Re: How BGP verify Next-hop

From: Ronnie Angello (ronnie.angello@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 22 2007 - 16:13:53 ART


The BGP scanner polls the RIB for this information every 60 seconds by
default.

On 1/22/07, Mohamed T. Kondela <mtaib@sagia.gov.sa> wrote:
>
> Any idea what method is used by BGP to verify the next-hop reachability
> ? How does a BGP router know that the next hop is reachable or not?
> Icmp?
> Show ip route x.x.x.x ?
>
> I am just trying to know what exactly they are doing in the back ground.
>
> Regards
> Mohamed T. Kondela
> Senior Network Engineer
> IT Dept.
> Fax: 4473037 x 303
> mtaib@sagia.gov.sa
> Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority
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