next-hop-self for non-reflected routes only?

[Neil Jerram]

On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 3:07 PM Ondrej Zajicek <santiago at crfreenet.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 02:45:37PM +0100, Neil Jerram wrote:
> > > We implemented extension for next-hop-self in version 2.0.3 that allows
> > > to specify 'next hop self ebgp', this solves exactly this issue.
> > >
> > > For older versions, you would need to workaround that in filters,
> > > something like:
> > >
> > > if proto = "bgpX" then
> > >   bgp_next_hop = A.b.C.D;
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Ondrej.  Am I right in thinking that I should do this in the
> import
> > filter?  (From reading the code, it appears that "next hop self" takes
> > effect on import.)
>
> No, in the export filter. You import the route with the original next hop
> (e.g. one from AS 65001), but when exported to B,C it is reset to the
> local value.
>

Many thanks, I'll try this.

    Neil
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