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Running a network with its own autonomous system, and speaking BGP can be a daunting task. There is also the misconception that it requires expensive hardware from big vendors. The BSDs are nowadays capable of providing enough routing capabilities to be cost-effective, and there are many tools to manage them and their routing configurations.
In this talk I will showcase why one would need to embark in the journey of running an independent network, what could be used, and some tricks I have learned while managing my own autonomous system number, and running some IXPs leveraging the BSDs.
I will be explaining how to begin, what hardware is better than other, and I will be providing real life examples on how networks are run, considering a series of
Running a network with its own autonomous system, and speaking BGP can be a daunting task. There is also the misconception that it requires expensive hardware from big vendors. The BSDs are nowadays capable of providing enough routing capabilities to be cost-effective, and there are many tools to manage them and their routing configurations.
In this talk I will showcase why one would need to embark in the journey of running an independent network, what could be used, and some tricks I have learned while managing my own autonomous system number, and running some IXPs leveraging the BSDs.
I will be explaining how to begin, what hardware is better than other, and I will be providing real life examples on how networks are run, considering a series of
