North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: BGP as an IGP (Was Re: IGPs in use)
At 11:04 1998-10-14 , Chrisy Luke wrote: >Sean M. Doran wrote (on Oct 14): >> The key point is that, in a router talking iBGP, the route to the >> NEXT_HOP received by an iBGP neighbour *MUST* be known through >> means other than BGP. This is not to say that the route need >> be dynamic -- a static default route would do just fine. > >Not necessarily. You just get a more pronounced stepping effect when >you learn routes whose next-hops are in the same protocol. Either you have to configure next-hop-self or use static or use other IGP, otherwise you'll end up with flapping routes in your network. BGP cannot use a route for next-hop-self address derived by itself, as far as I know. /Hakan
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