Okay folks, starting off some late nite studying and just noticed something weird. Got a Confederation setup like:
150.150.150.0/24---RTA ---RTB ---RTD---RTF | | RTC RTE RTA, B, C, D, & E are in a Confederation called AS 1, in which:- RTA is sub-AS 65530 RTB & RTC are both in sub-AS 65531 RTD & RTE are both in sub-AS 65532 RTF is in AS 2 RTB, C, D & E are running OSPF as IGP. And OSPF is being redistributed into BGP at RTB. The network 150.150.150.0/24 is being advertised into BGP by BGP "network" command on RTA. Ok, here is the thing. The 150.150.150.0/24 network is being seen by RTA, RTB, RTD, & RTF. I could ping 150.150.150.1 from these four routers. However, it can't be seen by RTC & RTE (shown as follows). But when I put "no synchronization" on the middle four routers (RTB, RTC, RTD, & RTE), then everything becomes fine again... I thought since I used IGP (OSPF), and if the router can see the EBGP Next-Hop (193.16.0.2) in their routing table, then the synch. rule shouldn't apply anymore. Am I missing something here? RouterC#sh ip bgp BGP table version is 4, local router ID is 172.16.0.2 Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path * i150.150.150.0/24 193.16.0.2 0 100 0 (65530) i i172.16.0.0/30 172.16.0.1 0 100 0 ? * i172.16.0.12/30 172.16.0.18 30 100 0 ? *>i172.16.0.16/30 172.16.0.1 0 100 0 ? *>i193.16.0.0/30 172.16.0.1 0 100 0 ? * i193.16.0.8/30 172.16.0.18 0 100 0 (65532) i RouterC#sh ip route Codes: C - connected, S - static, I - IGRP, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2 E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2, E - EGP i - IS-IS, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2, * - candidate default U - per-user static route, o - ODR Gateway of last resort is not set 172.16.0.0/30 is subnetted, 3 subnets O 172.16.0.16 [110/128] via 172.16.0.1, 01:35:04, Serial1 O 172.16.0.12 [110/192] via 172.16.0.1, 01:35:04, Serial1 C 172.16.0.0 is directly connected, Serial1 193.16.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets O 193.16.0.0 [110/74] via 172.16.0.1, 01:35:04, Serial1 RouterC# RouterC#ping 193.16.0.2 Type escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 193.16.0.2, timeout is 2 seconds: !!!!! Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 28/32/36 ms RouterC# Thanks all! Hunt Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=46707&t=46707 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]