[c-nsp] RIB_failure

[Phil Bedard]

Backdoor is used for the opposite scenario, where you want to use IGP  
routes over EBGP routes, which by default have a lower admin  
distance.   You use the backdoor statement to set the EBGP route  
distance to 200, the same as an IBGP learned route.

Phil


On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:08 AM, Suzan S. wrote:

> Dear Cielieska,
>
>  But is it recomended to change the administrative distance?
>  Some guys suggested to add the network backdoor command to solve  
> the problem which is better than changing the adminstrative distance.
>
>  Thank you
>  Suzan
>
> Cielieska Nathan <ncielieska at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Suzan,
>
> In my experience, this is by design. The RIB failure is blocking BGP
> from putting this route into the routing table because the IGP with
> the lower administrative distance has trumped it. If you set the BGP
> routes lower than the admin distance of the IGP, the BGP router will
> kick those routes out of RIB-failure state.
>
> Regards,
> Nate
> On Jan 18, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Suzan S. wrote:
>
>> Dears,
>>
>> When advertiseing the loopbacks in the bgp , they appear as RIB-
>> failure routes in the BGP table as they are advertised through the
>> IGP which has better adminstrative distance. Any one knows how to
>> solve the problem of these RIB-failure Routes? Do we have to change
>> the administrative distance for the IGP or BGP ? In some documents
>> I read that we have to use the command bgp suppress-active under
>> the router bgp config but it does not work.
>>
>> Thank you All
>>
>> Suzan
>>
>>
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