abilene -> he.net routing humor

[Daniel Roesen]

On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 07:18:16PM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> I'm sorry, but I really don't understand any of that.
> 
> All I know is that when I connect to a research IPv6 network (which  
> often happens at IETF meetings), I have huge difficulties connecting  
> to my stuff at home.

Eric's point is that it isn't Abilene's business to provide global
transit, but only an infrastructure between the connected members.
The "research IPv6 network" you connect to at IETF meetings should
have some IPv6 transit independent of Abilene.

Unfortunately, this doesn't really reflect reality out there, especially
not in the US. Some European NRENs do have commercial transits, but
most use GEANT/DANTE for that - which is also a... touchy topic.

So either Abilene shuts down the transits taken from KREONET2 and APAN
and thus force all connected RENs to look for transit elsewhere, or
get at least one sane transit somewhere in the US instead. This would
fix the odd routing problems we observe every now and then.


Best regards,
Daniel

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