Unreachable next-hop over bgp

[Alex Bligh]

--On 17 August 2011 18:38:09 +0100 Alex Bligh <alex at alex.org.uk> wrote:

> The only reason for this I can see is because bird is determining
> reachability on the basis of its FIB only (as opposed to the kernel
> routing table) and there is no FIB entry for 10.255.199.0/24
> (from show route).
>
> How are such interface routes meant to get into the FIB?

2 further bits of information:

1. bird version 1.3.2-1 (Ubuntu Oneiric)

2. gateway-direct fixes this, but I don't understand why. If a direct
   lookup succeeds, then surely a recursive lookup must always succeed?

-- 
Alex Bligh