[89666] in North American Network Operators' Group
"Bad bgp identifier"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Maimon)
Fri Mar 31 05:07:25 2006
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:06:54 -0500
From: Joe Maimon <jmaimon@ttec.com>
To: nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
4271 specifies that bgp identifier must be a valid unicast ip address
So what is the larget 32 bit value expressed as a dotted quad that meets
this requirement?
Is it the last address in class c? class e? Can 255.x.x.x be used?
Do all vendors implement this?
I understand that draft-ietf-idr-bgp-identifier-06.txt does away with
the above requirements. Is this something I should ask vendors if they
will support it?
Thanks,
Joe
