<html><body><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear list,</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">can you explain why the following route (0.0.0.0/0) is selected to go via as403, as as4057 clearly displays the shortest path here?</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As you can see I have used bgp_path.prepend() 3x on as403 for its own ASN.</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanks, Amadeus</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>bird> show route for 0.0.0.0/0 table ffc all</div><div>0.0.0.0/0 via 169.254.40.3 on ffc403 [as403 14:38] * (150) [AS403i]</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Type: BGP unicast univ</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.origin: IGP</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.as_path: 403 403 403 403</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.next_hop: 169.254.40.3</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.local_pref: 100</div><div> via 169.254.40.64 on ffc4064 [as4064 14:32] (100) [AS4057i]</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Type: BGP unicast univ</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.origin: IGP</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.as_path: 4064 40120 4057</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.next_hop: 169.254.40.64</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.local_pref: 100</div><div> via 169.254.40.57 on ffc4057 [as4057 Oct14] (100) [AS4057i]</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Type: BGP unicast univ</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.origin: IGP</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.as_path: 4057</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.next_hop: 169.254.40.57</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>BGP.local_pref: 100</div></div></font></font></body></html>