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Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ?



At 05:02 PM 11/25/97 +0000, Adam Neat wrote:

>> >has anyone had experience with BGP 4  on Ascend equipment? 
>> >
>> >Whats the base level of MAX that supports it as I cant find ANY 
>> >reference to it on their Web Site
>> 
>> BGP4 is supported on the Ascend GRF and BSTDX-9000 and CBX-500. It is not
>> supported today on the Max family.
>> 
>
>
>Hi Matt 
>
>Is there any word of this going to be changing? 
>
>We're very much committed to Ascend gear, but, we're facing problems 
>with multi-homed connnections (coming up to 8 soon) and need to get 
>away from these dirty static routes we use.

As others have suggested, I would heartily recommend using a true router
for this. The Max 4000 is a NAS and as such isn't nearly as robust as a
dedicated router. If you need high bandwidth connections, high performance
and scalability, the Ascend GRF is the best choice for this. If you just
have an E1, then a low-end router would do.

The TNT is a multi-processor system and as such can be more robust in it's
routing capabilities. It should have BGP sometime in 1998. I'm not sure of
the exact date.

Matt Holdrege		http://www.ascend.com	matt@ascend.com
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