On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 07:21:57AM +0200, Martin Barry wrote: > > > One more question: is it possible to add "bgp always-compare-med" option > > > in BIRD? > > > > That would not be a problem. A question is under which circumstances such > > comparison has some sense. Probably only if user overwrites all MEDs > > on input to the AS. > > Manipulating MED is not common but also not unusual. It tends to be used in > situations where manipulating LOCAL_PREF results in too many sub-optimal > paths and letting the decision fall through to ROUTER_ID would not achieve > the desired effect.
Yes, we implemented this feature in 1.3.1 (option 'med metric'). -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Ondrej 'SanTiago' Zajicek (email: [email protected]) OpenPGP encrypted e-mails preferred (KeyID 0x11DEADC3, wwwkeys.pgp.net) "To err is human -- to blame it on a computer is even more so."
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