BGP next-hop self benefits

[craig washington <craigwashington01 () hotmail com>]

Hello everyone,


Question, what are the true benefits to using the next-hop self feature, doesn't matter what vendor.

Most information I see is just to make sure you have reach-ability for external routes via IBGP, but what if all your 
IBGP knows the eBGP links?

Is there a added benefit to using next hop self in this situation?


Any feedback is much appreciated, either for the question specifically or whatever else you got 😊, L3VPN's or 
underlying technology that has to have that.


Thanks