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784 BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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Enabling next-hop recursion
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In this example, the BigIron RX cannot reach 240.0.0.0/24, because the next-hop IP address for
the route is an IBGP route instead of an IGP route, and thus is considered unreachable by the
device. Here is the IP route table entry for the BGP route’s next-hop gateway (102.0.0.1/24).
The route to the next-hop gateway is a BGP route, not an IGP route, and thus cannot be used to
reach 240.0.0.0/24. In this case, the device tries to use the default route, if present, to reach the
subnet that contains the BGP route’s next-hop gateway.
Example when recursive route lookups are enabled
When recursive next-hop lookups are enabled, the device recursively looks up the next-hop
gateways along the route until the device finds an IGP route to the BGP route’s destination. Here is
an example.
BigIron RX# show ip bgp route
Total number of BGP Routes: 5
Status A:AGGREGATE B:BEST b:NOT-INSTALLED-BEST C:CONFED_EBGP D:DAMPED
H:HISTORY I:IBGP L:LOCAL M:MULTIPATH S:SUPPRESSED
Prefix Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Status
1 0.0.0.0/0 10.1.0.2 0 100 0 BI
AS_PATH: 65001 4355 701 80
2 102.0.0.0/24 10.0.0.1 1 100 0 BI
AS_PATH: 65001 4355 1
3 104.0.0.0/24 10.1.0.2 0 100 0 BI
AS_PATH: 65001 4355 701 1 189
4 240.0.0.0/24 102.0.0.1 1 100 0 I
AS_PATH: 65001 4355 3356 7170 1455
5 250.0.0.0/24 209.157.24.1 1 100 0 I
AS_PATH: 65001 4355 701
BigIron RX# show ip route 102.0.0.1
Total number of IP routes: 37
Network Address Gateway Port Cost Type
102.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 1/1 1 B
BigIron RX# show ip route 240.0.0.0/24
Total number of IP routes: 37
Network Address Gateway Port Cost Type
0.0.0.0 10.0.0.202 1/1 1 S