On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 03:43:13PM +0100, Thomas@PhaseHosting wrote: > Supp, > > thnqx for the reply, > > The BGP i have figured out and i have confirmation from my host they accept > customer-set MEDs. Only i couldn't get these working and i found 2 posts on > the internet with a different configuration and i don't know which one is > the right one, "med metric 10;" or "default bgp_med 10;" > > Am i right that MED is the only option to influence the eBGP and manipulate > the prefered path? ( Values like AS are the same and others are not > accepted)
Hi I do not understand if you are trying to manipulate your hosts/routers (i.e. outgoing direction) or neighbors routers (i.e. incoming direction). Both could be influenced by bgp_med attribute (e.g. 'bgp_med = 100;' in import or export filter) assuming your neighbors are from the same AS. Option 'default bgp_med' is probably not what you want, that is used only if a route with MED is compared to a route without MED. Option 'med metric' could be used if you want to compare bgp_med attributes on routes received from different AS numbers. But it is a true/false option, the MED still must be set in filters. -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Ondrej 'Santiago' Zajicek (email: santi...@crfreenet.org) OpenPGP encrypted e-mails preferred (KeyID 0x11DEADC3, wwwkeys.pgp.net) "To err is human -- to blame it on a computer is even more so."