[AusNOG] Optus AS number prepend

[Patrick Cole]

Dino,

As a customer of Optus, you will have the highest local pref within their
network of any other peer.  As a result, the only way to achieve the desired
result is if Optus has a BGP community to allow you to twiddle your local 
pref to that lower of their other peers so they prefer them to you.

Some providers allow this, others don't.  I am not sure about optus.

Regards,

Patrick


Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 01:52:43AM +0000, Dino Sosic wrote:

>    If I'm eBGP peering with Optus ( Evolve ) and I want them to prefer
>    another path to me ( via Amcom provider ) would prepending my AS number
>    5-6 times work? Or it would never get that far down the path selection?
>    I'm unsure how Optus core is setup, so maybe someone can shed some light.
>    J
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>    Thanks,
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>    Dino
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