BGP conf

[jbates at brightok.net (Jack Bates)]

On 11/2/2011 7:01 PM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:
> What you are asking your boss/company to do is trust you to put tires
> on their car without the right tools or knowledge.  The result of that
> is probably how your network will end up: "a wreck."

Reminds me of the look on my original boss' face when I said, "Well, I 
have no BGP experience, but I think I'm going to redo this entire BGP 
config. It doesn't look right." I then proceeded to try every ? 
hierarchy under bgp in the then cisco routers and read up on every 
command until I understood each one.

Okay, it was simple, had no route-maps, and used access-lists instead of 
prefix-lists. It worked for a single 7206 BGP aggregation router.

Now I have the mile long monstrosity that uses BGP communities for 
everything, and of route-maps/policies with prefix-lists for downstream 
customers. You have to start somewhere.

cymru secure bgp templates is probably a good beginning. Careful study 
of your routing platform, what it supports, and reading up on what it 
means. If you don't understand something, use vendor specific 
lists/forums/documentation/google until you do.



Jack