Configure BGP

The BGP configuration can be found under Locations > Routing.

Prerequisites

• The location must have at least one VPN connected to it. More information under: Assign, configure and connect VPNs to a site
• The location must have at least one VLAN created. More information under: VLANs and LAN-IP addressing

Configuration

1. Select VPN to create BGP peer in
2. Add a new BGP peer for each BGP router on the LAN to exchange routing information.
3. Select the VLAN for the transit subnet
4. A BGP peer is configured with the following parameters:
   • Peer IP: IP address of the neighbour BGP router
   • Peer AS: AS number of the neighbour BGP router
   • Range: 1 - 4294967295 (65521 is reserved)
   • Local AS: AS number of the local BGP router. This number must be different from the Peer AS. Default: 65001. Range: 1 - 4294967295 (AS 65521 is reserved)
   • Hello Interval: Frequency with which BGP keepalive messages are sent. Default: 60 seconds. Range: 1 to 300
   • Dead Interval: Duration when no keepalive messages are received until a link is defined as down. Default: 180 seconds (must be at least 3 x Hello Interval). Range: 3 to 900
   • MD5 Encryption: If you want to encrypt the BGP routing information, you can activate this here and define the key. Length: 6 to 255 characters. Allowed values: Alphanumeric and "`!@#$%^
5. Activate the created configuration by clicking save and sending the shopping cart.