Month: December 2011

As you may know that the backdoor feature of BGP changes the AD to 200. But is there a way to modify it? There is a way, it’s not very intuitive. When you configure a network as a backdoor network you are creating a local-route that you don’t originate to others. To modify a local-route…

Complex redistribution can be quite a challenging  task to encounter studying for the CCIE R&S lab. There doesn’t seem to be that many clearly define general rules out there. So I thought why not dissect each individual case that could cause tricky redistribution problems. RIP and OSPF are a perfect example of two protocols that when…