[AusNOG] Google Bi-Lat Peering

[Joseph Goldman]

Hi List,

  Just after some info regarding Google bi-lat peering, how they 
determine best path and downstream networks.

  I've submitted a ticket but thought people on list may have the info 
on-hand in the mean-time.

  Will Google accept downstream networks also, or only networks that are 
origin from the peering AS?

  If the downstream network is on a different IX participating in route 
server peering that google is also on, will Google prefer the bi-lat 
peering even if the AS path is longer?
  I'm assuming no - should/would prepending work in this situation (in a 
perfect world, yes) or would Google be stripping duplicate AS's? (I've 
heard of some networks doing this)

  We are trying to shift some traffic (google specifically) for a 
downstream customer and just want to know what level of re-engineering 
advertisements we are in for.

Thanks,
Joe