Thanks but... The ciscos AND the NSF/ANS routers STILL speak using BGPv2. What does that spec have to say on the matter? Also, is there any information on reccomended interval between a BGP close and open? This would be applicable to the BGPv2 spec as well. -- Regards, Bill Manning bmanning@rice.edu PO Box 1892 713-285-5415 713-527-6099 Houston, Texas R.U. (o-kome) 77251-1892