**OUTPUT OF BGP TABLE** (triplet and parenthesis meaning):\\ **show ip bgp **\\ x.x.x.x from y.y.y.y (RID) \\ * x.x.x.x: next hop to reach the destination * y.y.y.y IP address of the router's interface who sent the update. * RID: router-id of the spoke sending the update Listing all routes and filtering on AS-PATH: show ip bgp regexp ^$ # test this w/ internal networks ---- **ASN PREPENDING** ip as-path access-list 1 permit ^$ # this indicates my own local routes route-map BGP100_SANTANDER_TO_BGP200_FR01_DMZR01_GRE permit 10 match ip address prefix-list BGP100_SANTANDER_GRE_TO_ALL_SITES set as-path prepend 65103 65103 65103 65103 65103 # ---- **PATH HUNTING** * Undesired phenomeda. Happens because BGP is, by definition, unaware of the topology * During convergence, BGP will ''hunt'' for another path andn happily advertises these paths to peers even though the path is through the peer itself. [[https://lostintransit.se/2023/10/09/path-hunting-in-bgp/|External Link]]