RE: BGP - Setting weights using route maps

From: Scott Morris (smorris@ipexpert.com)
Date: Sun Aug 12 2007 - 11:14:49 ART


Just remember it needs to be inbound since BGP weight is local-only!

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Narbik Kocharians
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 11:16 PM
To: Toh Soon, Lim
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: BGP - Setting weights using route maps

That is NOT true, you can match an ip address in the route-map and set
weight and then apply the route-map to a given neighbor.

On 8/11/07, Toh Soon, Lim <tohsoon28@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I read in a book that says when route maps are used to set weights in
> BGP, only the AS_PATH can be matched; individual IP addresses cannot
> be matched with the "match ip address" command.
>
> I have tried it; I can actually set weights by using "match ip
> address" in a route-map statement. Is it a mistake in the book? Can
> anyone comment?
>
> I also notice the "weight" keyword is no longer available in the
> "neighbor filter-list" command. From Command References, it's been
> removed in Release 12.1. Just curious if anyone knows the historical
> reason why it's removed.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
> B.Rgds,
> Lim TS
>
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