[j-nsp] aggregate and generated routes

[Diogo Montagner]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Mark Tinka <mtinka at globaltransit.net>wrote:

> On Wednesday 22 October 2008 02:31:13 Diogo Montagner wrote:
>
> > a common practical usage for aggregate routes is on
> > border routers to advertise it to eBGP peers.
>

> We generally like to do this on our route reflectors, so
> that we minimize configuration going into individual
> border/peering/edge routers which may be spread out
> regionally/internationally.
>

You are right. For large ISPs networks who have RR in their topology the
best place to do this is on RR. For those that don't use RR (very small
networks) this can be done at border routers.



>
> It also ensures a consistent view of of our aggregates to
> the outside world.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>