Hi Felix
Your email implies that you are waiting only for Waikato to implement BGP at
NZIX.
This does not appear to be a fair call, as no one else on the mailing list
that Joe Abley posted to has
made any comment on whether they would BGP peer or not at NZIX and
especially the largest ISP in NZ Telecom.
Regards Warwick
-----Original Message-----
From: tossan(a)us.ibm.com [mailto:tossan(a)us.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 January 1999 08:19
To: WarwickG(a)waikato.ac.nz
Cc: abley(a)clear.co.nz; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz;
lindsayp(a)agresearch.cri.nz; p.wilson(a)comnet.co.nz;
steve(a)webmasters.co.nz; bpearson(a)telstra.co.nz; colinb(a)nz1.ibm.com;
skatta(a)nz1.ibm.com; bowden(a)nz1.ibm.com; cholmes(a)telstra.co.nz
Subject: BGP over NZIX
IBM Global Network position re peering protocol, as explained earlier in
teleconf, is we peer exclusively using BGP-4. We see no nationale in using
OSPF to collect and distribute interprovider routes. In fact we have
started to use BGP Communities within our global Internet BB to direct
routes which previously was done by OSPF, thus further reducing OSPF role.
Under the NZIX switching network we wish to pursue BGP peerings with all
ISPs there who are capable, including Waikato. We await for Waikato to
fully implement its BGP capability.
Felix Tossan
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01/25/99 01:59 PM ---------------------------
Warwick GLENDENNING