[c-nsp] BGP Next-hope convergance

[Saku Ytti]

On (2008-09-08 11:24 +0200), Peter Rathlev wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 09:06 +0200, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> > First of all, what are your RD values? You need to make sure RD values
> > are unique for each PE (use the IP:value format, instead of the
> > AS:value format commonly used).
> 
> Does this have an effect on the convergence times? I seem to remember
> having been told that this is a good idea generally, but never really
> understood why. Can anybody shed light on why this is?

I'm not sure what you're asking.

1) why IP instead AS
  - purely non-technical reasons. With IP you can do loop0:SAME

2) why multiple RD's
  - so that RR best path algorithm doesn't kill your redundant or
    load-balancing route. So that PE can install two or more routes.

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