Re: BGP over satellite link

[Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>]

On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 07:15:54AM -0800, Brian Longwe wrote:
> 
> If you're needing the BGP session to run between you and a satellite
> downlink provider then you can use "Multihop BGP" - that's a feature that
> allows you to set up a  peering session with a router that is not
> "next-hop" to you.

But then all the routers between you and them have to have correct routing
information for how to reach your network, as well as the provider's
network. This isn't going to be pretty, especially the various failure
modes.

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