Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] eBGP Loopback Peering

2010-05-13 Thread Joe Astorino
From: Robert Simmons > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:26:50 > To: Joe Astorino > Cc: CCIE OSL > Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] eBGP Loopback Peering > > The more ways you have to do something the better! > > Thanks for the quick (as always) response Joe. > > -Rob > > On

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] eBGP Loopback Peering

2010-05-13 Thread nickstudy
Very interesting way. I saw that option and went "hm?" but never pursued it. Now ill keep it mind. -nick Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Robert Simmons Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:26:50 To: Joe Astorino Cc: CCIE OSL Subject: Re: [OSL | CCI

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] eBGP Loopback Peering

2010-05-13 Thread Robert Simmons
The more ways you have to do something the better! Thanks for the quick (as always) response Joe. -Rob On May 13, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Joe Astorino wrote: > Any alternative way that doesn't break the rules is a good one to > know! There is really no reason I can give you as to why we never > used

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] eBGP Loopback Peering

2010-05-13 Thread Joe Astorino
Any alternative way that doesn't break the rules is a good one to know! There is really no reason I can give you as to why we never used that particular command other than that the lab author did not find it all that interesting or overly important. The other thing you could do is just not advert

[OSL | CCIE_RS] eBGP Loopback Peering

2010-05-13 Thread Robert Simmons
Ipexperts, In various labs, I've noticed that you guys present a scenario where you have two eBGP nodes peering via a loopback that is being advertised via an IGP. Obviously, this is going to cause the neighbor to "flap" since the eBGP AD 20 metric will supersede any of the default IGP metrics.