# Monitoring BGP Paths of Neighbors

#### Purpose

Display path information for the specified BGP neighbor.

The show ip bgp neighbors paths and show bgp ipv6 neighbors paths commands display similar information.

#### Action

To display path information for the specified BGP neighbor.

    host1#show ip bgp neighbors 1.02.3.4 paths
    Address     Refcount  Origin  Next-hop         AS-path
    0xC384BD0   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 2853 5515 764
    0xC384C40   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 4183
    0xC384CB0   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 1239 1833 1833 1833 1299 8308
    0xC384D20   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 6453 786
    0xC384D90   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 6453 1103 1103
    0xC384E00   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 6762 9116 9116 9116 6888 6888
    0xC384E70   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 6453 8297 6758
    0xC384EE0   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 5511 3215
    0xC384F50   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 3561 5683 5551
    0xC384FC0   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 1239 1755 1273 8793 8793 8793
    0xC385030   1         IGP     192.168.1.1      11488 701 5705 5693

#### Meaning

Table 37 lists the show ip bgp neighbors paths command output fields.

Table 37: show ip bgp neighbors paths Output Fields

Field Name | Field Description
--- | ---
Address | Hexadecimal number that uniquely identifies the path attributes
Refcount | Number of routes that share the path attributes
Origin | Value of the origin path attribute
Next-hop | Value of the next-hop path attribute
AS-path | Value of the AS-path attribute

#### Related Documentation

- show bgp ipv6 neighbors paths
- show ip bgp neighbors paths