Route Redistribution - Redistribution Overview

4 important questions on Route Redistribution - Redistribution Overview

What are the 5 different routing protocols that can be a source for Route Redistribution?

  1. Static
  2. Connected
  3. EIGRP
  4. OSPF
  5. BGP

How does route redistribution work on a router with 3 or more routing protocols?

Route Redistribution is not transitive. Meaning redistributed routes are not redistributed further.
Mutual Route Redistribution needs to be configured between all routing protocols.

What is important for a route to be redistributed?

It needs to exist in the RIB.
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What is a Seed Metric and what are the default values?

The Seed Metric is a metric given to a redistributed route in the destination protocol used to calculate a best path.

The default values are:
  • EIGRP = Redistributed routes are set to Infinity
  • OSPF =  Redistributed routes are Type 2 external. BGP sourced routes have a seed metric of 1 all other protocols a seed metric of 20.
  • BGP = Origin is set to Incomplete, the MED is set to the IGP metric and the weight is set to 32768

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