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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just tossing it out there, seeing if I’m the only one… since say midday-ish Perth time (that’s +0800 for those of you not in the best State of Australia... IMHO) my Optus link has not been reachable from Telstra clients.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Optus say (yeah, right) there is no issue… <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I ping from my Optus BGP peer ip to the Telstra Peer ip, no reply – BUT, a tcpdump shows the packet getting to the telstra IP and being sent back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I ping from my Telstra bgp peer ip to the Optus peer ip… No reply. And nothing on the tcpdump… <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From the Telstra traceroute to the Optus BGP peer IP, no response. Trying various looking glasses shows various responses.. basicly, if it hits AS1221, the packets get dropped.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any ideas? I’m very confused as to whats causing it…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But for right now, I have to leave my BGP adverts disabled… <sigh><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mark.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>