RE: BGP-4 changes

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*** Resending note of 09/04/96 11:14
Subject: RE: BGP-4 changes

>So you want to (e.g.) be able to say something like "For all MAE-E routes,
>increment MED by 100"?

>I think that the proposed text already allows this, and the details of
>how/when/if to do it should be left to implementors.

>But, I kinda agree with Rich that localpref and policy may be a cleaner way
>to reflect stuff like this.

Thanks, John.

I would be worried about what the value "100" means, with respect
to the metrics of a neighboring AS.  Does it mean two DS-3 hops
or one hundred hops? and what if their link metrics change? etc.

You can safely drop MED attributes, but you modify MED values
at your own risk...

-- Richard Woundy, IBM