From: Charles Huang (CharlesNY2000@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 17:19:22 GMT-3
it really depends on what kind of scenario you have. If you have one t1 to
the internet I dont see the benefits of BGP besides praticing your CCIE
lab. but if you have dual ISP setup, you can run BGP to take the optimital
route towards the destinations.
----- Original Message -----
From: "McCallum, Robert" <Robert.McCallum@let-it-be-thus.com>
To: "'Ccielab' (E-mail)" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 7:25 AM
Subject: WHY BGP
> Question.
>
> Why would a company want BGP?
>
> In what scenarios would it be good working policy to actually sell them
BGP instead of advertising their netblock through redistribution means and
giving them a default route.
> I have struggled with this question for a while and I can't really come up
with any hard evidence to the benefits of BGP for a customer.
>
> I mean what does BGP give a customer?
>
> Any thoughts welcome
>
> Robert McCallum CCIE #8757
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