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Re: "Bad bgp identifier"

  • From: Owen DeLong
  • Date: Fri Mar 31 06:17:51 2006 
Unicast currently ends at 223.255.255.255.
224.0.0.0/4 is multicast and I believe that
240.0.0.0/5
248.0.0.0/6
252.0.0.0/6 are listed as reserved for experimental purposes.

Owen


--On March 31, 2006 5:06:54 AM -0500 Joe Maimon <[email protected]> wrote:


4271 specifies that bgp identifier must be a valid unicast ip address

So what is the larget 32 bit value expressed as a dotted quad that meets
this requirement?

Is it the last address in class c? class e? Can 255.x.x.x be used?

Do all vendors implement this?

I understand that  draft-ietf-idr-bgp-identifier-06.txt does away with
the above requirements. Is this something I should ask vendors if they
will support it?

Thanks,

Joe


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