[c-nsp] Local pref vs more specific route

[Mohacsi Janos]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Joseph Jackson wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> If I have a router with two upstreams and on ISP A I get only the
> default route and ISP B I get a full view.  Will setting the local pref
> higher on the default route make bgp choose that over the more specific
> routes that come from ISP B?

No, more specific always wins. This the principle of IP routing: longest 
match prefix routing. You might change this with policy based routing.

Regards,

Janos Mohacsi
Network Engineer, Research Associate, Head of Network Planning
NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY
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