What can go wrong? Routing Design Errors
iBGP Route Reflector used to distribute prefixes between IXP participants
Claimed Advantage (1):
- Participants don’t need to know about or run BGP
Actually a Disadvantage
- IXP Operator has to know BGP
- ISP not knowing BGP is big commercial disadvantage
- ISPs who would like to have a growing successful business need to be able to multi-home, peer with other ISPs, etc — these activities require BGP