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description: BGP support for Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)
title: Establish BGP peering over Direct CNI circuits
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2024-12-17-bgp-support-cni/og.png?v=be15bee7d83edc5e
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December 17, 2024

## Establish BGP peering over Direct CNI circuits

[Magic Transit](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/) [Cloudflare WAN](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-wan/) [Network Interconnect](https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/)

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Magic WAN and Magic Transit customers can use the Cloudflare dashboard to configure and manage BGP peering between their networks and their Magic routing table when using a Direct CNI on-ramp.

Using BGP peering allows customers to:

- Automate the process of adding or removing networks and subnets.
- Take advantage of failure detection and session recovery features.

With this functionality, customers can:

- Establish an eBGP session between their devices and the Magic WAN / Magic Transit service when connected via CNI.
- Secure the session by MD5 authentication to prevent misconfigurations.
- Exchange routes dynamically between their devices and their Magic routing table.

Refer to [Magic WAN BGP peering](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-wan/configuration/how-to/configure-routes/#configure-bgp-routes) or [Magic Transit BGP peering](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/configure-routes/#configure-bgp-routes) to learn more about this feature and how to set it up.

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