well I use ebgp-multihop 255 very often because I have
customers with a satellite down-link and a
terrestrial return and the return path needs many hops
to reach our router over the internet
regards,
suaveguru
--- Tony Medeiros wrote:
> 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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