they could just be relying on as_path+bgp bestpath but yeah, i personally prefer a model of localprefs in this order (highest first obviously) customer peer upstream this puts traffic across links that you get paid for, you get for (free?) a lower cost than upstream/transit then the most expensive link. - jared On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 01:07:39AM -0800, Mike Leber wrote:
If they set local pref for both peers and customers to 100 how do they ensure that the customer transit routes are announced to peers?
The reason I ask this is because if a customer announces a customer of theirs to you that a peer also has as a customer you will have equal length routes for the same destination AS. While there are many ways to deterministicly prefer customer routes, local pref is the most common. -- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.