[c-nsp] BGP Route selection

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 03:44:58PM -0500, Pete Templin wrote:
> Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 05:08:58PM +0200, Brian Turnbow wrote:
> >>Setting the metric is not going to affect your BGP route selection.
> >
> >Read up on the BGP decision algorithm :-)
> 
> "Your" can be singular or plural, specific or general.  In this case, 
> specifically, it is not going to affect his BGP route selection unless 
> he enables 'always compare MED', since the paths come from two different 
> neighbor ASes.

The generic statement "setting the metric is not going to affect your
BGP route selection" is just not correct in this generality.

It will not do without knobs *if the neighbours are in different ASes*,
but otherwise, it will do so just fine.

gert

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