Re: "Peering Router"
Chris Woodfield via NANOG <[email protected]>
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I’ve seen networks deploy dedicated peering routers (or VRFs), carrying only the routes that network intends to deploy, in order to prevent other peers from dirty-defaulting to them. -Chris > On May 4, 2026, at 07:02, Mike Hammett via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > > To ask it better. > > If a POP has multiple routers, segmenting makes sense. If a POP only has a single router, that's the only sword you have to do battle with, so it's the sword you use. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > FD-IX > https://fd-ix.com/ > > DNA Communications > https://www.dnacom.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hammett via NANOG" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 4, 2026 8:07:25 AM > Subject: Re: "Peering Router" > > To learn, not to argue: > > Why? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > FD-IX > https://fd-ix.com/ > > DNA Communications > https://www.dnacom.com/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2026 8:27:41 PM > Subject: Re: "Peering Router" > > Lots of networks segregate duties, so they may not want a peering connection a router they primarily use for downstream client connections. Translated, they sell services in that market, but don’t want to transit traffic on that same router. > > Shane > >> On Apr 30, 2026, at 8:41 PM, Mike Hammett via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Not that we have expected everyone we talked to would join our IX, but the answer that some gave puzzled me. There have been a few variations of "We don't have a peering router in that market." >> >> All routers peer, so what does that mean to you? How do people use that term? >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> Midwest-IX >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NANOG mailing list >> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RZNU5QMBYHAMVFNSTQBLZKU54ODJUNVZ/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R4DQS65H6HPNIUUTAO22PGIV5DXLIHEY/ > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G5S6OXJC4MF4VC6J7OJ5GPUKAHEOBAZT/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R6SDOHN5OU73JK3VC4ERH53TYJ3ETNRI/