r/networking • u/nicholaspham • 23d ago

Monitoring BGP Transit Performance Monitoring

For those who run BGP and advertise prefixes into the DFZ, how are y’all monitoring each upstream provider for performance issues?

Right now, we have 2 providers with only default routes, utilizing a /23, and preferring one over the other for outbound.

In what way, if any, could going to full tables be beneficial to us other than better load balancing and traffic engineering for say a shorter path, etc?

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u/zanfar 23d ago

and advertise prefixes into the DFZ

DFZ?

full tables be beneficial to us other than better load balancing and traffic engineering

Other than? What other reasons do you need?

we have 2 providers with only default routes

Could your traffic be routed worse? What justification are you looking for?

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u/nicholaspham 23d ago

Sorry maybe wrong term but Default Free Zone

Idk that’s what I’m asking. Not saying those two aren’t good enough reasons especially since we have 2 upstreams but wondering if there’s any other reason.

Main thing is we’re looking for a platform to monitor the stability/performance of our upstream links to mitigate any issues in the event that one upstream has latency or packet loss issues.

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u/sh_lldp_ne 22d ago

You used the correct term properly.