BGP advertise-best-external on RR

[mark.tinka at seacom.mu (Mark Tinka)]

On 2/Sep/15 09:30, Baldur Norddahl wrote:

> Not a suggestion, just trying to learn something here. Is there an
> advantage to use a route reflector in the described setup, which appears to
> involve only a small number of routers? I would think that full mesh would
> solve the problem and at the same time be easier since you do not have to
> maintain any route reflectors.
>
> With peer-group it is not a real bother to configure a handful of iBGP
> peers.

I and a bunch of others have always recommended starting with a route
reflector regardless of your network size. It makes growing much easier.

Mark.