Thx to all who replied. Make sense now :))
Beers to all! -----Original Message----- From: The Long and Winding Road [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 March 2003 05:33 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BGP Route Reflectors [7:66488] ""Mike Martins"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yes, EBGP multihop is between different AS's, that is a different > setup, it > must also have a way of reaching across the hops, an IGP. nope - works just fine for iBGP as well. > > On a IBGP you can have a hop across ie 5 routers in a IBGP peering session. ?????? anyBGP assumes it's neighbor is directly connected - i.e. on the same segment. The EBGP-multihop command changes the TTL to whatever the configured hop count is. ( default 255 ) Refer to RFC 1771 for the specification. > As long as the IGP can reach the other peer it will work. Also, the > full mesh requirement of IBGP is in logical and not physical links. In > other words if you had 5 routers fully meshed each router would need 4 > neighbour statments. And then consider the amount of BGP updates > running to and fro, that is why route-reflectors are used, to minimize > peering sessions. different issue. For more information about Barclays Capital, please visit our web site at http://www.barcap.com. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the Barclays Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Although the Barclays Group operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Barclays Group. Replies to this email may be monitored by the Barclays Group for operational or business reasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66542&t=66488 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
