[c-nsp] ebgp vs ibgp admin distance

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Thu Aug 10 16:33:22 EDT 2006


> Routes are matched against BGP best path selection. If you have same 
> metrics/variables of a prefix received via eBGP and iBGP, eBGP will win.
> 
> Then onto admin distance, 20 for ebgp, 200 for ibgp.

I have seen several places where Cisco recommends setting admin distance
the same (200) for both EBGP and IBGP. A Cisco BGP workshop held in
Stockholm, Sweden in February 2003 (by Alvaro Retana and Daniel Walton)
recommended the following BGP template:

	 router bgp XXXX
	  bgp deterministic-med
	  no synchronization
	  no auto-summary
	  distance 200 200 200

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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