# Example: Disabling the Default Address Family

PE routers can exchange routes in the IPv4 address family, VPNv4 address family, or both. Issuing the neighbor remote-as command automatically activates the IPv4 unicast address family, meaning that the PE router exchanges routes in the IPv4 unicast address family with that peer.

The following commands illustrate how to configure the exchange of routes in both the IPv4 unicast and the VPNv4 unicast address families for a BGP peer:

host1:vr1(config)#router bgp 777 host1:vr1(config-router)#neighbor 10.26.5.10 remote-as 100 host1:vr1(config-router)#address-family vpnv4 unicast host1:vr1(config-router-af)#neighbor 10.26.5.10 activate host1:vr1(config-router-af)#exit-address-family

The neighbor remote-as command activated the IPv4 unicast address family for the peer. The address-family command entered the context of the VPNv4 unicast family and the neighbor activate command activated the address family for the peer.

- Disabling the Exchange of Routes for a Specific Peer
- Disabling the Exchange of Routes for all Peers

## Disabling the Exchange of Routes for a Specific Peer

The following commands illustrate one way to disable the exchange of routes in the IPv4 unicast address family and enable the exchange of routes in the VPNv4 unicast address family:

host1:vr1(config)#router bgp 777 host1:vr1(config-router)#neighbor 10.26.5.10 remote-as 100 host1:vr1(config-router)#address-family ipv4 unicast host1:vr1(config-router-af)#no neighbor 10.26.5.10 activate host1:vr1(config-router-af)#exit-address-family host1:vr1(config-router)#address-family vpnv4 unicast host1:vr1(config-router-af)#neighbor 10.26.5.10 activate host1:vr1(config-router-af)#exit-address-family

In this case, the no neighbor activate command specifically disables the IPv4 unicast address family for that peer alone; no other peers are affected. The VPNv4 unicast address family is activated for the peer as in Example 1.

## Disabling the Exchange of Routes for all Peers

The following commands illustrate another way to disable the exchange of routes in the IPv4 unicast address family and enable the exchange of routes in the VPNv4 unicast address family:

host1:vr1(config)#router bgp 777 host1:vr1(config-router)#no bgp default ipv4-unicast host1:vr1(config-router)#neighbor 10.26.5.10 remote-as 100 host1:vr1(config-router)#address-family vpnv4 unicast host1:vr1(config-router-af)#neighbor 10.26.5.10 activate host1:vr1(config-router-af)#exit-address-family

In this case, the no bgp default ipv4-unicast command prevents the automatic enabling of the IPv4 unicast address family for all peers subsequently configured with the neighbor remote-as command. Previously configured peers are not affected. The VPNv4 unicast address family is activated for the peer as in Examples 1 and 2.