Problem with bird 1.3.9 on mips/linux

[Hans van Kranenburg]

On 01/24/2013 01:55 AM, Hans van Kranenburg wrote:
> On 01/23/2013 10:55 AM, Robert Hass wrote:
>>>         http://marc.info/?l=bird-users&m=135876825203614&w=2
>>
>> Yeah It nearly the same issue. Thanks for pointing out.
>> After adding multihop bird started to listen on port 179/TCP.
> 
> Yes, that was me.
> 
>> But do I need really to configure multihop for iBGP session ?! (I'm
>> from Juniper & Cisco house where for iBGP I just need IGP
>> reach-ability, not multihop which is only for ebgp sessions).
> 
> It seems so. It's exactly the same reason that caused part of the
> confusion for me. I was thinking that BGP was supposed to use any other
> protocols to resolve a route to the iBGP peer, but BIRD wants to be told
> explicitely it's not on link.

Anyway, I'm only on this list for about two weeks, but if this is a
question that would pop up more often, then it could be a great idea to
start a FAQ page on http://bird.network.cz/ , below the mailing list,
wiki etc.. that would answer this question as wel as...

"I'm setting up a bird configuration file for the first time, why do I
have to go through 'syntax error' hell first, without it telling me
where's the error and what was expected" <- been there, done that so
many times this week, for example, the amount of having to do a ; at the
end of anything or just totally not doing it because then you get
another syntax error is really annoying and confusing when you want to
get a basic configuration going.

Another FAQ candidate:

"Why do I have to specify import at a protocol for whatever I want to
export from there, and export for whatever I want the central routing
table to import from the protocol I'm configuring?" <- no need to
comment on this I guess...

/me trying to provide constructive feedback

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