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“Have any meaning”? 
 
Not sure what you’re looking for, but as you mentioned, any routes learned through BGP will not show in the routing table if there is a static route configured for that network.
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OK.. 
 
so it is doable , right ? 
&nbsp;I mean we can configure static routes on both links between the 2 routers then configure BGP &nbsp;and redistribute connected on both routers..? 
 
 
the reason I am asking this question, because if I configure any other IGP between the 2 routers (EIGRP,OSPF,RIP), their AD is still higher than EBGP AD (20), and BGP routes will be in the routing table. 
 
Probably it is very rare to have &nbsp;IGP configured between 2 Service Providers , but with static or default route it could exist.
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Yes. &nbsp;You can do it. 
 
But static routes will still take precedence unless you change the AD's.
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Sorry Don, for the confusion... 
 
What I was trying to understand is , the reason that BGP is used on the Internet, is because of &nbsp;the size of the routing table that it can hold, and &nbsp;we know the updates happen every 180 seconds. 
Now if the routing tables do not have BGP but they have static routes or default routes instead, &nbsp;then will this defeat the purpose of using BGP along with static route or default route ?
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Updates only happen every hundred and eighty seconds with rip. 
 
If your routing table is small enough that you can get by with static routes, then there's really no reason to use bgp in the first place. 
 
I think I'm not understanding what you were trying to accomplish.
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Don, 
 
I will post the LAB output in a minute
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/03_w12/1415282/Screen-Shot-2019-03-17-at-9.02.24-AM.png" target="_blank" title="bgp (34 KB)"><img alt="bgp" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/03_w12/800_1415282/Screen-Shot-2019-03-17-at-9.02.24-AM.png" /></a> 
 
 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42822184-1">R1#
interface Ethernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.12.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface Ethernet0/1
 ip address 192.168.13.1 255.255.255.0
!

router bgp 1
 redistribute connected
 neighbor 192.168.12.2 remote-as 1
 neighbor 192.168.13.3 remote-as 2
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.13.3
!
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42822184-2">R2#

interface Loopback0
 ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.255
!
interface Ethernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.12.2 255.255.255.0
!
router bgp 1
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 network 192.168.12.0
 redistribute connected
 neighbor 192.168.12.1 remote-as 1
!
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42822184-3">R3#
interface Ethernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.13.3 255.255.255.0
!
interface Ethernet0/1
 ip address 192.168.34.3 255.255.255.0
!
router bgp 2
 redistribute connected
 neighbor 192.168.13.1 remote-as 1
 neighbor 192.168.34.4 remote-as 2
!
ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.13.1
!
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42822184-4">R4#
interface Loopback0
 ip address 4.4.4.4 255.255.255.255
!
interface Ethernet0/0
 ip address 192.168.34.4 255.255.255.0
!router bgp 2
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 redistribute connected
 neighbor 192.168.34.3 remote-as 2
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Screen-Shot-2019-03-17-at-9.02.24-AM.png

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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42822185-1">R4#sh ip route bgp
Codes: L - local, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
 D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area 
 N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
 E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
 i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2
 ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route
 o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route, H - NHRP, l - LISP
 a - application route
 + - replicated route, % - next hop override

Gateway of last resort is not set

 2.0.0.0/32 is subnetted, 1 subnets
B 2.2.2.2 [200/0] via 192.168.13.1, 00:11:26
B 192.168.12.0/24 [200/0] via 192.168.13.1, 00:11:26
B 192.168.13.0/24 [200/0] via 192.168.34.3, 00:11:26
R4#
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42822185-2">R2#sh ip route bgp
Codes: L - local, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
 D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area 
 N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
 E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
 i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2
 ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route
 o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route, H - NHRP, l - LISP
 a - application route
 + - replicated route, % - next hop override

Gateway of last resort is not set

 4.0.0.0/32 is subnetted, 1 subnets
B 4.4.4.4 [200/0] via 192.168.13.3, 00:11:38
B 192.168.13.0/24 [200/0] via 192.168.12.1, 00:11:38
B 192.168.34.0/24 [200/0] via 192.168.13.3, 00:11:38
R2#
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I was not sure that the BGP routes that have been advertised &nbsp;will still show as BGP &nbsp; 
 
So even with default Route between R1 and R3 , &nbsp;the BGP routes that have been learned will still show as BGP routes .. 
 
I was confused till I set up the LAB
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jskfan

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Thank you for clarification
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configure BGP &nbsp;when Static Routes are used. 
 
in the topology below we have 2 routers in 2 different AS numbers. If we configure &nbsp;the 2 routers with static route or default route, so that they will have reachability 
&nbsp;then can we configure BGP &nbsp;peering between the 2 routers based on their physical interfaces' ip addresses and redistribute connected networks, I wonder if BGP will have any &nbsp;meaning, because Static or Default routes will be preferred over BGP protocol as their AD is lower than BGP AD. 
 
Anyone to shade some lights on this ? 
 
Thank you 
 
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/03_w11/1415233/StaticRoutes.JPG" target="_blank" title="stat (17 KB)"><img alt="stat" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 160px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2019/03_w11/1415233/StaticRoutes.JPG" /></a>
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configure BGP  when Static Routes are used.

in the topology below we have 2 routers in 2 different AS numbers. If we configure  the 2 routers with static route or default route, so that they will have reachability
 then can we configure BGP  peering between the 2 routers based on their physical interfaces' ip addresses and redistribute connected networks, I wonder if BGP will have any  meaning, because Static or Default routes will be preferred over BGP protocol as their AD is lower than BGP AD.

Anyone to shade some lights on this ?

Thank you



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