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* Tim Rand <[email protected]> [030227 16:39]: > Hi - > I have searched the archives but have not found an answer to my question > - is there any danger in using excessively high TTL values with > ebgp-multihop? For example, neighbor x.x.x.x ebgp-multihop 255 - 255 is > generally much higher than needed, but is there any risk/danger ?? > Thanks in advance. - Tim There is a potential for blackholing traffic should you be dual (or multi) homed and if the ebgp-multihop session were able to re-establish over another path. Better to keep it close to what you'd expect your maximum number of hops to be to reduce the potential for undesirable modes. -Steve
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