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What could cause this? I wonder what the technical problem is.
by regolithori 6y ago
What could cause this? I wonder what the technical problem is.
- crizzlenizzle 6y agoWe had this once with one of our former ISPs configuring static routes towards us and announcing them to a couple of IXPs. I have no idea why they did it, but it caused a major downtime once for us and basically signed the termination.
- jcims 6y agoI would love to hear the inside scoop from folks working at CenturyLink. I’ve used their DSL for years and the network is a mess. I don’t know if it them here or legacy Level3 but i have a guess. Edit: Looks like i would have guessed wrong :P. Still want that inside scoop!
- iso1210 6y agoUsed level3 IP for a long time professionally with limited issues, ceratainly not on the list of worst ISPs. Also used a company that over the years has gone from Genesis, GlobalCrossing, Vyvx, Level3 and now of course Level 3 is CenturyLink, which has been fine.
- q3k 6y agoThese are usually called 'BGP Zombies', and here's a good summary of their prevalence and usual causes: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/romain_fontugne/bgp-zombies https://labs.ripe.net/Members/romain_fontugne/bgp-zombies In this case however, it seems to be an L3/CL-specific bug.