neighbor maxas-limit in

Causes the device to discard routes received in UPDATE messages if those routes exceed a maximum AS path length.

Syntax

neighbor { ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group-name } maxas-limit in { num | disable }

no neighbor { ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group-name } maxas-limit in

Command Default

This command is disabled by default.

Parameters

ip-address: IPv4 address of the neighbor.
ipv6-address: IPv6 address of the neighbor.
peer-group-name: Peer group name configured by the neighbor peer-group-name command.
num: Maximum length of the AS path. Range is from 0 through 300. The default is 300.
disable: Prevents a neighbor from inheriting the configuration from the peer group or global configuration and instead uses the default system value.

Modes

BGP configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv4 unicast VRF configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv6 unicast VRF configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

Use the no form of this command to remove this configuration.

Examples

This example changes the length of the maximum allowed AS path length from the default.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 maxas-limit in 200

This example prevents a neighbor from inheriting the configuration from the peer group or global configuration and instead use the default system value.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 2001:2018:8192::125 maxas-limit in disable