
Configuring BGP Peers
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Specifying the Next-Hop Router
A BGP update message has a path attribute called NEXT_HOP that specifies the
IP address of the router to use as the next hop for the advertised destinations. By
default, the NEXT_HOP attribute can specify the IP address of a router other than
this BGP router.
Configuring the peer to advertise a next hop other than itself can eliminate extra
forwarding hops. However, you can configure the router to always send the local
BGP peer’s IP address as the next hop in all advertisements.
Using the BCC
To specify whether the BGP peer router sends its own address as the next hop in
advertisements, go to a BGP peer prompt (for example,
box; ip; /jointfilesconvert/97454/bgp;
peer/2.2.2.2/2.2.2.3
) and enter:
next-hop-self
<state>
state
is either
enabled
or
disabled
(default).
For example, the following command causes BGP to send the local peer’s IP
address as the next hop in all advertisements:
peer/2.2.2.2/2.2.2.5#
next-hop-self enabled
peer/2.2.2.2/2.2.2.5#
Using Site Manager
To specify whether the BGP peer router sends its own address as the next hop in
advertisements, complete the following steps:
Site Manager Procedure
You do this System responds
1. In the Configuration Manager window,
choose
Protocols
.
The Protocols menu opens.
2. Choose
IP
. The IP menu opens.
3. Choose
BGP
. The BGP menu opens.
4. Choose
Peers
. The IP Interface List for BGP window
opens.
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