bgp backdoor has got a specific use ..suppose you have a network that you have learnt both from igp(ospf) & egp(ebgp),
then your router prepers egbp route as it is having less metric .If you want to force your router to prefer igp router,you need to add router backdoor entry in bgp config of your router ramesh ccnp "grant grant123nj" wrote: Hi, Srivathsan As I know, Cisco network backdoor command in BGP is to generate a local BGP route, of which administrative distance is 200. The only difference between the network and the network backdoor command is that the later route is not advertised to EBGP peer. Regards, Grant Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now ! Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70573&t=70562 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
