--- title: Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case «... description: A networking engineer is crowdsourcing simple, beginner-friendly use cases for multihop EBGP sessions to add as introductory lab exercises to the BGP labs... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-ipspace-net-blog-zoqzqvjro twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A networking engineer is crowdsourcing simple, beginner-friendly use cases for multihop EBGP sessions to add as introductory lab exercises to the BGP labs... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-ipspace-net-blog-zoqzqvjro og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZOQzqvjRo.png og:image:alt: Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A networking engineer is crowdsourcing simple, beginner-friendly use cases for multihop EBGP sessions to add as introductory lab exercises to the BGP labs project. The post lists planned advanced scenarios (BGP route servers, full Internet table offload, EVPN over EBGP) but seeks an accessible entry-level example. Community responses highlight peering across a firewall as the clearest winner, along with Azure vWAN requirements, remote-triggered blackhole (RTBH) routing, RouteViews peering outside IXs, and inter-AS MPLS/VPN scenarios. The author collects these for future lab additions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are common real-world use cases for multihop EBGP sessions? The most widely cited real-world use case for multihop EBGP is peering across a firewall that does not support BGP or cannot handle a full Internet routing table, keeping the firewall BGP-free with only static routes. Other practical uses include Azure vWAN connectivity (which requires multihop EBGP by design), remote-triggered blackhole routing with transit providers, peering with RouteViews outside IXPs, and inter-AS MPLS/VPN scenarios. _Network engineers designing BGP topologies with firewalls or cloud gateways in the path track scenarios like these on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#bgp](https://daily.dev/tags/bgp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-ipspace-net-blog-zoqzqvjro) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-ipspace-net-blog-zoqzqvjro","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-ipspace-net-blog-zoqzqvjro"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:51:52.611Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T08:57:48.196Z","description":"A networking engineer is crowdsourcing simple, beginner-friendly use cases for multihop EBGP sessions to add as introductory lab exercises to the BGP labs...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CxzD6vbw--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2005","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CxzD6vbw--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2005","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ipSpace.net Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ipSpace.net Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xS7E82MT--/f_auto,q_auto/v1786438303/logos/ipspace?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-ipspace-net-blog-zoqzqvjro","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"networking,bgp","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ipSpace.net Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Looking for a Simple Multihop EBGP Use Case « ipSpace.net blog"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/looking-for-a-simple-multihop-ebgp-use-case-ipspace-net-blog-zoqzqvjro#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are common real-world use cases for multihop EBGP sessions?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The most widely cited real-world use case for multihop EBGP is peering across a firewall that does not support BGP or cannot handle a full Internet routing table, keeping the firewall BGP-free with only static routes. 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