Connecting Edge Spoke Gateway to an External Device (BGP over LAN)

For LAN-side connectivity, you can connect the Edge Spoke Gateway to an external device, such as a LAN BGP router.

To connect the Edge Gateway to the LAN BGP router, follow these steps.

  1. In CoPilot, navigate to Networking > Connectivity > External Connections (S2C) tab.

  2. From + External Connection To dropdown menu, select External Device, then provide the following information.

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Name to identify the connection to the LAN router.

    Connect Using

    Select BGP.

    Type

    Select LAN.

    Local Gateway

    The Edge Gateway that you want to connect to the LAN router.

    Local ASN

    The Local AS number that the Edge Gateway will use to exchange routes with the LAN router.

    This is automatically populated if the Edge Gateway is assigned an ASN already.

  3. In LAN Configuration, provide the following information.

    Field

    Description

    Remote ASN

    The BGP AS number that is configured on the LAN router.

    Remote LAN IP

    The IP address of the LAN router.

    Local LAN IP

    This is automatically populated with the Edge Gateway’s LAN interface IP address.

  4. Click Save.