[c-nsp] Choosing iBGP over eBGP

Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) oboehmer at cisco.com
Sun Oct 8 03:46:22 EDT 2006


cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net <> wrote on :

> Hi,
>    I have a problem where an eBGP path is being selected over an iBGP
> path, although the latter is better option (shorter AS hop and better
> latency). From my understanding the iBGP vs eBGP selection criteria
> is way below the higher priority of shorter AS path hop selection
> criteria. Am i right? I've even tried to lower the local preference
> for the eBGP path without much success. Any tips out there that I can
> use to make this work? Thanks. 

please post "show ip bgp <prefix>" to let us take a look at the details.

	oli



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