[j-nsp] Route Reflecting & Next-Hop Self

[Mark Tinka]

On Wednesday 10 September 2008 07:31:37 Kevin Hodle wrote:

> I agree, this is 'hotly debated' :).. Those who argue
> against having transfer networks in IGP believe the IGP
> should be kept 'lean', only loopbacks and internal
> transfernets to keep the SPF database as small as
> possible. If you have a large backbone with hundreds of
> upstream/downstream/peering ports and you try to keep all
> those transfernets in your IGP, you will eventually start
> to feel the bloat.

I'm for this. Keep the IGP for your space alone.

Setting the NEXT_HOP self attribute on all iBGP routers in 
the network is recommended practice, across the board.

Cheers,

Mark.
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