A route must appear in the routing table via an IGP in order for that routes to be able to be voted ‘best” by BGP.
Route reflectors remove the requirement of having a full mesh iBGP network.
BGP confederations remove the requirement of a full mesh iBGP setup as well as the need for BGP synchronization.
Corrections welcome.
It’s simple as pie to enable MD5 auth to a BGP peer.
R102(config-router)#neigh 192.0.2.101 pass MYKEY
Corrections – I invite them.
Corrections appreciated.
This is required blogging…and reading for that matter. A good chunk of this is taken from my CCNP posts from last year. Corrections, please.
My prediction about covering network types was wrong. I’m going to puke out some information about neighbor states for now. As is always the case, corrections are welcome.
Yes, it is inevitable that I cover these. I’m sure network types will be next.
I have had my nose deep in several books in preparation for my CCIE R&S written exam, so I haven’t been blogging much at all. Now that I’ve made it to the more familiar topics, I’m hoping to get some notes posted. I’ll start with OSPF message types.