Re: Ibgp vs ebgp

Well... only an observation that in Juniper, preference is the other way round.

Also, please note that "metric" is not different - administrative distance is.

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On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 14:15, Mike <mike.ccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice.. Makes sense
>
> BGP is EGP, so it prefers external routes.
>
> Others are IGP, so they prefer interal routes.
>
> Any corrections ?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Nov 21, 2010, at 1:08 AM, "OJ" <ochiengs_at_shaw.ca> wrote:
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>> 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
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>>> I would think because ibgp is competing with igps while ebgp is not
>>> competing with igps. B 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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