266Local parameter Peer parameter Negotiation resultboth both Both the ORF sending and receiving capabilities areenabled locally and on the peer, respectively.Enabling quick eBGP session reestablishmentIf the router receives no keepalive messages from a BGP peer within the holdtime, it disconnectsfrom the peer.With quick eBGP connection reestablishment enabled, the router will reestablish a session to theeBGP peer immediately when the link to a directly connected eBGP peer is down.To do… Use the command… RemarksStep 1 Enter system view system-view —Step 2 Enter BGP view bgp as-number —Step 3 Enable quick eBGP sessionreestablishment ebgp-interface-sensitive OptionalNot enabled by defaultEnabling MD5 authentication for TCP connectionsBGP employs TCP as the transport protocol. To enhance security, configure BGP to perform MD5authentication when establishing a TCP connection. The two parties must have the samepassword configured to establish TCP connections. BGP MD5 authentication is for TCPconnections, not for BGP packets. If the authentication fails, no TCP connection can beestablished.To do… Use the command… RemarksStep 1 Enter system view system-view —Step 2 Enter BGP view bgp as-number —Step 3 Enable MD5 authenticationwhen establishing a TCPconnection to the peer or peergrouppeer { group-name | ip-address} password { cipher |simple } passwordOptionalNot enabled by defaultConfiguring BGP load balancingIf multiple paths to a destination exist, you can configure load balancing over such paths toimprove link utilization.
