Re: Offset List vs Distribute List

Glad to help.

Regards,
Jay McMickle CCIE #35355
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On Apr 18, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Rakesh M <raaki.88_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Completely makes sense now! With a distribute-list it doesnt make to the rip
database or debug's of rip , while offset list can still make to that router,
without getting installed into the master table.
>
> The question went something like this "Make sure other router would not
install route to x.x.x.x network" , so use of offset-list by vendor makes more
sense.
>
> Thank you guys
>
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> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com>
wrote:
>> Absolutely.
>>
>> A distribute list is on or off as to whether or not it gets sent out.
>>
>> An offset list can control how many hops away it stops being passed on when
it reaches Infinity.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jay McMickle CCIE #35355
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 18, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Rakesh M <raaki.88_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > In a RIPV2 filtering task, a certain prefix was not supposed to be
>> > advertised to a peer. I used Distribute list while the solution used by
the
>> > vendor was offset-list with metric out as 14. Though both of them would
>> > still work, is there any technical advantage of having one over the
other,
>> > if asked in lab about filtering which method should be used.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
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