Re: Aggregate in bgp

Just to further clarify... Even if you used the network command with a
/16 mask in other protocols it would not create an all-inclusive route
either. That's the job of summarization/aggregation to do that.

HTH,

Scott

marish shah wrote:
> HI Expert,
> One Q, I'm doing one lab of bgp in this lab there is one
> task ( Advertise 155.1.0.0 with ,mask 255.255.0.0 to external ebgp router)
> now he did this thing through aggregate-address
>
> R6 which is connected with BB1 .R1 in bgp 100 and BB1 in bgp 54
> So on R6 configuration for advertise 155.1.0.0 255.255.0.0 to BB1
>
> R6
>
> neighbor 54.1.1.254 remote-as 54
> aggregate-address 155.1.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0
>
>
> So my Q is why he use this aggregate to advertise subnet .Y he didn't use
> network command ( network 155.1.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 ) .
>
> If this Q is silly so plz forgive me but I really want to know y he did'nt
> do through this why.
>
> Thanks.
>
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Received on Tue May 12 2009 - 10:35:51 ART