BGP Confederation over Route Reflector

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Hello,
What are the advantages of BGP Confederation over Route Reflector? I mean
when one should decide to deploy BGP Confederation over Route Reflector
deployment?

Thanks,
Devang Patel

2

Lots of things can be used to determine how you decide to set up your
BGP peers. https://www.juniper.net/customers/csc/documentation/techdocs/downloads/pdf/350010.pdf
  has a decent amount of information on some of the differences that
can help you decide how to set up your peerings.

nb

3

I would say confeds are more appropriate for larger ibgp networks.
You can have reflectors inside confederations. See the BGP chapter of
the JNCIP book.

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I would say confeds are more appropriate for larger ibgp networks.
You can have reflectors inside confederations. See the BGP chapter of
the JNCIP book.

I'd say, the choice is much dependent on the "political" topology within
your AS. The more inter-regional routing policing you feel that you
need, the more you'd be looking at a confed. architecture.

mh

5

When doing so is simpler to support in your ibgp mesh than not doing so. And probably not before this time !

Best wishes,
Andy