From: Leigh Harrison (ccileigh@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 11 2005 - 11:04:39 GMT-3
Quick note - if you do put that route in, the tunnel will collapse...
As it'll think the destination of the tunnel is down the tunnel...
Give the tunnel an ip address and peer with that as a test.
LH
Godswill Oletu wrote:
>Dustine,
>
>nei 4.4.4.4 update-source loopback0
>
>Tell this router that, when it is negotiating bgp session with neighbor
>4.4.4.4, it should present the ip address on interface loopback0 as its
>source address.
>
>If you debug bgp on this router or on the remote router, you will discover
>that this router is actually using the ip address of loopback0 as its source
>address.
>
>But for this router to reach neighbor 4.4.4.4, it will go to your IGP
>routing table and pick the next hop address to reach 4.4.4.4 and will send
>the traffic to neighbor 4.4.4.4 through the next hop address in your
>routing table. If that next hop address is through the tunnel14, then the
>traffic will go through the tunnel14 interface.
>
>So, the answer to your question will a No.
>
>But if you do "ip route 4.4.4.4 255.255.255.255 tunnel 14'
>
>Then, bgp traffic will attempt to reach neighbor 4.4.4.4 via tunnel 14.
>
>HTH
>Godswill Oletu
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <dusth@comcast.net>
>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:05 PM
>Subject: BGP and Tunnel
>
>
>
>
>>Hi all, I need some clarification on how does bgp know to traverse inside
>>
>>
>the tunnel and what parameter of the tunnel interface tell that for bgp end
>points? I do not have access to the lab right now so I can not verify the
>config.
>
>
>>Here is the example:
>>r1:
>>interface tunnel 14
>> ip unnumber loopback 0
>> tunnel source 1.1.1.1
>> tunnel destination 4.4.4.4
>>bgp 10
>> nei 4.4.4.4 remote-as 10
>> nei 4.4.4.4 update-source loopback0
>>Does the ip unnumber of the tunnel or the tunnel source & destination tell
>>
>>
>router that bgp traffic need to traverse inside the tunnel?
>
>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Dustin
>>
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