Re: EIGRP vs EBGP for fast failover

Look for BGP backdoor or OER might be the silver bullet

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Paul Bernard <theballman2_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Let me give more information. I need to failover to a backup internet
> connection from an MPLS connection in under 5 seconds. I can do this with
> modifying the EIGRP timers, but I want to know if I can do this with EBGP
> as
> this is what a potential MPLS provider supports (they do not support
> EIGRP).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronnie Angello [mailto:ronnie.angello_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 2:54 PM
> To: Paul Bernard
> Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: EIGRP vs EBGP for fast failover
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> You probably need to provide more information. How is this working
> today with EIGRP? How would running BGP benefit you in this
> particular case? Are you BGP peering with each provider and using
> EIGRP as an "IGP lifeline?" What do you consider fast failover?
> Typically you don't mention BGP and fast convergence in the same
> sentence... :) What else are you trying to accomplish?
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Paul Bernard <theballman2_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I want to use EBGP to do a fast failover from one provider to another.
> Right
> > now, I have it working with EIGRP. Is there anyway of doing this with
> EBGP?
> > What are the consequences of doing this?
> >
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