[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: BGP anyone? (questions about dual ISPs and fault tolerance)

[idiotboy@cybermail.net]

Quoting Scott Womer <Scott at Womer.Com>:

> I'm starting to look at options to provide automated fault tolerance and
> if
> possible, some load balancing between the two on the incoming side. 
> I'd
> like to hear from anyone that has already done this, and how you
> accomplished it.

I need to find out about this too. Don't really have a clue 
as to what to do with this. There is routed, gated, bgp, ibp,
rip, ospf, etc. lots of TLAs but not a lot of "how-to's"

> But I did have a specific question about your setup Jack.... did I read
> your
> message right... you have the same class C subnet being routed to you
> by
> both ISPs?  If this is true, could you tell me how this was
> accomplished.

We have T1s from XO and QWEST. Before we signed any contracts, 
we had QWEST's ok on XO doing a BGP broadcast for the 'QWEST' 
class-c and we had XO agree to set up the BGP broadcast for 
the 'QWEST' class-c. We've got a couple of addresses from XO 
on the XO T1, but we don't plan on using them much. 

jack


> Thanks,
> Scott Womer