Re: RIB_failure

From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 20 2008 - 08:11:45 ARST


Hi Suzan,

I think I agree with Nathan.

Do the guys mean something else? The backdoor command is typically used to
change the eBGP distance of the BGP route announced so that the IGP route on
the receiving peer is preferred. This might not overcome your problems.

HTH
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzan S." <suzan_ccie@yahoo.com>
To: "Cielieska Nathan" <ncielieska@gmail.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>; <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: RIB_failure

> Dear Cielieska,
>
> But is it recomended to change the administrative distance?
> Some guys suggested to add the network backdoor command to solve the
> problem which is better than changing the adminstrative distance.
>
> Thank you
> Suzan
>
> Cielieska Nathan <ncielieska@gmail.com> wrote:
> Suzan,
>
> In my experience, this is by design. The RIB failure is blocking BGP
> from putting this route into the routing table because the IGP with
> the lower administrative distance has trumped it. If you set the BGP
> routes lower than the admin distance of the IGP, the BGP router will
> kick those routes out of RIB-failure state.
>
> Regards,
> Nate
> On Jan 18, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Suzan S. wrote:
>
>> Dears,
>>
>> When advertiseing the loopbacks in the bgp , they appear as RIB-
>> failure routes in the BGP table as they are advertised through the
>> IGP which has better adminstrative distance. Any one knows how to
>> solve the problem of these RIB-failure Routes? Do we have to change
>> the administrative distance for the IGP or BGP ? In some documents
>> I read that we have to use the command bgp suppress-active under
>> the router bgp config but it does not work.
>>
>> Thank you All
>>
>> Suzan
>>
>>
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