Which show command lists the entire BGP table?

• A. Show ip bgp neighbors
• B. Show ip bgp summary
• C. Show ip bgp
• D. Show ip route

Answer: (C)

The command that lists the entire BGP table is the one that directly queries the BGP database itself. The BGP table contains every BGP route the router has learned or originated, along with its attributes such as next hop, AS_PATH, MED, local preference, and more. This table is separate from the router’s forwarding table, so not every BGP entry must be installed in the routing table. That’s why you use show ip bgp with no additional arguments to see the complete set of BGP entries, including all routes from both eBGP and iBGP peers and the various path attributes. Other commands focus on different things—neighbors, per-neighbor summary, or the routing table—so they don’t display the full BGP table.