Re: BGP Dampening question

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com>]

On 16-jul-04, at 5:46, D Train wrote:

> If I keep seeing the physical connection to City A flapping, of course 
> bgp will flap, but will I be able to use route dampening to control 
> the instability

No. BGP flap dampening only works on routes that go up and down 
periodically while the BGP session they're learned over stays up. When 
the session goes down the dampening info is removed.

But it doesn't matter: you're screwed both ways. If you keep routing 
stable you lose packets, if you import the flapping into your routing 
protocols those become unstable. You need stable links.