The answer depends on the scenario. There are two possible situations here and they treat the next hop attribute differently.
When sending updates to an eBGP peer, a router will set itself as the next hop. When sending updates to an iBGP peer, the router does not alter the next hop attribute. This is where the neighbor keyword "next-hop-self" comes in handy. It forces the iBGP peer to set itself as the next hop when sending to other iBGP peers. HTH, John On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 02:20:39 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi, | | I'm a little confused about what contains and do the NEXT_HOP attribut. | I thought it holds the address of the next border router. But I read in the | boson test the following: | The NEXT_HOP is set to the ip address of the _sending router_ ??? | | What happens ?? Any help | | Thanks | | Udo | | Udo Konstantin / koud , GS KA | NEEF-Elektrotechnik GmbH | Systemhaus f|r Gebdude- und Kommunikationstechnik | Windeckstrasse 8 76135 Karlsruhe | Tel: +49 721/8606-215 Mobil: +49 172/7271578 *215 | Fax: +49 721/8606-264 | E-Mail/Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Website: http://www.neef.de/ | | | | _______________________________________________________ http://inbox.excite.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24415&t=24406 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
