Regional AS model

[david.freedman at uk.clara.net (David Freedman)]

> Single AS worldwide is fine with or without a backbone.
> 
> Which is "preferable" is up to you, your situation, and your personal
> tastes.  (I guess one could argue that wasting AS numbers, or
> polluting the table with lots of AS numbers is bad or un-ashetically
> pleasing, but I think you should do whatever fits your situation
> anyway.)
> 

Depends on your routing requirements, for example, you need to rely on a
default or disable as_path checks (or re-write the path) to be able to
see your other clusters (if they do need to communicate)...


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David Freedman
Group Network Engineering
Claranet Group