>
> +@deffn {BGP} {bgp bestpath compare-routerid} {}
>> +@anchor{bgp bestpath compare-routerid}
>> +
>> +Ensure that when comparing routes where both are equal on most
>> metrics,
>> +including local-pref, AS_PATH length, IGP cost, MED, that the
>> tie is broken
>> +based on router-ID.
>> +
>> +If this option is enabled, then the external-age check, where
>> already
>> +selected eBGP routes are preferred, is skipped.
>> +
>>
>
> I think one sentence is mainly what need here....mabye change "where
>> already selected eBGP routes are preferred" to "where the oldest eBGP route
>> is preferred".
>>
>
> Or to:
>
> "then the already-selected external check, where an older selected eBGP
> route is preferred"
>
> ?
>
> I.e. the oldest route need not be the selected one, so my original
> tendency to call it an 'age' check seems a bit misleading. ;)
>
>
Actually, now that I re-read your original sentence it sounds fine :)
Daniel
> +If a route has an ORIGINATOR_ID attribute because it has been
>> reflected,
>> +that ORIGINATOR_ID will be used. Otherwise, the router-ID of
>> the peer the
>> +route was received from will be used.
>>
>>
>> I would chop the paragraph above since this is already mentioned in the
>> bestpath explanation for router-id.
>>
>
> I'd be more likely to chop it from the decision process thing, or just
> keep both. A lot of readers will be using it as a command reference and not
> reading it linearly - redundancy may benefit such readers.
>
>
>> Ack on everything else. Thanks for putting this together Paul
>>
>
> Welcome. :)
>
> We possibly have slightly different philosophies on this topic perhaps,
> but there's a good few details, trade-offs and nuances to it, and it's nice
> to at least get the agreed ones down to and increase the shared
> understanding.
>
> MED... such a seemingly simple little attribute, but it's caused a lot of
> work for people. ;)
>
> There's some other tweaks I might make, based on other previous comments
> of yours, will follow up.
>
> regards,
> --
> Paul Jakma, HPE Networking, Advanced Technology Group
> Fortune:
> If it pours before seven, it has rained by eleven.
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