This object reports the IP address of the next hop for this LSP forwarding route; for a route bound to a broadcast-media interface, this instead shows the device's own IP address on that interface. Administrators use it to see exactly where traffic on this label-switched path is being forwarded next. For example, this showing an address different from a directly connected peer would indicate the LSP's next hop is being resolved through a broadcast interface's local address rather than a specific downstream router.