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[Curtis Villamizar <curtis@workhorse.fictitious.org>]

In message <000a01c0298e$65239720$d001010a@tst.ennovatenetworks.com>, "Brijesh 
Kumar" writes:
> Eric,
> 
> I don't think I said that Route Reflectors need to be in the path, or
> this function cannot be implemented on an Edge router itself. But
> given the performance difference in access routers and core routers,
> and the role of a route reflector in applying policies on behalf of
> clients, it is pretty obvious that a core router is more suitable for
> route reflection function. And we both agree that a router designated
> as Route Reflector need to run BGP.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --brijesh


A route reflector need not be a router but it does have to run BGP.
Though common practice is to use the core routers since currently they
must IBGP anyway and generally have the memory and CPU power and a
stable BGP implementation to do it well.

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