Carlos,

You are very likely to find a scenario that is "best" solved using route
tagging in your lab exam.

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On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:00, Carlos Valero <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> *I have a general question about Route Tagging.*
>
> Although the general idea seems pretty simple,
> the actual implementation can be VERY complex and it usually leads to BIG
> mess!
>
> So my question is:
>
> *How likely are we to find Route Tagging Lab scenarios in the real CCIE
> Lab Exam?
> *
>
> I had been told that it is very unlikely that we'll have to deal with it in
> the Exam.
>
> *Is that true?  *Should I not pay too much attention to it and basically
> "gamble" on the possibility of NOT finding it in the real Lab Exam?
>
>
> *How about real life?*
>
> Does anyone really mess with these Tags in real life?
>
> Or is it a seldom use feature as so many obscure IOS features?
>
> I hope somebody can shed some light on this.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 11/2/09, Vikas Sharma <[email protected]>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Vikas Sharma <[email protected]>
> Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Route tagging and redistribution between an IGP
> and EGP
> To: "CCIE_RS OnlineStudyList" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 7:13 PM
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> I need your help out here. I have created a lab in GNS as follows:
>
> R0 - R1 - R2 - R3 all run EIGRP.
>
> R2 - R3 - R4 run BGP as well.
>
> R2 - R3 redistribute EIGRP into BGP and vice versa.
>
> I am attaching a zip file with the drawing plus configs and the NET file.
>
> The intention of this lab is as follows.
>
>
>    1. R0 and R1 simulate 2 client sites connected together.
>    2. We have a route map on each router that sets tags on routes that are
>    not local to that particular site.
>    3. This route map is applied to a distribute list in the direction of
>    routers R2 and R3 respectively.
>    4. I managed to get the EIGRP part working.
>    5. However, as far as tagging routes is concerned, for some reason R1
>    has stopped tagging routes to send them onwards to R3. It worked yesterday
>    and not today and I wonder if this is a GNS thing.
>    6. On R2 and R3 there is another route map that looks for tags and then
>    does an as-prepend to make tagged routes more expensive and send them to R4
>    which is like a remote site router. The idea is that BGP must see 2 paths
>    which we influence, in its routing table and should one of the sites 
> (either
>    R0 or R1) goes off the air it should automatically be able to use the 
> second
>    path to reach that network.
>    7. When I apply the redistribute statement with the route map in BGP on
>    routers R2 and R3, I find that the BGP routing table has only a few 
> networks
>    learnt and no alternative path.
>    8. I then took off the redistribute eigrp statement off the BGP config
>    and re-added it in without the route-map and lo and behold, I see all the
>    routes on R4 and each have an alternative path. Result is exactly as I want
>    but I want to influence the routes in BGP. So, basically, if routes
>    originating on R0 and seen on R2, the routing on R4 for those networks
>    should be via R2 and not R3. Right now I'm not able to influence these
>    routing decisions.
>
> However, without the route-map, it works beautifully but I want to use
> route tagging to influence how BGP decides where to route and have an
> alternative path.
>
> I look forward to your feedback.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Vikas Sharma
> Network Specialist
> Fujitsu Australia
> (M): 0421 052 117
>
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