Adding a BGP Neighbor

A BGP neighbor is a remote router with which the firewall exchanges routes. Add a neighbor to establish a peering session with that router.

To add a BGP neighbor

1. Navigate to NETWORK | System > Dynamic Routing > BGP.

2. In the Neighbors section, click Add Neighbor.

3. In the Add Neighbor dialog box, enter the values described in the following table.

   

   Field	Description
   Neighbor IP Address (IPv4 or IPv6)	Specifies the IP address of the remote BGP neighbor.
   Remote AS (1 - 65535)	Specifies the AS number of the remote BGP neighbor.
   Description (0 - 80 characters)	Provides an optional label for the neighbor entry.
   Password	Specifies the MD5 authentication password for the TCP session between the two routers, when authentication is required.
   Keepalive Time (0 - 65535)	Specifies the interval, in seconds, between keepalive messages. By default, the interval is 60 seconds.
   Hold Time (0 - 65535)	Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, to wait before declaring the peer unavailable. By default, the timeout is 180 seconds.
   Shutdown	Administratively disables the neighbor session without deleting its configuration.
   Originate Default Route	Advertises a default route to the configured peer.
   eBGP Multihop TTL (0 = disabled)	Specifies the TTL value for eBGP peers that are not directly connected.
   Maximum Prefix (0 = disabled)	Sets the maximum number of accepted prefixes from the peer.

4. Click Add.