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Re: (ASCEND) internal routing (multiple MAX 4k) question...

Or you could just proxy arp a whole bunch of /32s on the same class C as the
routers.


Leon McCalla
Netrox Networking Services
leon@netrox.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Leland E. Vandervort <lelandv@innotts.co.uk>
To: Ascend User-Group <ascend-users@bungi.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 6:14 PM
Subject: (ASCEND) internal routing (multiple MAX 4k) question...


>
>Hello All,
>
>I'm looking for the simplest solution to doing this.. wondering if anyone
has
>any suggestions.
>
>
>I'm ditching an analog hunt group consisting of 94 USR couriers and
installing
>3x PRIs (same dialup number) each to its own MAX4030.
>
>IP addresses for the dialups will be a combination of dynamic and fixed.
>Dynamic for the majority, and fixed for SMTP gateway customers.
>All the dialup addresses are in the same IP block and I'm looking for the
best
>solution for routing them all without having to subnet them across all
three
>MAXs.
>
>One possible solution that did strike me is the following.. perhaps someone
can
>let me know if I'm thinking along the right lines ?
>
>
>All 3 MAXs would be configured to pull dynamic addresses from the IP pool
via
>radius profiles, thus any of the addresses can appear behind any of the
MAXs.
>Hence, I'm thinking of setting up OSPF with the 3 MAXs peering together,
then
>the core router configuration which maintains static routing to the dialup
>addresses can simply point to one of the MAXs, and let their peering take
over
>from there.  Alternatively, I would set up OSPF on the core router and peer
it
>with the MAXs directly so there would be no internal "hopping", and the
dynmic
>routing necessary for the dialup connections would be quick and seamless.
>
>Would this be along the right lines I wonder ?
>
>Any comments and/or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> --
>             Leland E. Vandervort
>    lelandv@innotts.co.uk / leland@innotts.com
>               Network Engineer
>
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