Bgp Client-To-Client Reflection (Bgp Router Config) - NETGEAR M6100 Series Reference Manual

metrics or have different policies for setting the MED, the decision process normally does not
compare MED values in paths received from peers in different autonomous systems. This
command allows you to force BGP to compare MEDs, regardless of whether paths are
received from a common AS.
Default By default, MED values are only compared for paths received from peers in the same AS.
Format
bgp always-compare-med
Mode IPv6 Address Family Config
no bgp always-compare-med
Use the no bgp always-compare-med command to revert to the default behavior, only
comparing MED values from paths received from neighbors in the same AS.
Format
no bgp always-compare-med
Mode IPv6 Address Family Config

bgp client-to-client reflection (BGP Router Config)

By default, a route reflector reflects routes received from its clients to its other clients.
However, if a route reflector's clients have a full BGP mesh, the route reflector does not
reflect to the clients. The bgp client-to-client reflection command enables
client-to-client reflection for IPv4 routes.
Route reflection can change the routes clients select. A route reflector only reflects those
routes it selects as best routes. Best route selection can be influenced by the IGP metric of
the route to reach the BGP next hop. Since a client's IGP distance to a given next hop may
differ from the route reflector's IGP distance, a route reflector may not readvertise a route a
client would have selected as best in the absence of route reflection. One way to avoid this
effect is to fully mesh the clients within a cluster. When clients are fully meshed, there is no
need for the cluster's route reflectors to reflect client routes to other clients within the cluster.
When client-to-client reflection is disabled, a route reflector continues to reflect routes from
non-clients to clients and from clients to non-clients.
Note: This command only affects the advertisement of IPv4 routes. The
same command is available in Address-Family ipv6 Configuration
mode for IPv6 routes.
Default Client-to-client reflection is enabled when a router is configured as a route reflector.
Format
bgp client-to-client reflection
Mode BGP Router Config
M6100 Series Switches
Border Gateway Protocol Commands
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