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In order for traffic from NET2 to NET1 to flow between ASX and ASY,
ASX has to announce NET1 to ASY using an exterior routing protocol ...
... ASX has to announce NET1 to ASY using an exterior routing protocol;
this means that ASX is willing to accept traffic directed to NET1
from ASY. Policy comes into play when ASX decides to announce NET1 to
ASY.
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... reachability. ASY
might decide not to use this information if it does not want to send
traffic to NET1 at all or if it considers another route more
appropriate to reach NET1.
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In order for traffic in the direction of NET1 to flow between ASX and
ASY, ASX must announce that route ...
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In order for traffic towards NET2 to flow, announcement and
acceptance of NET2 must be in place (mirror image ...
... It should be noted that, in more complex topologies than this
example, traffic from NET1 to NET2 may not necessarily take the same
path as traffic from NET2 to NET1; this is called asymmetrical
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... example, traffic from NET1 to NET2 may not necessarily take the same
path as traffic from NET2 to NET1; this is called asymmetrical
routing. Asymmetrical routing ...
... Internet
there can be exactly one routing policy for traffic destined to each
prefix. In the case of an prefix ...
... attempting to change that would serve only to confuse those people
attempting to route IP traffic on the Internet.
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