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Configuring IP Unicast Routing
 
Configuring BGP
DETAILED STEPS
EXAMPLE
In the following example, a standard community list is configured that permits routes from network 10 in autonomous 
system 50000: 
Router(config)# ip community-list 1 permit 50000:10 
In the following router configuration mode example, the router belongs to autonomous system 109 and is configured to 
send the communities attribute to its neighbor at IP address 172.16.70.23: 
Switch(config)# router bgp 109
Switch(config-router)# neighbor 172.16.70.23 send-community
In the following example, a router that uses the 32-bit number community format is upgraded to use the AA:NN format: 
Switch(config)# ip bgp-community new-format 
The following sample output shows how BGP community numbers are displayed when the ip bgp-community 
new-format command is enabled: 
Switch# show ip bgp 10.0.0.0
BGP routing table entry for 10.0.0.0/8, version 4
Paths: (2 available, best #2, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Advertised to non peer-group peers:
  10.0.33.35
Command Purpose
1. configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
2. ip community-list 
community-list-number {permit | 
deny} community-number
Create a community list, and assign it a number.
 The community-list-number is an integer from 1 to 99 that 
identifies one or more permit or deny groups of 
communities.
 The community-number is the number configured by a set 
community route-map configuration command.
3. router bgp autonomous-system Enter BGP router configuration mode.
4. neighbor {ip-address | peer-group 
name} send-community 
Specify that the COMMUNITIES attribute be sent to the 
neighbor at this IP address.
5. set comm-list list-num delete (Optional) Remove communities from the community attribute 
of an inbound or outbound update that match a standard or 
extended community list specified by a route map.
6. exit Return to global configuration mode.
7. ip bgp-community new-format (Optional) Display and parse BGP communities in the format 
AA:NN. 
A BGP community is displayed in a two-part format 2 bytes 
long. The Cisco default community format is in the format 
NNAA. In the most recent RFC for BGP, a community takes the 
form AA:NN, where the first part is the AS number and the 
second part is a 2-byte number. 
8. end  Return to privileged EXEC mode.
9.  show ip bgp community  Verify the configuration.
10. copy running-config 
startup-config 
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.