From: KK FoK (rgb98a@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2001 - 14:59:04 GMT-3
Thank you for your reply.
Isn't bgp backdoor used to set bgp distance to 200 and make ebgp routers
less preferable over igp routes ?
Could you pls elaborate a bit more how it relates to IGP metric being
transfered as BGP metric ?
Thanks
>From: "Jason Whelan" <Jasonw@logic.bm>
>Reply-To: "Jason Whelan" <Jasonw@logic.bm>
>To: "KK FoK" <rgb98a@hotmail.com>, <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: RE: BGP metric
>Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 13:14:03 -0400
>
>Look into bgp backdoor ....
>Allows the Igp to gain preference over bgp for some defined routes...
>CHeck out the BGP case studies on cco
>Cheers
>Jason
>
>
>Jason Whelan, MCSE,MCNE,CCNP
>Network Ops
>Logic Communications
>www.logic.bm
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: KK FoK [mailto:rgb98a@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:06 PM
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: BGP metric
>
>
>My observation is that when doing redistribution IGP to BGP the IGP
>metric
>will be carried over to BGP if no metric is specified. The BGP routes
>and
>metrics will then be proprograted to all neighbors.
>
>What is bothering me is that I saw that some lab practice questions
>specifically ask you to use IGP metrics as the BGP metric. Isn't that
>IGP
>metric carried over to BGP automatic ?
>
>About the lab practice, the suggested answer :
>router 1 bgp
>redistribute ospf 10
>neighbor 10.0.0.1 route-map igp_metric out
>
>route-map igp_metric
>set metric-type internal
>
>Before looking at the answer, my attempt was :
>router 1 bgp
>redistribute ospf 10 route-map igp_metric
>
>route-map igp_metric
>set metric-type internal
>
>Can anyone advise if my observation is correct and which is the correct
>way
>to use IGP metric as BGP metric ?
>
>Thanks
>
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