IPv6 eBGP next_hop

Mathias Wolkert tias at netnod.se
Thu Oct 20 10:36:09 CEST 2011


On 10/19/11 16:45 , Ondrej Filip wrote:
> On 19.10.2011 00:27, Ondrej Zajicek wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 07:23:09AM +0200, Mathias Wolkert wrote:
>>>>> Has this behavior changed? i believe I had this working in
>>>>> bird-1.2.5
>>>>
>>>> I don't think so.
>>>>
>>>> See 'missing lladdr' option, it is probably related to your
>>>> problem. You probably need to set it to 'ignore'.
>>>
>>> So you believe it will send only GUA if I set lladdr to ignore?
>>
>> If you set to 'ignore' it would ignore missing lladdr and set only GUA
>> if lladdr is missing (like when bgp_next_hop is altered in
>> filters). If lladdr is available, it will be sent.
> 
> Hi Mathias!
> I discussed this issue with you colleague Kurtis during Euro-IX
> meeting. And my understanding was that you don't want to send lladdr
> even if it is available. Am I right?

Yes, that's what we want and what happens when we set alter it _AND_ use
"missing lladdr ignore".

So right now I have what we need.

Thanks

> 
> 			Ondrej
> 

/Tias



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