Re: BGPD on 4.7 ignoring request to zero MED.

[a b]

>I think this was fixed after 4.7. Anyway you could try to use "set med 1" and
>see if that helps.


That worked.  Thank you Claudio.

Re: BGPD on 4.7 ignoring request to zero MED.

[Claudio Jeker]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 04:43:19PM +, a b wrote:
> I am trying to zero MEDs sent to me by eBGP peers.
> 
> However no matter where
> I put "set med 0" (e.g. within a "neighbor" stanza or in 
> a filter), bgpd
> still seems to be letting the MED values through.
> 
> For example, in my current
> config
> 
> neighbor 10.20.10.29 {
> announce IPv6 none
> descr   "AS-XXX"
> remote-as 
> local-address $ITS__ID 
> set med 0
> tcp
> md5sig password 
> }
> 
> 
> 
> But this still yields
> 
> 
> $ bgpctl sho ri
> 8.8.8.8
> flags: * = Valid, > = Selected, I = via IBGP, A = Announced
> origin: i
> = IGP, e = EGP, ? = Incomplete
> 
> flags destination  gateway
> lpref   med aspath origin
> *>8.8.8.0/24   10.20.10.29   100
> 2603  15169 i
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas ??
> 

I think this was fixed after 4.7. Anyway you could try to use "set med 1"
and see if that helps.

-- 
:wq Claudio