Syed Umair Ali said the following on 28/12/06 23:09:
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> Thanks Philip for answering. Just to confirm, if a router has configured
> with neighbor x.x.x.x send-community, and it recieve a comunity
> attribute that he do not understand ()not define in this router) , will
> he pass that community to his neighbor ( x.x.x.x)
He will, that's correct!
philip
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> Thanks
>
> Syed Umair Ali
> On 12/27/06, *Philip Smith* <pfs@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pfs@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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> Syed Umair Ali said the following on 27/12/06 02:45:
> > so will it pass on the community to other neigbours ?
>
> This depends on implementation.
>
> Cisco IOS will not pass BGP communities to any BGP neighbour unless
> that
> is specifically configured (neighbor x.x.x.x send-community).
>
> So if you send communities to your neighbouring ASN, and they have no
> support for communities configured in their network, your communities
> will be ignored completely *and* dropped on the floor where you connect
> to their router.
>
> philip
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> Syed Umair Ali
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> MS (IT specialization in Internetworking)
> B.E (Computer & Information System)
> CCNA, CCNP-Routing, Switching, Remote Access
> CQS-Cisco Access Router & LAN Switching Specialist.
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