Hi all
I am setting up some BGP route maps to set a next hop (set ip next-hop) for select routes such that traffic for these networks are routed down a different path.
There are two of these paths acting as active and standby, therefore it is important to set up a means of detecting when the primary path is unavailable.
I am therefore relying on the default behaviour of BGP tracking the state of the selected next hop. Once the next hop is unavailable in the IGP, the selected routes should then be using the next hop of the standby link.
However my problem is that I currently have a default route in my route table. Therefore the primary link next hop will never be judged to be unavailable.
Is there any way to use BGP next hop tracking such that it ignores a default route?
I have read about BGP selective next hop tracking, but it seems that it results in disabling the BGP peer rather than simply removing the routes with the unavailable next hop.
Cheers
Greg