
Configuring IP Services
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You can configure a preference value in the range of 1 to 16 for RIP, BGP, EGP,
OSFP external, and static routes. The preference of direct routes and OSPF intra-
area and interarea routes cannot be user-configured.
To assign a greater or lesser preference to a static route, you supply a value when
you define the route. For instructions, see the static route Preference parameter on
page 2-67.
To assign a preference to a route learned by RIP, OSPF, BGP, and EGP, you
configure an accept policy for the route. If an incoming route matches the policy,
IP assigns the preference value you specify to the route and considers the route for
possible inclusion in the routing table.
For instructions, see the Route Preference parameter on page 9-9.
Route Weights
Route-weight calculation is an internal tool that IP uses to facilitate selection of
the best route among alternative routes to the same destination. Route-selection
criteria are encoded into the route weight in a way that allows IP to compare
routes simply by comparing their weight values, regardless of route sources.
Appendix B contains a worksheet that you can you use to calculate route weights
in your configuration.
Route-weight calculation increases the efficiency of the route-selection process
and at the same time reduces the size of the routing database, since all route
selection parameters for each route are encoded in a single integer — the weight
value — rather than stored in separate variables.
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