<div dir="ltr">It's not so much the 'hops' as far as traceroute hops - it's (usually) purely based on AS-path. There could be far more actual hops in the 'shorter' bgp path, and it'd still take that path, as there's less AS numbers in the path. <div><br></div><div>I've recently brought up a BGP session in the US, and run ipip/ipip6/ip6ip/ip6ip6 tunnels from my US router back to my provider IP's for each of my upstreams. A little overkill, but means I'd have to lose v4 AND v6 on both upstreams, to lose international connectivity. I then established an iBGP session across each tunnel from Syd to Lax (with localpref munging to force traffic over my cheaper upstream), and my all my IP's get advertised from both locations. <div><br></div><div>Though I'm more interested in the Sydney IP's being reachable from Lax, than the other way round, so if bandwidth becomes an issue, I'll be de-advertising the Lax-based /24 from sydney You need to be aware of how much traffic your US subnet is doing, as you'll now be paying to pull that INTO Sydney, and then back out over your tunnel. Depending on your upstreams, you may have to add a prepend or two on your provider sessions in Sydney to make sure US traffic comes in your tunnel, if your provider also peers in the US.</div><div><br></div><div>HTH</div><div>.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 February 2015 at 18:17, Daniel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel@dwatson.me" target="_blank">daniel@dwatson.me</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Gday Guys<br>
<br>
Thanks for the responses thus far,<br>
<br>
So I should keep the BGP to my LAX provider, and also establish another one<br>
back to AU and announce it through my Sydney provider? So theortically it<br>
will be a shorter path into Sydney > GRE > LAX Router then over the SCC<br>
and a heap of extra hops<br>
<br>
Is that correct?<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Daniel<br>
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To: Daniel<br>
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Influencing Routes<br>
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easist solution is to just run BGP on the GRE tunnel assuming you're<br>
advertising PI space in both locations. advertise the /24 over the tunnel.<br>
<br>
if the /24 is owned by the LA overseas provider you'd have to ask them for<br>
permission to readvertise, and for them to advertise it as a /24.<br>
<br>
Ben.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 02:16:18PM +1100, Daniel wrote:<br>
> Hi Guys<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I have a network related question that I would love some input from you<br>
> on,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Say ive got a network x.x.x.a/24 advertised in LA, and I have a<br>
GRE/EoIP<br>
> setup between my network in Sydney and LA,<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Is there any way I could force traffic for x.x.x.a/24 into my Sydney<br>
> network and then push it overseas via said tunnel? Instead of the<br>
default<br>
> route table listing which would take it via (For example) TPG > AAPT ><br>
> Vocus Sydney > Vocus San Jose > HE > NTT > GloVine > SERVER<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Any questions please feel free either on or off-list<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Daniel<br>
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