[nsp] Changing "bgp router-id x.x.x.x", violent or not ?

[Neil J. McRae]

you should leave it using the loopback address. BGP router id
is best left set to an interface that isn't going to flap.

Neil.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of James-lists
> Sent: 21 January 2003 17:32
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> Subject: [nsp] Changing "bgp router-id x.x.x.x", violent or not ?
> 
> 
> My "BGP router identifier x.x.x.x" uses a lookback interface 
> IP for x.x.x.x. I would like to tack this down with a "bgp 
> router-id x.x.x.x" statement in my "bgp router xxxx" 
> statement, to an IP more meanful. Will this cause a total 
> flush of my BGP table or will it just cause a minor change, 
> like a soft bgp clear ?
> 
> James Edwards
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