# Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case

DevFeed: [Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-11021.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/06/ebgp-multihop-use-cases/>)

Published: 2024-06-26T06:23:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/evpn.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evpn.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [load-balancing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancing.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>)

## AI overview

The author is seeking a simple, easy-to-understand use case for multihop EBGP to help engineers learn when it is appropriate. The post lists possible lab scenarios, including BGP between VMs and central route servers, sending the full Internet routing table to a customer without overloading a PE router, and EBGP EVPN between loopbacks.

## Source excerpt

I plan to add several challenge labs using multihop EBGP sessions to the BGP labs project, including: Running BGP between VMs and central BGP route servers Using multihop EBGP session to send full Internet routing table to a customer without overloading the PE-router Running EBGP EVPN session between loopbacks advertised with EBGP IPv4 session (🤢) However, I would love to start with a simple use case to help engineers unfamiliar with BGP realize when they might have to use multihop EBGP sessions. Unfortunately, I can't find one, and the scenarios where I used multihop EBGP in the past (EBGP load balancing and using a low-end router in the EBGP path, where I was effectively using the reverse application of #2 as a customer) are mostly irrelevant. Read more ...