to the Internet (although both go to
Panama along the same telephone lines).  Internally, I also use OSPF
(Quagga).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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