7 Mar
2014
7 Mar
'14
2:11 a.m.
On (2014-03-07 10:49 +1030), Glen Turner wrote:
That's pretty much what the OSPF tag and the BGP's synchronisation with OSPF were originally intended for.
1403 (1364) is historic and never referenced by OSPF standard. Original intention for external tag is unspecified information carried between AS borders.
However it's pretty much a design misfeature and you'd be happier with iBGP over a tunnel
Agreed. If this is common requirement, nothing stopping figuring out new LSA/LSP to properly carry BGP information. Of course won't be solution for near-term, unless OP controls the edge and uses open source implementation, in which case he might send this information in opaque LSA. -- ++ytti