Re: MED confusion

From: Hobbs (deadheadblues@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 01 2008 - 12:21:29 ART


Hey Guarav, read this link. It is very good:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094925.shtml

Basically bgp deterministic-med groups routes from same AS together. I've
labbed this up before and it can get complicated. If you want my notes to
get it set up properly, let me know.

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:47 AM, GAURAV MADAN <gauravmadan1177@gmail.com>wrote:

> HI Friends
>
> Please set my understanding regarding 3 MED related commands .. Please
> point if i am wrong in this :
>
> [A] bgp always-compare med
>
> my router will compare med values even if neighbors are in diff AS
>
> R1
> / \
> / \
> R2 R3
>
> if R2 and R3 are in diff AS and they are advertising same prefix .. my
> router R1 want traffic to come in via R2 .. the i can use this ..
> correct ?
>
> [B] bgp bestpath med-confed
>
> In above example .. if R2 and r3 are in diff confed and R1 is in
> different confed ( all R1 , R2 , R3 are in same AS but) .. then also
> MED will be compared ?
>
> [C] bgp deterministic-med
>
> When to use this now ?
>
> Thnx in advance
> Gaurav Madan.
>
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