Confused about "Import" and "Export".

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 01:52:37PM +0800, ChuYinsu wrote:
> I'm a little confused what the capitalized words "PROTOCOL" and
> "ROUTING TABLE" exactly mean.
> 
> For exmaple, if I wrote "import all;" in the OSPF protocol, it will
> import all the routes that OSPF protocol detects to the BIRD's routing
> table, right?

Yes.

> But when I wrote "export all;" in the OSPF protocol, the routes will
> be exported from the BIRD's routing table to where?

No.  If you wrote "export all;" in the OSPF protocol, the other routes
from BIRD routing table are exported to OSPF protocol (as external
routes).

> Also, if I wrote "import all;" and "export all;" in the Kernel
> protocol, the routes will be imported and exported from where to
> where? Is it importing from the kernel table to the BIRD's routing
> table and exporting routes from the BIRD's routing table to the kernel
> table?

Yes.

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