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title: "show bgp"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/nios86/35886931/show%20bgp"
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The `show`` ``bgp` command displays information about the BGP configuration on the appliance, reachability information about neighbors, and BGP routes to destinations. You can specify the command with or without an argument. A command without an argument defaults to `show` `bgp`` ``route`.  
 For information about how to write statistical information to syslog, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[set](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios86/pages/35887102)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios86/pages/35887102)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[bgp](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios86/pages/35887102)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios86/pages/35887102)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[log](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/nios86/pages/35887102)</span>*.

# Syntax

`show bgp {route | neighbor | summary | config}`

| **Argument** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| route | Displays the BGP routing table. |
| summary | Displays the BGP protocol summary. |
| neighbor | Displays information about all known BGP neighbors. |
| config | Displays the running BGP configuration file. |

# Example

`The following examples are for illustration only. The actual output varies based on the Quagga version.`

`Infoblox > ``show`` ``bgp`` ``route`  
` BGP table version is 0, local router ID is 50.0.1.2`  
` Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal, r RIB-failure, S Stale, R Removed`  
` Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete `

`                     Network            Next Hop                 Metric                LocPrf               Weight          Path`  
`* i                 10.0.1.0/24        10.0.1.1                     0                   100                  0              ?`  
`*>                           10.0.2.99              11                                  32768                ?`  
`* i                 10.0.2.0/24        10.0.1.99                    2                   100                  0              ?`  
`*>                           0.0.0.0                 1                                  32768                ?`  
`* i                 50.0.1.1/32        10.0.1.1                     0                   100                  0              i`  
`*>                        10.0.2.99               1011                                  32768                ?`  
`*                   50.0.1.2/32        0.0.0.0                      1                                        32768          ?`  
`*>                         0.0.0.0                  0                                   32768                i`  
`...`` `

  
` Infoblox > ``show`` ``bgp`` ``summary`  
` BGP router identifier 50.0.1.2, local AS number 65001 RIB entries 25, using 1600 bytes of memory`  
` Peers 2, using 5024 bytes of memory `

`Neighbor   V    AS     MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down   State/PfxRcd`  
`10.0.1.1   4    65001  89      85      0      0   0    01:11:27  10`  
`100.0.2.4  4    65004  57      53      0      0   0    00:46:37  5`

`Total number of neighbors 2`