BGP Confederation Lab:

We use 4 router running BGP, consist of 3 routers within a confederation and 1 router from
outside. Router R4 will recognize ASN R1 as 100, not 65001.

R1 Basic Configuration
R1(config)#hostname R1
R1(config)#interface e0/1
R1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.13.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-if)#no shutdown
R1(config-if)#exit
R1(config)#interface e0/2
R1(config-if)#ip address 192.168.14.1 255.255.255.0
R1(config-if)#no shutdown
R1(config-if)#exit
R1(config)#int loopback 1
R1(config-if)#ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
R1(config-if)#exit

R2 Basic Configuration
R2(config)#hostname R2
R2(config)#interface e0/1
R2(config-if)#ip address 192.168.23.2 255.255.255.0
R2(config-if)#no shutdown
R2(config-if)#exit
R2(config)#int loopback 2
R2(config-if)#ip address 2.2.2.2 255.255.255.255
R2(config-if)#exit

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 R3 Basic Configuration
R3(config)#hostname R3
R3(config)#interface e0/0
R3(config-if)#ip address 192.168.13.3 255.255.255.0
R3(config-if)#no shutdown
R3(config-if)#exit
R3(config)#interface e0/1
R3(config-if)#ip address 192.168.23.3 255.255.255.0
R3(config-if)#no shutdown
R3(config-if)#exit
R3(config)#int loopback 2
R3(config-if)#ip address 3.3.3.3 255.255.255.255
R3(config-if)#exit

R4 Basic Configuration
R4(config)#hostname R4
R4(config)#interface e0/0
R4(config-if)#ip address 192.168.14.4 255.255.255.0
R4(config-if)#no shutdown
R4(config-if)#exit
R4(config)#int loopback 4
R4(config-if)#ip address 4.4.4.4 255.255.255.255
R4(config-if)#exit

R1 BGP Configuration
R1(config)#router bgp 65001
R1(config-router)#bgp confederation identifier 100
R1(config-router)#bgp confederation peers 65002 65003
R1(config-router)#network 1.1.1.1 mask 255.255.255.255
R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.13.3 remote-as 65003
R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.14.4 remote-as 400
R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.13.3 description Connected to R3
R1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.13.3 next-hop-self

R2 BGP Configuration
R2(config)#router bgp 65002
R2(config-router)#bgp confederation identifier 100
R2(config-router)#bgp confederation peers 65001 65003
R2(config-router)#network 2.2.2.2 mask 255.255.255.255
R2(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.23.3 remote-as 65003
R2(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.23.3 description Connected to R3
R2(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.23.3 next-hop-self

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 R3 BGP Configuration
R3(config)#router bgp 65003
R3(config-router)#bgp confederation identifier 100
R3(config-router)#bgp confederation peers 65001 65002
R3(config-router)#network 3.3.3.3 mask 255.255.255.255
R3(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.13.1 remote-as 65001
R3(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.23.2 remote-as 65002
R3(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.13.1 description Connected to R1
R3(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.23.2 description Connected to R2
R3(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.13.1 next-hop-self
R3(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.23.2 next-hop-self

R4 BGP Configuration
R4(config)#router bgp 400
R4(config-router)#network 4.4.4.4 mask 255.255.255.255
R4(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.14.1 remote-as 100
R4(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.14.1 description Connected to R1

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