Re: 4.0.0.0/8?

[Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net>]

Once upon a time, Hank Nussbacher <hank () efes iucc ac il> said:
> Newbie question:
>
> If I do:
> route-views>sho ip bgp 4.0.0.0
> BGP routing table entry for 4.0.0.0/9, version 821994
>
> why do I see the /9 and not the /8 by default?  If I do a specific lookup 
> for 4.0.0.0/8 it is there as well.

I'd guess because that's the way routing lookups work; the more-specific
match always "wins".
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Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.