Re: Router-ID & BGP address-family questions

>Likewise there is never a case where you *have* to define the router-
I'd manually.

In the case of IPv4, anyway, no?

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On Feb 1, 2011, at 10:47 , Brian McGahan wrote:

> Likewise there is never a case where you *have* to define the router-
> I'd manually. Whether a routing process is in the global table or a
> vrf table, the highest loopback that is up/up when the process
> starts will be the RID. If no loopback exists then the highest
> address on any other link will be used.
>
> Setting the RID is good design practice, and can make
> troubleshooting easier. If different routers have the same RID, like
> in an anycast design, different protocols can have different problems.
>
> So now the question should be, what are these problems? If you know
> this then it will tell you when it's a good idea to set the RID
> manually.
>
> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security)
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