class IPExternalNextHop An IP nexthop that is not an intermediate neighbor. More... Definition #include <nexthop.hh> Template form IPExternalNextHop<class A> Inherits IPNextHop [public ] List of all Methods

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•  IPExternalNextHop (const A &from_addr)
• int  type ()
• string  str () const

Detailed Description

The nexthop that is a regular router's address, but the router is not one of our immediate neighbors.

Specialization of IPNextHop for a regular router's address, but the router is not one of our immediate neighbors. The normal case when this will happen is with IBGP, where the nexthop is either the exit router from the AS, or the entry router to the next AS.

Constructor from an address.

Parameters:

from_addr

IPv4 or IPv6 or IPvX address to initialize nexthop.

Get the type of the nexthop.

Returns: the nexthop type. In this case, it is EXTERNAL_NEXTHOP.

Reimplemented from NextHop.

[const]

Convert this nexthop from binary form to presentation format.

Returns: C++ string with the human-readable ASCII representation of the nexthop.

Reimplemented from NextHop.