distance bgp 20 200 255 when the router is using a less

From: ISolveSystems (support@isolvesystems.com)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2007 - 18:03:31 ART


Hello experts,
May I know why the distance command is commonly needed to prevent the
summary from entering RIP when the router is using a less specific route (
i.e. 0.0.0.0/0) to reach parts of the 164.1.0.0/16?

router bgp 100
aggregate-address 164.1.0.0 255.255.0.0 summary-only
distance bgp 20 200 255



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