dumb question

[Ondrej Filip]

On 15.5.2013 19:38, Henry Yen wrote:
> Dumb question, but didn't readily see it in the documentation; pointers to
> where it is in the doc would be humbly appreciated.

Probably not documented, so it's not a dumb question at all!

> 
> The following is typical response for BIRDC route query:
> 
>    bird> show route 192.168.5.0/24 all
>    192.168.5.0/24     via 10.110.110.5 on tun4 [bm 13:21 from 65.242.137.98] * (100/?) [i] 
>            Type: BGP unicast univ
>            BGP.origin: IGP
>            BGP.as_path:
>            BGP.next_hop: 65.242.137.98
>            BGP.med: 0
>            BGP.local_pref: 100
>    bird>
> 
> What does the '*' in the response signify? "Valid" like in cisco?

No it means "best".

> What does the "100/" signify? Is it local preference, or
>    the route metric, or something else?

That's a route preference.

> What does the "/?" signify? Some examples show "-" or a numeric value.
> 

It's IGP metric and question mark means "unknown" and '-' means
"unresolvable".

			Ondrej


> Thanks.
>