Re: [nsp] REG: BGP Attributes

From: Dmitri Kalintsev (dek@hades.uz)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 00:38:55 EST


Hi Vinod,

I think you should consider reading a few documents available here:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/459/18.html

In particular, "BGP Path Selection Crietria".

Hope that helps.

On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 02:40:31PM +0530, Vinod Anthony Joseph Cherunni wrote:
>
> Dear Paul,
>
> Thanks a lot for the advice, One thing is still unclear in regard to the
> Local preference.
>
> Assuming I have two circuits to the NAP, One ciruit originating from my
> border router in Virginia, & the other from another border router in
> california, Also stating that both the border routers of mine are connected
> using IBGP internally. Now if I set a local preference for a particular
> prefix to say 200 on both my border routers, Will some sort of load
> balancing happen, or else will traffic originating from Virginia exit using
> the Virginia border router, & vice versa wherein the internal IGP costs are
> calculated while traffic exits.
>
> Can I set local preferences between IBGP Peers? Defining it at transit
> routers that are not directly connected to external peers.
>
> Kindly advice
>
> With warm regards,
> Vinod.
>
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