Re: Ibgp vs ebgp

BGP is an external routing protocol by design and focuses more on how to get
you out of one domain into another as quickly as possible.
BGP external route known from "outside" should be the best route to the
outside world as compared to an external route that I learnt internally
hence trust external more.

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From: "Steven Blasiol" <steven.blasiol_at_gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 10:00 PM
To: "Mike" <mike.ccie_at_gmail.com>
Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: Ibgp vs ebgp

> I would think because ibgp is competing with igps while ebgp is not
> competing with igps. Is this anywhere near why?
> On Nov 20, 2010 11:18 PM, "Mike" <mike.ccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why does ebgp have a better metric than Ibgp. Is it not better to trust a
> route advertised from within the AS than a route advertised from outside
> the
> AS.
>>
>> Thanks.
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