Chapter 50
| IP Routing Commands
Border Gateway Protocol (BGPv4)
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â—† Changing the administrative distance of iBGP routes is not recommended. It
may cause an accumulation of routing table inconsistencies which can break
routing to many parts of the network.
Example
Console(config-router)#distance bgp 20 200 20
Console(config-router)#
Related Commands
distance (1111)
Neighbor Configuration
neighbor activate This command enables the exchange of routing information with a neighboring
router or peer group. Use the no form to disable the exchange of routing
information.
Syntax
[no] neighbor {ip-address | group-name} activate
ip-address – IP address of a neighbor.
group-name – A BGP peer group containing a list of neighboring routers
configured with the neighbor peer-group command.
Command Mode
Router Configuration
Default Setting
Enabled
Command Usage
â—† After a connection is opened with a neighboring router, this command is used
to enable the exchange of information with the neighbor.
â—† The exchange of information is enabled by default for each routing session
configured with the neighbor remote-as command.
Example
Console(config-router)#neighbor 10.1.1.64 activate
Console(config-router)#