neighbor next-hop-self

Causes the device to list itself as the next hop in updates that are sent to the specified neighbor.

Syntax

neighbor { ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group-name } next-hop-self [ always ]

no neighbor { ip-address | ipv6-address | peer-group-name } next-hop-self [ always ]

Parameters

ip-address: Specifies the IPv4 address of the neighbor.
ipv6-address: Specifies the IPv6 address of the neighbor.
peer-group-name: Specifies the peer group name configured by the neighbor peer-group-name command.
always: Enables this feature for route reflector (RR) routes.

Modes

BGP configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv4 unicast VRF configuration mode

BGP address-family IPv6 unicast VRF configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

The no form of the command disables this feature.

Examples

The following example causes all updates destined for the neighbor with the IP address 10.11.12.13 to advertise this device as the next hop.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 next-hop-self

The following example, for the VRF instance "red," causes all updates destined for the neighbor with the IPv6 address 2001:2018:8192::125 to advertise this device as the next hop.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router bgp
device(config-bgp-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast vrf red
device(config-bgp-ipv6u-vrf)# neighbor 10.11.12.13 next-hop-self