Hi all, I'm studying BGP with Sam Halabi's book. I am confused with the usage of update-source, the book use loopback0 as the source address in one of the two IBGP speakers, and the other one set neighbor to that lookback ip. According to the book: "If the IP address belongs to an Ethernet card that has some hardware problems and is shutting down every few minutes, the neighbor connetion and the stability of the routing system will suffer." I understand that if the ethernet card experience short time shutdown, BGP with this configuration will prevent UPDATE message send out to neighbor and thus enhance the stability. My question is if two iBGP speakers involved only one map update-source to loopback, how about the other one? Anyone has experience on such case in real live envirnoment? TIA Fanglo Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=5155&t=5155 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]