350-401 Practice Question: Given the following BGP configuration on a Cisco…

Given the following BGP configuration on a Cisco IOS-XE device:

router bgp 65001

bgp router-id 1.1.1.1

neighbor 10.0.0.2 remote-as 65002
 neighbor 10.0.0.2 update-source Loopback0
 neighbor 10.0.0.2 ebgp-multihop 2

interface Loopback0
 ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255

interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.252

What is the purpose of the 'ebgp-multihop 2' command?

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Correct answer & explanation

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It allows the BGP session to be established even if the neighbor is not directly connected, with a maximum of 2 hops.

EBGP multihop allows the BGP session to be established between non-directly connected peers. The number specifies the maximum TTL for the BGP packets. Here, TTL=2 allows one intermediate hop.

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It allows the BGP session to be established even if the neighbor is not directly connected, with a maximum of 2 hops.
Why this is correct
Correct. EBGP multihop with value 2 allows the neighbor to be up to 2 hops away (TTL=2).
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It sets the BGP session to use two TCP connections for redundancy.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. EBGP multihop does not affect TCP connections; it only adjusts the TTL.
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It enables BGP to use two different paths to reach the neighbor.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. EBGP multihop does not enable multipath; it just allows non-directly connected peers.
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It is required because the neighbor is configured with a loopback interface as the update source.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. While using a loopback as update source often requires multihop, the command itself is not mandatory; it is needed only if the peer is not directly connected.

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