Follow up question on "next hop self"

[Neil Jerram]

On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 3:03 PM Ondrej Zajicek <santiago at crfreenet.org>
wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 12:39:43AM +0100, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> > I have had a look at OSPF, but for our relatively simple network it
> > looks like an overkill. Do you have any other recommendations for
> > what to run the IGP with instead?
> >
> > The main reason I so far tried to stay on iBGP only is to reduce
> > complexity.
>
> Well, you can run just IBGP, if you use direct + 'next hop self' options,
> which should be OK in your simple topology.
>

According to my understanding of the BIRD code, 'next hop self' is only
relevant when exporting a locally originated route to a BGP peer.  So,
assuming the original question was about what happens on R1 and R2, I would
not expect it to be relevant at all.   Is that right?
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