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Administration Guide

BGP

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized routing protocol that is used to route traffic across the internet. It exchanges routing information between Autonomous Systems (AS) on the internet and makes routing decisions based on path, network policies, and rule sets. BGP contains two distinct subsets: internal BGP (iBGP) and external BGP (eBGP). iBGP is intended for use within your own networks. eBGP is used to connect different networks together and is the main routing protocol for the internet backbone.

To configure BGP in the GUI, go to Network > BGP:

Option

Description

Local AS

The AS number for the local router.

Router ID

A unique ID to identify your router in the network, typically in the format x.x.x.x.

Neighbors

The neighbors that the FortiGate will be peering with. Configure the remote router's AS number, any other properties used for peering with the neighbor, and IPv4 and IPv6 filtering.

Neighbor Groups

The neighbor groups that share the same outbound policy configurations.

Neighbor Ranges

The source address range of BGP neighbors that will be automatically assigned to a neighbor group.

IPv4 & IPv6 Networks

The networks to be advertised to other BGP routers.

IPv4 & IPv6 Redistribute

Enable redistribution by protocol. Specify either All routes, or Filter by route map.

Dampening

Enable route flap dampening to reduce the propagation of flapping routes.

Graceful Restart

Enable BGP graceful restart, which causes the adjacent routers to keep routes active while the BGP peering is restarted on the FortiGate. This is useful in HA instances when failover occurs.

Advanced Options

Various advanced settings, such as Local Preference, Distance internal, Keepalive, Holdtime, and others

Best Path Selection

Configure path selection attributes on this router.

This section includes the following topics:

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized routing protocol that is used to route traffic across the internet. It exchanges routing information between Autonomous Systems (AS) on the internet and makes routing decisions based on path, network policies, and rule sets. BGP contains two distinct subsets: internal BGP (iBGP) and external BGP (eBGP). iBGP is intended for use within your own networks. eBGP is used to connect different networks together and is the main routing protocol for the internet backbone.

To configure BGP in the GUI, go to Network > BGP:

Option

Description

Local AS

The AS number for the local router.

Router ID

A unique ID to identify your router in the network, typically in the format x.x.x.x.

Neighbors

The neighbors that the FortiGate will be peering with. Configure the remote router's AS number, any other properties used for peering with the neighbor, and IPv4 and IPv6 filtering.

Neighbor Groups

The neighbor groups that share the same outbound policy configurations.

Neighbor Ranges

The source address range of BGP neighbors that will be automatically assigned to a neighbor group.

IPv4 & IPv6 Networks

The networks to be advertised to other BGP routers.

IPv4 & IPv6 Redistribute

Enable redistribution by protocol. Specify either All routes, or Filter by route map.

Dampening

Enable route flap dampening to reduce the propagation of flapping routes.

Graceful Restart

Enable BGP graceful restart, which causes the adjacent routers to keep routes active while the BGP peering is restarted on the FortiGate. This is useful in HA instances when failover occurs.

Advanced Options

Various advanced settings, such as Local Preference, Distance internal, Keepalive, Holdtime, and others

Best Path Selection

Configure path selection attributes on this router.

This section includes the following topics: