On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 3:27 PM Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: >> Unless overridden, BGP takes -distance- into account where distance = >> AS path length. > > An AS_PATH length of 10 could be a physical distance of 1 mile. > > An AS_PATH length of 1 could be a physical distance of 1000 miles.
Nevertheless, in the protocol's design, the one expressed in the RFC's, AS path length = distance. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin b...@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/
