[j-nsp] dsc interface destination unusable as next-hop?

[Daniel Roesen]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 10:27:32AM -0800, Pedro Roque Marques wrote:
> > Any clues why the next-hop is considered unusable? JunOS 6.2R1.5 here.
> 
> On an EBGP session, the next-hop address is validated against the IP
> prefix configured on the interface used for that session. If it fails,
> as it is the case here given that this address is configured on a
> different interface, the next-hop is considered unreachable.

Understood and well-known, but I wouldn't have expected this check
to happen AFTER import policy chain processing, but before. After all,
it's a safety check to prevent others to mess with your routing, not
to prevent yourself from doing something wrong. :-)


Best regards,
Daniel