JUNOS and BIRD OSPF ptp netmask 0.0.0.0 mismatch problem

[Bao Nguyen]

That's really a bummer. Do we know when we can expect the next version with
the "ptp netmask" to be package? I might look at upgrading BIRD if it's
published.

-bn
0216331C


On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Alexander V. Chernikov <melifaro at ipfw.ru>wrote:

> On 03.05.2013 06:04, Bao Nguyen wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
> Hi.
>
>
>> I'm running BIRD 1.3.4 with JUNOS and I ran into the issue of "netmask
>> 0.0.0.0" was seen by JUNOS as it's not being sent by BIRD on a OSPF
>> point-to-point link per RFC spec but JUNOS perform strict check on it.
>>
>> There seemed to be quite a bit of discussions about this online [1][2]
>> and I'm wondering if anyone got a better alternatives then switching to
>> link broadcast mode?
>>
> It seems broadcast is the only alternative.
>
>
>> I also looked at BIRD code, it seemed like someone have applied a patch
>> for a "ptp netmask" option on in April 17 to work around this issue but
>>
> Yes, I had the same problem and Ondrej merged my patch recently.
>
>  upgrading BIRD is not an option at this point.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://kb.juniper.net/**InfoCenter/index?page=content&**
>> enablesaml=yes&id=KB23533&max-**yv=1&cat=M_SERIES&actp=LIST&**
>> smlogin=true<https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&enablesaml=yes&id=KB23533&max-yv=1&cat=M_SERIES&actp=LIST&smlogin=true>
>> <https://kb.juniper.net/**InfoCenter/index?page=content&**
>> enablesaml=yes&id=KB23533&max-**yv=1&cat=M_SERIES&actp=LIST&**
>> smlogin=true<https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&enablesaml=yes&id=KB23533&max-yv=1&cat=M_SERIES&actp=LIST&smlogin=true>
>> >
>> [2]
>> http://forums.juniper.net/t5/**Junos-and-Junosphere/ospf-**
>> point-to-point-interface-type-**on-ethernet/td-p/39375<http://forums.juniper.net/t5/Junos-and-Junosphere/ospf-point-to-point-interface-type-on-ethernet/td-p/39375>
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>>
>> -bn
>> 0216331C
>>
>
>
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