Yes, those answers seem correct. Dampening in the BGP case means you apply a penalty to a flapping route. When the route stabilises it can then be inserted into the routing table again.
Michael Davis CCIE #26050, CISSP #376023 , ECC C|EH MCSE Webquor Services Pty Limited Suite 504, Level 5 105 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Tel: 1300 653 115 Fax: +61 (2) 8905 9224 ITIL® Accredited <http://www.itil-officialsite.com/> ITIL® <http://www.itil-officialsite.com/> is a Registered Trade Mark of the Office of Government Commerce, in the United Kingdom and other countries. P Please consider the environment before printing this email "This communication is intended for the addressed recipient only. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, disclosure, dissemination or any action taken or admitted to be taken or reliance on it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply to the sender immediately and delete the document. Except as required by law, Webquor Services Pty. Limited does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained. We also do not guarantee that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference, but do assume that the utmost effort and technology has been utilised to ensure that the information is free from such effects². On 24/04/12 4:49 PM, "Wilson Tuma" <[email protected]> wrote: >HI > > >In my understanding dampending is basically a technique used to manage >flapping routes. > >If a bgp route is unstable "flapping" you can configure dampening to take >out the route from the routing table and reinstall it after some time. > >It is used in bgp and on interfaces > > >Thanks. > >Wilson F. Tuma >==================================== >CCNP, CCNA, MCSE, MCSA > >Box 1784 Douala >Cell : +237 77 753 753 >Email : [email protected] >==================================== > > >________________________________ > From: khaled al-ajeman <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:30 AM >Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] what is the meaning of > >Hi fellas, > >Can anyone of you to me please what is the meaning of dampening ? what >does >it do for the routing protocol? > > >thanks > >khaled >_______________________________________________ >For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >visit www.ipexpert.com > >Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >www.PlatinumPlacement.com > >http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs >_______________________________________________ >For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >visit www.ipexpert.com > >Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >www.PlatinumPlacement.com > >http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
