useful bgp example

Vincent C Jones v.jones at networkingunlimited.com
Wed May 19 19:04:15 UTC 2010



On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 13:37 -0500, Jeff Harper wrote:
> > From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared at puck.nether.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:29 PM
> > To: Jeff Harper
> > Cc: Deric Kwok; nanog at nanog.org
> > Subject: Re: useful bgp example
> > 
> > Nice, but you don't show it as-path filtering your transits out.  I
> > frequently see people take something learned from transit A and
> sending
> > it to transit B, and if it happens to be the backup path in-use for
> > your customer, your transits will accept it and likely pick you as
> > best-path and hairpin through your network.
> > 
> > - Jared
> 
> Yeah, I left out the actual prefix-list contents, in hindsight I should
> have added it, so here it is. Also, a typo in the network statement,
> lol.
> 
> network 1.1.1.0 mask 255.255.0.0
> 
> ip prefix-list NETZ description The networks we advertise via BGP
> ip prefix-list NETZ seq 10 permit 1.1.1.0/16
> ip prefix-list NETZ seq 1000 deny 0.0.0.0/0 le 32

FYI: It's got to be either 1.1.1.0/24 or 1.1.0.0/16. And there is plenty
more that belongs in an appropriate setup for a realistic usage
scenario. This is why we are all advising the OP to get some
knowledgeable help. 

Vince
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