RE: network backdoor

From: Treptow, Georg (gxtrept@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Jul 14 2002 - 19:38:15 GMT-3


   
it is my understanding that the network backdoor command is assigned at EBGP
peers to avoid having actual internal networks show up with an AD of 20.
This command needs to be entered for every network you are receiving.

Right or Wrong?

Georg

-----Original Message-----
From: David Luu [mailto:wicked01@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:04 PM
To: tsiartas; 'Michael Popovich'; 'chenyan'; 'ccielab'
Subject: RE: network backdoor

for added clarity, it uses the local bgp distance of 200 and not the ibgp
distance

At 12:12 PM 7/12/2002 -0500, tsiartas wrote:
>Was just reading the BGP configuration book.
>the backdoor command makes the ebgp route to take the ibgp ADistance of
>200, so it is not preferred in the routing table over other IGPs. That
>all it does.
>
>h.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>Michael Popovich
>Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:22 AM
>To: 'chenyan'; 'ccielab'
>Subject: RE: network backdoor
>
>I was under the impression that it would still advertise the network but
>with an AD of 200.
>
>MP
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>chenyan
>Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:27 PM
>To: ccielab
>Subject: network backdoor
>
>I used the network backdoor command, but it still can advertise the net
>I configured with backdoor to other ebgp peers?
>why?
>Thanks.



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