> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cisco-nsp- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Barak > Sent: 01 November 2007 04:04 PM > To: [email protected]; Kevin Barrass > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] BGP and IGP > > > > > > --- On Thu, 11/1/07, Kevin Barrass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Kevin Barrass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [c-nsp] BGP and IGP > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, November 1, 2007, 8:05 AM > > Hi > > > > On our network we currently don't need to run an IGP > > and use static > > routes. All the routers run BGP and are in a full iBGP > > mesh. > > > > We are now in a position were we will need to have routers > > on our > > network running an IGP and no BGP such as EIGRP. What I am > > wondering is > > do ppl in this situation redistribute from BGP into EIGRP > > the default > > route they are receiving from the eBGP peer with there > > provider or is > > there an other way of doing this. > > > > Any Advise on what is best practice on this much > > appreciated.
If you intend on being a transit network I would recommend running BGP on all your routers and an IGP to carry your loopback IPs, this is a more scalable solution Regards -------------------- Peter Nyamukusa CCIP, JNCIS-ER, MCSE > > In general terms, I recommend making sure that routers with real > decisions to make have all of the information. So a place to start > would be > > ISPs <=> BGP routers <=> iBGP + EIGRP routers <=> EIGRP only routers > > Where the iBGP + EIGRP router injects an EIGRP default route. I don't > recommend redistributing from BGP to an IGP, because you get a tight > coupling where an ISP ripple gets passed all the way down to the LAN > routers. > > Hope that helps, > > David Barak > Need Geek Rock? Try The Franchise: > http://www.listentothefranchise.com > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
