I have one bgp convergence problem which confused me. The problem is as follows:
+--------+ | AS5 | +------+16.1/16 | | +-----+--+ | | +---+--+ | | AS4 | | | | | ++-----+ | | | | | | | +-----+--+ +-+-----+ | AS2 | | AS3 | 16.1/16 (5) | ISP | | ISP | +---^----+ +---^---+ | | | +--------+ | +-----+ AS1 +----+ |customer| +--------+ 16.1/16 (2 4 5)
AS1 multihomed to AS2 and AS3, for some reasons AS1 disconnect from AS3, and as a resutl the route to 16.1/16 will be 16.1/16 (2 4 5).
After a while, the BGP seesion between AS1 and AS3 reestablished but AS1 leaks the route 16.1/16 (2 4 5) to AS3. At this point,
1/ AS1 will have two bgp routes for prefix 16.1/16: 16.1/16(2 4 5)and 16.1/16(3 5), according to shorter AS_PATH it will select 16.1/16(3 5) as best route.
2/ AS3 also have two bgp routes: 16.1/16(2 4 5) and 16.1/16(5), according to local_pref it will select 16.1/16(2 4 5).
in this case, AS1 and AS3 select each other as the best route to AS5, i wonder which route will be the final best route after bgp convergence in AS1 and AS3.
this is a bgp wedgie. is it real and caught in the wild? tim would be cheered. randy