On 10 Mar 1998, Richard Parker wrote: richard_parker> Sigh... I'll try again. Given my understanding of the richard_parker> limitations and/or design considerations in Cisco's richard_parker> implementation of BGP confederations that prohibit your richard_parker> configuration from working as discussed so far... <snip> richard_parker> To be honest, even if this configuration works, it might well be richard_parker> more trouble than it is worth. I beleive it! But, I'm in a "lab" evirnonment, so doing too much work is our job :-) Thanks a lot for you ideas... I'll give them a try! -Andy -- Andy McConnell アンディ マッコネル Network Architect, NTT Multimedia Communications Laboratories Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove. -- Ashleigh Brilliant