Next Hop Self Command on Juniper Routers

BGP Next Hop Self Configuration on Juniper Routers

In BGP Configuration, there are some key commands and concepts used for a better BGP operation. BGP Next Hop Self is one of these commands used in Juniper routers. When an eBGP route advertised to vie iBGP, normally the next-hop of the route stay unchanged. This behaviour causes unknown destinations at the iBGP peer. The route and the next-hop is in another network and there is no information to reach this next-hop. To overcome this issue, a routing policy that provide “next-hop self” behaviour can be used. Below, we will show this conffiguration with an example.

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Here, there are to steps to apply next-hop self characteristic to the router. These are: 1. Creating the Routing Policy on the Router 2. Applying the Routing Policy to BGP

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Let’s start to configure next-hop self. By the way, for our topology, we will configure this, only on RouterA1.

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To test yourself, you can also check JNCIP Quizes Page.

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1. Creating the Routing Policy on the Router

Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem> configure

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Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem# set policy-options policy-statement next-hop-self

[edit policy-options policy-statement next-hop-self]
Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem# set term 1

[edit policy-options policy-statement next-hop-self term 1]
Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem# from route-type external

[edit policy-options policy-statement next-hop-self term 1]
Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem# then next-hop self

[edit policy-options policy-statement next-hop-self term 1]
Juniper-RouterA1@ top

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2. Applying the Routing Policy to BGP

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Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem# set protocols bgp 

[edit protocols bgp]
Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem# group ibgp export next-hop-self

[edit protocols bgp]
Juniper-RouterA1@Kosem# commit
commit completed

Before this configuration, RouterA2 can not reach the network between RouterB1 and RouterB2. Because as a netxt-hop it has the address of RouterB1’s ip address. But it do not know how to reach this next-hop. After the configuration, Router A2 received this route with the next-hop of its neighbour RouterA1. And after that, it can reach the network between RouterB1 and RouterB2 via its neighbour.

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To test yourself, you can also check JNCIP Quizes Page.

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