
Configuring IP Services
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Neighbor Reachability Phase
This portion of EGP is responsible for monitoring and maintaining an established
EGP neighbor relationship between two routers. Its purpose is to ensure that the
neighbors are operational and can provide reliable network reachability
information.
Two neighbors will be able to exchange network reachability information only if
they are both in the UP state and know that they are both in the UP state. This is
the point at which neighbor reachability is positively determined.
Whether a router is in the UP or DOWN state is indicated in the status field of the
Hello and I-H-U messages. Following is a description of these two messages. Poll
and Update messages are also sent during the neighbor reachability phase, but
they will be discussed in the next section.
• Neighbor Reachability Hello Message
This message is sent by the active neighbor to the passive neighbor to
determine whether the passive neighbor is functioning. The frequency of the
active router’s Hello message transmissions is dictated by the passive router’s
configured Hello interval. The passive router specifies, in the Neighbor
Acquisition Confirm response, an interval at which it is willing to respond to
Hello messages. The active router can send Hello messages less frequently
than the specified Hello interval, but not more frequently. The passive
neighbor determines reachability by the status field in the active neighbor’s
Hello message.
• Neighbor Reachability I-H-U Response
This response is sent by the passive neighbor in response to a Hello message.
If the status field in the I-H-U is UP, then the active neighbor determines that
the passive neighbor is reachable.
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