[AusNOG] Optus AS number prepend

[Bill Walker]

This might be out of date but worth a try:

http://showipbgp.com/bgp-tools/bgp-community-list/93-optussingtel-as7474.html

Singtel are usually quite responsive so you could just email their NOC asking for a community list for customers peering with AS7474

Sent from my Motorola mr1

> On 20/08/2015, at 2:08 pm, Patrick Cole <z at amused.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>   Dino
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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