: Enable BGP for Private WAN and LAN
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Enable BGP for Private WAN and LAN

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Enable BGP for Private WAN and LAN

Learn more about the enable BGP for private WAN and LAN.
Enable
L3 Direct Private WAN Forwarding
to allow the ION device to peer with a BGP router via the private WAN interface.
Enable
L3 Direct Private WAN Forwarding
and
L3 LAN Forwarding
to use dynamic LAN routing.
  1. Select
    Workflows
    Devices
    Claimed Devices
    Configure the device
    Basic Info
    .
  2. Enable
    L3 Direct Private WAN Forwarding
    to allow the ION device to send underlay MPLS traffic or peer with a BGP router on a private WAN interface.
    You do not need to enable this field if you intend to run BGP on the internet or standard VPNs.
  3. Enable
    L3 LAN Forwarding
    to use dynamic LAN routing.
    You can enable Layer 3 LAN Forwarding only when there are no Private Layer 2 bypass pairs associated with any of the interfaces on the device. Starting with Release 5.2.3, if there are Private Layer 2 interfaces on the device, you will see a message to remove the Private Layer 2 interfaces associated with the device and then enable Layer 3 LAN Forwarding.
    You must enable both Enable
    L3 Direct Private WAN Forwarding
    and
    L3 LAN Forwarding
    for the ION device to use dynamic LAN routing.

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