[24989] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP Path Selection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Briggs)
Mon Aug 30 17:25:58 1999
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:21:44 -0700
From: Russell Briggs <russb@puffer.quadrunner.com>
To: "John G. Scudder" <jgs@ieng.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v04210106b3f08f29fd30@[207.24.215.42]>; from John G. Scudder on Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 03:44:01PM -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 03:44:01PM -0400, John G. Scudder said:
> At 12:34 PM -0700 8/30/99, Russell Briggs wrote:
> > Um, Cisco uses as length and igp metrics in the route selection
> > process. This is hardly in compliance with the RFC.
>
> Actually, IGP metric is just fine, it's 9.1.2.1.b in RFC 1771.
I read that section of the rfc, and yes, that is correct. Thanks
for pointing that out.
--Russb
>
> Use of AS path length is, as you say, hardly in compliance.
>
> --John
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