Anno domini 2018 Hank Nussbacher scripsit: Hi,
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> While giving a routing lecture today someone asked me > "Why was eBGP assigned an administrative distance of 20 which is better > than OSPF's administrative distance of 110. What was the logic behind > that decision?" > I was unable to think of an answer. > Ideas? As eBGP usually is a connection to some elses network, and OSPF only is internally to your network, the idea is to get packets away to someone else (-> the destination) as fast/early as possible and avoid transporting the traffic in your own network if there is an exit. Best Max -- Friends are relatives you make for yourself.
