RE: Comments ......

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> What is the point? I'm really confused as to what point you are trying to
> make.

actually, noah was forwarding email from me.  and i was answering his
request to explain my comment that it would be good to have bgp-speakers
at the edges of any weakly-connected areas within each isp (or whatever my
overly terse phrasing was the first time).

> All this just show that you need to build a ISP network. That means an IGP.
> Turn on OSPF between all three routers. Run iBGP between routers A and B.

that will not solve the problem unless you are dumping bgp into ospf, which
might work at very small scale but generally is considered a big no no.

> One point to make is that most ISPs in Uganda will need to do a lot of work
> on their internal networks once they connect to the IXP.

yup.  and we're teaching folk the hacks and developing tools to automate at
the workshops this week.

> The private collaboration between the ISPs really makes a difference.
                                       ^ engineers at the
wisdom indeed.

randy

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