## On 2002-04-12 17:27 -0700 Mark Kent typed: MK> MK> To address Sean's point about mistakes turning one /16 into a zillion MK> entries, is there any way to allow only some specified maximum number MK> of routes from a bgp neighbor? I know that I'ld be happy if my MK> upstreams gave me a buffer of, say, 10 entries above my typical number MK> of aggregates. MK> MK> -mark MK> MK> For Cisco IOS just add this under the "router bgp" section --- neighbor <IP address> maximum-prefix <nnnn> --- Exceeding the maximum prefix number will shutdown the BGP session until a manual clear Enjoy Rafi -- Rafi Sadowsky rafi@oumail.openu.ac.il Network/System/Security VoiceMail: +972-3-646-0592 FAX: +972-3-649-8629 Mangler ( :-) | FIRST-REP for ILAN-CERT(CERT@CERT.AC.IL) Open University of Israel | (PGP key -> ) http://telem.openu.ac.il/~rafi