dumb question

[Henry Yen]

Dumb question, but didn't readily see it in the documentation; pointers to
where it is in the doc would be humbly appreciated.

The following is typical response for BIRDC route query:

   bird> show route 192.168.5.0/24 all
   192.168.5.0/24     via 10.110.110.5 on tun4 [bm 13:21 from 65.242.137.98] * (100/?) [i] 
           Type: BGP unicast univ
           BGP.origin: IGP
           BGP.as_path:
           BGP.next_hop: 65.242.137.98
           BGP.med: 0
           BGP.local_pref: 100
   bird>

What does the '*' in the response signify? "Valid" like in cisco?
What does the "100/" signify? Is it local preference, or
   the route metric, or something else?
What does the "/?" signify? Some examples show "-" or a numeric value.

Thanks.

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Henry Yen                                       Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer                       Hicksville, New York