Subject: RE: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes

From: Olivier Vautrin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:25:07 -0700

Juniper also disables the subnet anycast for /127s. We are very aware of this issue and how our customers are using /127s (hence the /127 draft). 

Regards,
Olivier

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of
> Fernando Gont
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:01 PM
> To: Gert Doering
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> Subject: Re: ping-pong phenomenon with p2p links & /127 prefixes
> 
> Hi, Gert,
> 
> >> I think you miss my point: they might finally comply with the specs
> one
> >> day (if you ask or not, others might) and you will have forgotten
> about
> >> this little subtle problem and upgrade your routers and voila your
> >> network is broken.
> >
> > Cisco understands subnet-anycast, and disables this for /127s.
> 
> Only for /127s, and automagically?
> 
> What about Junipers?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kind regards,
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