Re:

["Brian" <bri () sonicboom org>]

I would much rather define my neighbors individually and control them that
way, and use either no sync or a hi metric null route to satisfy bgp's must
be in igp requirement.

        Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zhao, Xingguo" <xzhao () celoxnetworks com>
To: <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:33 AM


> Hi, all
>
> I have a question regarding to redistribute IGR routes into BGP. Currently
> both Cisco
> and Juniper support it.
>
> Here I don't understand what is the advantage of this redistribution?
> Because BGP is
> potentially injecting information into the IGP and then sending such
> information back into BGP.
>
> Could anybody provide more description regarding the advantage and the
> disadvantage
> of redistribuing IGP routes into BGP?
>
> Do people use this in real life?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Xingguo