[safnog] Prefixes in IGP vs iBGP

• Subject: [safnog] Prefixes in IGP vs iBGP
• From: mark.tinka at seacom.mu (Mark Tinka)
• Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 11:05:44 +0200
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On 12/May/15 07:32, Frank Habicht wrote:
>
> If you put your service address (say for the DNS resolver(s)) in iBGP,
> what would be the next-hop for that prefix?
> something specifically added to IGP for this purpose?
> (that otherwise wouldn't be in the IGP)
>
> With IGP you get to the closest server (by metric).
> With iBGP, you have to ensure several other parameters are identical
> to get load distribution (as opposed to all-or-nothing). and it comes
> back to IGP metric of the next-hop...

Exactly.

Mark.
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  • [safnog] Prefixes in IGP vs iBGP
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