david, that's a great explanation.....lawrence
>From: "David Wolsefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "David Wolsefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Flapping refers to a link going up and down.
>
>Dampening is a BGP feature used to minimize the instablility caused by a
>flapping link. A route that is flapping receives a penalty of 1000 for each
>flap. When the accumulated penalty reaches a configurable limit, BGP
>suppresses advertisement of the route even if the route is up. The
>accumulated penalty is decremented by the half-life time. When the
>accumulated penalty is less than the reuse limit, the route is advertised
>again (if it is still up).
>
>Regards,
>
>David Wolsefer, CCIE #5858
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Duane Morgan
>Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 1:27 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Flapping and Dampening
>
>
>Would someone be so kind as to explain these too terms, in english?
>
>While I'd honor references to where I can get definitions, instead of just
>uses in context. I'd greatly appreciate a translation into laymen's terms
>of these two definitions.
>
>Thank you.
>
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