Cisco IOS Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Restricting Networks Advertised to a BGP Peer

Problem

You want to restrict which routes your router advertises to another AS.

Solution

There are three ways to filter routes in BGP. The first one uses extended access lists and route maps, as follows:

Router1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router1(config)#access-list 105 deny ip host 172.25.0.0 host 255.255.0.0
Router1(config)#access-list 105 permit ip any any
Router1(config)#route-map ACL-RT-FILTER permit 10
Router1(config-route-map)#match ip address 105
Router1(config-route-map)#exit
Router1(config)#route-map ACL-RT-FILTER deny 20
Router1(config-route-map)#exit
Router1(config)#router bgp 65500
Router1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.1.5 remote-as 65510
Router1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.1.5 route-map ACL-RT-FILTER in
Router1(config-router)#exit
Router1(config)#end
Router1#

The second method uses a distribute-list:

Router1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router1(config)#access-list 106 deny ip host 172.25.0.0 host 255.255.0.0
Router1(config)#access-list 106 permit ip any any
Router1(config)#router bgp 65500
Router1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.1.5 remote-as 65510
Router1(config-router)#neighbor 192.168.1.5 distribute-list 106 in
Router1(config-router)#exit
Router1(config)#end
Router1#

But the most common way to filter routes in BGP is to use prefix lists. The following example has a similar effect the preceding ones:

Router1#configure ...