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BGP question

SOL10
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hi all, please see my attached diagram of BGP lab along with the configs. the problem im having is that although i can ping networks within the same AS, i cant ping from R1 to any networks on the end of R5. Also cant ping from R5 to network 1.1.1.1

Please help

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You lost me. What "second lot" of configs for R1??

After posting the initial configs and tables, you added the networks on R4's BGP process.

But you complained of the RIB failures, so I asked you to send me me the new configs and tables. Havent gotten anything...

Send me the configs and tables for R1, R4 and R5.

Also, WHERE are you PINGing from??

oh strange. i attached them to my post.anyway, here they are:

I am pinging from R1 to the 50 network off R5 (no joy) however, i can ping the 200 network which is also off R5...

Sully, baby... You're starting to frustrate me. >:-(

Kidding. :-)

R1 has O E2 routes for the 200.1 networks from AS 6500 in its routing table because you are redistributing BGP into OSPF on R4, something you failed to mention that you added to the config you posted earlier. You said all you did was add the network statements under BGP on R4, and you were then wondering why the 200.1 networks started showing up as O E2 routes in R1's routing table. Since you redistributed BGP into OSPF, well now those 200.1 routes show up as OSPF E2 routes at R1 and are placed in the routing table because of our old friend, administrative distance, as I explained earlier. R1 is learning about the 200.1 networks through iBGP and OSPF. Who wins? OSPF.

So why doesnt the 50.1.1.0/24 subnet appear as an O E2 route in R1's routing table you are about to ask? Well, you are missing the subnets keyword in the redistribution statement, so networks will only be advertised along classful lines and subnets will be excluded.

Now, as far as your inability to PING the 50.1.1.0 subnet from R1, perform a traceroute and lets see where the packet dies. Whenever a PING fails, you must perform a traceroute to see how far you're getting.

Anyway, without seeing the configs for the other 2 routers (R2 and R3?), I will take a guess that they do not know about the 50.1.1.0/24 network because the BGP redistribution into OSPF left out the 50.1.1.0 subnet from the advertisement. So, since they are not running any iBGP sessions, as R1 is, they don't know about the subnet, so they drop packets destined for that network.

[EDIT] By the way, you will want to perform a traceroute on the 200.1.1.1 PING, too, since you're dropping packets and experiencing a lot of delay in your round-trip-time. [EDIT]

Victor

victor

oops! i do remember that i redistributed bgp into Ospf....but thank you very much for your detailed explanations...and the time you took out..it now makes sense. back to the lab and make the necessary chnages...or start again so it sinks in better.

tc and have a good weekend.

You're welcome.

Have a great weekend, too.

And by the way, it would be nice to get a good 20 or 30 points of ratings out of all this. :-D

Victor