Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076]

[Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist]

Absolutely, but he has traffic going from one router to another, it's not
ever exiting the system.
...why would you want to break up an AS that small into two seperate private
ASes?
besides... the OSPF routes are going to take precedence, not that the admin
dist. cant be changed, but ospf is 120, and BGP int routes are 200....
(right?)

----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Alan Robertson" 
To: "Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist" ;

Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076]


> Peter,
>
> With all due respect, he doesn't have an IGP problem...  He has a
> routing problem, and would like the ability to influence the flow of
> traffic under certain circumstances to provide for better network
> performance.
>
> After hearing a better explanation of the real issue, path selection
> for an International site, the use of BGP might go a long way toward
> solving the issue.
>
> He could very simply address his issues by breaking his OSPF into two
> seperate routing domains, and utilizing BGP as a means of
> interconnecting them.  He could manipulate the traffic through the use
> of something as simple as AS-path prepending, or the other mechanisms
> Chuck mentioned (local preference, weight, or meds).
>
> Routing protocols are but tools, a simple means to an end.  Like all
> tools, each has it's strengths and weaknesses.  Most important is that
> you select the right one for a given situation.  In the absence of
> more information, the use of BGP sounds like a pretty good solution to
> the given problem.
>
> Alan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter I. Slow, CCNP Voice Specialist" 
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:29 AM
> Subject: Re: Wanna Be a CCIE? Try This One [7:6076]
>
>
> > next time you recomend using bgp to fix an IGP problem, im going
> to.., well,
> > uh, just dont do it again.




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