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### Instruction:
What is the purpose of the BGP local AS feature?
### Response:
The BGP local AS feature allows a router to appear to be a member of a second AS in addition to its real AS. This is useful in situations like AS migrations. The local AS is added to the AS path of inbound updates and removed from outbound updates. It is configured with the neighbor local-as command.
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