[c-nsp] Choosing iBGP over eBGP

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 06:16:33PM +0800, Kanagaraj Krishna wrote:
>      The "show ip bgp <prefix>" only shows the eBGP path. Here are further details on the network setup:
> 
> - The router where the eBGP path is prefered is directly connected to that particular upstream (which advertises the eBGP route).
> - The iBGP route is received by the router through route reflector.

In that case the route reflector is likely to consider the eBGP path
as "best", and will thus never send the iBGP path to the router in
question (BGP will only ever send around the best path).

gert
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