– Summary The bgp neighbour X.X.X.X ebgp-multihop <value> command is used to set the multihop value eBGP messages are sent with a TTL of 1 by default The show ip bgp neighbors | i External command is used to check the ebgp-multihop configuration The multihop requirement does not affect iBGP peerings eBGP Multihop By default when configuring an eBGP neighbour, BGP expects the neighbours IP address to be less than 1 network hop away, or in other words, have a TTL of 1.