Re: IXP BGP routing

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at gitoyen.net>]

On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 11:31:15AM +0100,
 Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com> wrote 
 a message of 99 lines which said:

> > access. The problem is that the telcom is running EIGRP with the 
> > ISpīs 
...
> You should be able to change them so that BGP routes are preferred
> over EIGRP routes. Someone else on this list should be able to give
> you the exact syntax if you can't find it.

The problem is that he probably does not have access to the Telco's
routers... (The original message was about the selection of routes by
the Telco.)

> The longer answer: your Telcom is leaving itself (and you) open to
> enormous risk by using EIGRP to exchange routes with its customers.

Also, EIGRP is Cisco-proprietary. By running it, the Telco (which may
be a Cisco reseller) is forcing its customers to buy Ciscos. They
should use OSPF as an Interior routing protocol (but Brian is right,
the should really use BGP with the customers).


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