My apologies, my question was apparently unclear.
In the common situation where a downstream is allocated a sub-net from
an upstream's super-block, and that downstream wishes to announce that
sub-net to its neighbors, be those neighbors upstream, peer, or
downstream of itself, or of the allocating upstream, the BGP algorithm
does not appear to be equipped to handle the routing decision in an
optimal manner.
Thus far, I've encounter three methods of dealing with this situation.
1. Ignore routing aggregation - Everybody announces the sub-net.
This works, but runs counter to a long standing goal of the
community - reducing the size of the routing table.
2. Ignore the route announcement (netmask length)
may work in some situations, but proves the point.
3. Local announcement only
May be the result of 2 above, but again - proves the point.
My question is, would the creation of a "multi-homed" flag in the BGP
protocol be worth while discussing?
I see this flag causing the algorithm to drop through the netmask
test, and pick up at the metrics decision.
Before persuing the question with the protocol folks, I thought I'd
try to determine if there is enough interest in the capability to make
it worth while.
>
> Hi all,
> I've occasionally noticed a requirement to disregard mask when
> determining preferred route in the BGP algorithm. Specifically, when
> a multi-homed customer wishes to announce both his delegated networks
> through both connections. The goal is to achieve true multi-homing,
> with out requiring the customer to get independent address space. Thus
> far, I've used various "miserable hacks". Has anyone else perceived a
> similar requirement? if so, has anything being done to get such a flag
> added?
>
> Or am I just missing the obvious?
>
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