[j-nsp] JUNOS Equivalent to CISCO IOS next-hop-self

Daniel Roesen dr at cluenet.de
Mon Oct 20 17:05:09 EDT 2003


On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:00:52PM +0200, Daniel Roesen wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 04:25:43PM -0400, Niaz, Wajahat wrote:
> > Create policy under policy options to change the next hop
> > 
> > policy-statement next-hop-self {
> >         then {
> >             next-hop self;
> >         }
> >     }
> > 
> > and then import this policy in bgp
> > 
> > protocols {
> >     bgp {
> >         group ibgp-peer {
> >             type internal;
> >            
> >             export next-hop-self;
> 
> This will read to routing loops in many topologies. Changing the
> next-hop of IBGP-received routes to self must not be done.

Sorry, I have to mention that this problem exists only on route
reflectors.

On non-RRs, above config is fine. Then again, I prefer configurations
which work everywhere without surprises. :-)


REgards,
Daniel



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