>> it seems it gets the bgp route for 147.28.0.0/16 and then can not >> resolve the next hop. it would not recurse to the default exit. >> >> of course it was solved by >> ip route 147.28.0.0 255.255.0.0 42.666.77.11 >> but i do not really understand in my heart why i needed to do this. > > Neither do I, Randy.
a good friend at cisco says he will take the time to write up why in the next day or two. > I needed to know how long bgp nlri's take to traverse the net high variance randy