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JunosE 11.2.x BGP and MPLS Configuration Guide
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in the routing table. As shown in Table 21 on page 134, default distances are provided for
each type of source from which a route can be learned.
Table 21: Default Administrative Distances for Route Sources
Route Source
Connected interface
Static route
External BGP
OSPF
IS-IS
RIP
Internal BGP
Unknown
If the IP routing table contains several routes to the same prefix—for example, an OSPF
route and an IBGP route—the route with the lowest administrative distance is used for
forwarding.
By default, BGP propagates received BGP routes to EBGP routes only if the BGP route is
used for forwarding traffic—that is, if it is the route with the lowest administrative distance
in the IP forwarding table. However, you can modify this behavior by using the bgp
advertise-inactive command. See "Advertising Inactive Routes" on page 61 for more
information.
You can use the distance bgp command to configure the administrative distance
associated with routes. If you choose to set an administrative distance, you must specify
a value for all three of the following types of routes:
external—Administrative distance for BGP external routes. External routes are routes
for which the best path is learned from a BGP peer external to the AS. Acceptable
values are from 1 to 255. The default value is 20.
internal—Administrative distance for BGP internal routes. Internal routes are those
routes that are learned from a BGP peer within the same AS. Acceptable values are
from 1 to 255. The default value is 200.
local—Administrative distance for BGP local routes. Local routes are those routes
locally originated by BGP. BGP can locally originate routes if you issue the network
command, if you configure redistribution into BGP, or by means of a non-AS-set
aggregate route. Acceptable values are from 1 to 255. The default value is 200.
Default Distance
0
1
20
110
115
120
200
255
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