Don't get so "peered" off Chuck :>)
Most I have ever really used is 3. Used it on a duel home setup with UUNET
where you peer with the router behind their edge routers. It's a little
load balanceing trick. 2 router hops and 1 extra to get to the loopback.
The only time I used more was when I tried to peer my lab with yours Chuck
!!! which never worked anyway cus 255 wasn't enough to get through @home's
lousy network or something :>/
Tony
(multihopping to bed, )
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Larrieu"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:27 PM
Subject: RE: ebgp multihop values [7:17650]
> whaddaya mean "as many as needed"? your eBGP neighbors are THAT far apart?
> ;->
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Tony Medeiros
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ebgp multihop values [7:17650]
>
>
> EBGP sends it hellos with a TTL of 1 (1 hop) by default. Specifiying how
> many hops in the multihop command is a sort of security and traffic
> managment measure I guess. Don't want your hellos traveling farther than
> you want and have someone sniff them and peer up with you. Sounds unlikly
> but I guess they were being paranoid when they wrote the protocol. Just a
> safety measure I guess
>
> I always set the hops to as many needed to get to my peer.
> Tony M
> #6172
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "suaveguru"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:15 AM
> Subject: ebgp multihop values [7:17650]
>
>
> > hi all ,
> >
> > anyone know why we put ebgp multi-hop where
> > number can be 1 to 255 if it always work if we put ebg
> > multi-hop without the which by default is
> > 255 ?
> >
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > suaveguru
> >
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