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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the wiki is full of documentation, and you can have
a small router that could pass about 16GB/s for arround 1000USD, with 4 SFP
ports and i think 13gbit ports, also you could use it on any x86 machine with a
license for 250USD (i think)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>we're all in the same room (africa), just with
diferent family's;)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>i could help you if you got any issue, i have a big
lab with arround 7 mikrotik arround and 2 cisco switchs, 2 huawei switch...
runing in a mpls network, (all at home):)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Tayeb Meftah<BR>Voice of the blind ™ Broadcast Freedom<BR><A
href="http://www.vobradio.org">http://www.vobradio.org</A><BR>Phone:447559762242</DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=a.onuche@nixp.net href="mailto:a.onuche@nixp.net">Anibe Onuche</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=tayeb.meftah@gmail.com
href="mailto:tayeb.meftah@gmail.com">Tayeb Meftah</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=afnog@afnog.org
href="mailto:afnog@afnog.org">afnog@afnog.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 10, 2013 10:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [afnog] AS Path transparency
on Route Server</DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>Hello Tayeb<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR>The Mikrotik option
is a nice one but lacking documentation.<BR>Do you have any?
<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 6/10/2013 10:38 AM, Tayeb Meftah wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; DIRECTION: ltr"><SPAN>Try
routeros</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; DIRECTION: ltr"><SPAN>Mikrotik</SPAN></DIV><BR><SPAN>Envoyé
de mon iPhone</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Le 10 juin 2013 à 10:47, Anibe Onuche <<A
href="mailto:a.onuche@nixp.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">a.onuche@nixp.net</A>> a
écrit :<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Hello All,</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>I
quite appreciate the multiple response I have gotten
.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>1. When i implement the route server
client.. the Established BGP session goes into active mode. so it has
nothing to do with Layer 2</SPAN><BR><SPAN>2. My BGP logs shows invalid or
corrupt ASN received when the route server client is
implemented.</SPAN><BR><SPAN>3. My research shows that there are
issues with quagga Route server client : Mostly issues with rs-client code
, Due to structure locking
issues</SPAN><BR><SPAN> source: <A
href="http://www.uknof.org.uk/uknof13/Hughes-IXP_routeservers.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.uknof.org.uk/uknof13/Hughes-IXP_routeservers.pdf</A>
( page 8 )</SPAN><BR><SPAN>4. Bird..ah Bird ..
Please Andy, i will be grateful if i can have the perl script. We are a
non profit IXP and as such welcome any contribution like your to the
exchange
point.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Regards</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Anibe
Onuche</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>On
6/10/2013 3:57 AM, Andy Davidson wrote:</SPAN><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Hi, Anibe --</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>You wrote:</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>For the purpose of AS Path transparency,
I implemented a Quagga</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Route server with the following
configuration</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>[...]</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Unfortunately, the status on my BGP
shows active :-(</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Your config looks correct. (That
said, your peer client in production</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>configuration should use route-maps or at
the bare minimum</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>prefix-lists/distribute-lists in order to
prevent leaks of non-customer</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>prefixes to the
route-server.)</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>You should use standard BGP
troubleshooting to look into this (I.e. Check</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>that layer 1/2 connectivity exists (you
can ping); Check that you can</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>telnet from the route-server client to the
route-server on port 179 and</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>get a tcp connection; check logs and debug
output).</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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type="cite"><SPAN> </SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Tried working with BIRD routing protocol
but some features lacking</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>(i.e peer groups),also the learning
curve is somewhat steep.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Please do look again at BIRD. If you
are a not for profit Internet</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Exchange point then you are welcome to my
perl scripts that build the BIRD</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>route-server configuration at LONAP and
IXLeeds in the UK. The same</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Scrips are used on the excellent NAP
Africa IX in South Africa too.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>They perform IRRDB filtering (which is a
useful thing for you to do in</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>order</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>To build trust in the route-server
service), and also individual RIBs</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>(routing tables) for each ASN connected to
the route-server (which is</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>useful in the event that you want to offer
filtering between route-server</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>participants.)</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>In my experience, BIRD scales further than
Quagga, especially when you</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>have a routing table per connected
ASN.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Good luck with your
project.</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN>Andy</SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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type="cite"><SPAN></SPAN><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>--
</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Anibe Onuche</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Internet Exchange Point of
Nigeria</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Network /Communication
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