"Bad bgp identifier"

Fri Mar 31 11:15:39 UTC 2006

Unicast currently ends at 223.255.255.255.
224.0.0.0/4 is multicast and I believe that
240.0.0.0/5
248.0.0.0/6
252.0.0.0/6 are listed as reserved for experimental purposes.

Owen

--On March 31, 2006 5:06:54 AM -0500 Joe Maimon <jmaimon at ttec.com> wrote:

>
> 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

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