.. index:: [no] neighbor PEER maximum-prefix NUMBER
.. clicmd:: [no] neighbor PEER maximum-prefix NUMBER
-.. index:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER no-prepend
-.. clicmd:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER no-prepend
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-.. index:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER no-prepend replace-as
-.. clicmd:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER no-prepend replace-as
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-.. index:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER
-.. clicmd:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER
+ Sets a maximum number of prefixes we can receive from a given peer. If this
+ number is exceeded, the BGP session will be destroyed.
+
+ In practice, it is generally preferable to use a prefix-list to limit what
+ prefixes are received from the peer instead of using this knob. Tearing down
+ the BGP session when a limit is exceeded is far more destructive than merely
+ rejecting undesired prefixes. The prefix-list method is also much more
+ granular and offers much smarter matching criterion than number of received
+ prefixes, making it more suited to implementing policy.
+
+.. index:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER [no-prepend] [replace-as]
+.. clicmd:: [no] neighbor PEER local-as AS-NUMBER [no-prepend] [replace-as]
Specify an alternate AS for this BGP process when interacting with the
specified peer. With no modifiers, the specified local-as is prepended to