[c-nsp] BGP and IGP

[Kevin Barrass]

>> In general terms, I recommend making sure that routers with real
decisions to make have all of the >> information.  So a place to start
would be
>> 
>> ISPs <=> BGP routers <=> iBGP + EIGRP routers <=> EIGRP only routers 
>> 
>> Where the iBGP + EIGRP router injects an EIGRP default route.  I
don't recommend redistributing from BGP to an >> IGP, because you get a
tight coupling where an ISP ripple gets passed all the way down to the
LAN routers.
>> Hope that helps,
>> 
>> David Barak
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Hi

Thank you for the reply, I will have a go at the above on our test
network and see how it goes. Is the best option to re-distribute a
static default router on the "iBGP + EIGRP routers" into EIGRP.

Regards
Kev