From: dara tomar (wish2ie@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 14 2007 - 15:07:53 ART
*Rik,
I got what you are emphasizing on!!!!
Regards,
Dara
*
On Nov 14, 2007 10:27 PM, Guyler, Rik <rguyler@shp-dayton.org> wrote:
> Dara, I won't disagree with you at all. I would consider using a
> loopback myself as a best practice in real life but since the nature of this
> list is geared towards lab study, you can throw best practice out the
> window. There are obvious things you can do to make your life a little
> easier, organized, etc. in the lab that mimic real-world things but I don't
> know if this is one of them.
>
> Think about how the config has to change in order to peer with
> loopbacks. Are the changes going to affect the outcome of the
> requirements? Are you adding complexity to your troubleshooting by doing
> this? This is how you have to think in order to make unnecessary changes to
> your final lab configs. The goal in the lab isn't to create a high
> availability BGP connection unless the requirements say to do so.
>
> Rik
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* dara tomar [mailto:wish2ie@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:28 AM
> *To:* Guyler, Rik
> *Cc:* Asim Zafar; Cisco certification
> *Subject:* Re: loopback for bgp
>
> *Rik,
>
> What you say is correct but mostly for EBGP sessions.
> The same changes in IBGP and using the loopback is one amongst the best
> practices.
>
>
> Although things here are in accordance with the question you get in your
> exam and dependent on the BGP session type, what we can do is stick to
> best practices if nothing is restricting the same.Although this is what I
> feel.
>
> ideas/corrections always invited.
>
> Regards,
> Dara*
>
> On Nov 14, 2007 9:16 PM, Guyler, Rik <rguyler@shp-dayton.org> wrote:
>
> > Using a loopback for the peer address will allow the peer to stay up in
> > the event of a single link failure when you have multiple links to that
> > peer. The obvious caveat is that the loopback address is reachable over
> >
> > the multiple links. Do you have to do this? No, not if the
> > requirements don't say to do this. You can always use the physical
> > interface address as the peer address, which would be typical for a peer
> > with just a single path to it.
> >
> > Rik
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com ] On Behalf Of
> > Asim Zafar
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:25 AM
> > To: Cisco certification
> > Subject: loopback for bgp
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > It is necessary to configure bgp on loopback; where redundant path exist
> > or we have choice if not asked in the lab.
> >
> > --
> > Thanks & Regards,
> >
> > Asim Zafar
> >
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