> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 02 May 2001 20:15
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: BGP Decision Process [7:2930]
> 
> 
> We have two routers connected to two different ISPs through 
> BGP.  We are
> using HSRP for internal redundancy.  When the primary
> router in our HSRP receives a packet destined for a different 
> ISP then our
> two, which way would our router send it
> if the length of the AS-Path is equal for both paths.  If I 
> am reading it
> right the router should forward out to the
> ISP it is connected to because EBGP is preferred over IBGP 
> when the AS-Path
> is the same and there is no weight or preference. 
> Am I correct? 

Yes, you are correct. It will prefer the route via its connected ISP.
 
> Also can we prefer one path over another based on the
> destination AS number?  For example if we always want
> to reach AS 155 through provider A is there a way to do this?

You can use route map to set Local Preference for the AS number. Default
Local Preference number is 100, so set the Local Preference for the
preferred router to something higher.

> 
> 
> Thank you 
> 
> 
> Brett Johnson
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