IBGP (Internal Border Gateway Protocol)is used to exchange routing information betweenrouters within the same AS (Autonomous System).

Step-by-Step Breakdown:

TTL of 255:

By default, IBGP sessions are established with aTTL (Time to Live)value of255. This allows IBGP neighbors to communicate over multiple hops within the AS without requiring any additional configuration.

Full Mesh Requirement:

IBGP requires alogical full meshbetween all IBGP routers to ensure that routing information is fully distributed within the AS. Since IBGP does not propagate routes learned from one IBGP peer to another by default, a full mesh topology is needed unlessroute reflectorsorBGP confederationsare used.

Juniper Reference:

IBGP Full Mesh: Juniper recommends using route reflectors in large networks to simplify IBGP full-mesh requirements.