JUNOS and BIRD OSPF ptp netmask 0.0.0.0 mismatch problem

[Bao Nguyen]

Alex by the way, thanks for the patch!

-bn
0216331C


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Bao Nguyen <ngqbao at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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