Re: [44net] AMPRNet BGP vs non-BGP routing

On 4/11/14, 11:32 AM, Bart Kus wrote:

It allows our microwave network to remain connected to the rest of AMPRnet as long as we have at least 1 ISP that isn't dead. The microwave network peers with the Internet at 2 different points at present, but more points will come in the future. It's a robustness improvement in the face of partial failures, like in a natural disaster when an ISP's fiber gets torn or their building collapses.

So this is a hack to correct for the hack of AMPRnet IPIP tunnels. Argh, it makes my head hurt.

If AMPRnet was treated like any other network on the internet, this problem would go away. At worst anyone not redundantly connected to the global internet would lose connectivity if their small gateway went down.