converting our anycast node from quagga

[Peter Hudec]

Hi Ondrej,

you're right.
I used static protocol, added routd to interfaces and added 'check link'
switch.

So the basic principe is working, thanks.

	Peter

On 03/07/15 17:18, Ondrej Zajicek wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2015 at 04:26:26PM +0200, Peter Hudec wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just started to play with bird.
>>
>> My anycast node setup is as follows.
>>
>> - each anycast server is serving form 1 up to 3 anycast prefixes
>> - the anycast adresses are assigned to the dummyX interfaces as
>> /32(IPv4) or /128(IPv6)
>> - the BGP/quagga/ is advertising the /24 or /48 (added aggregate-address
>> ......../24 (/48) summary-only
>> - if I put the dummyX interface down, the BGP will stop announce the
>> route associated to this interface, both IPv4 and IPv6
>> - if I put the dummyX interface up, the BGP will start announce the route
>>
>> The setup is a little more complex (metric, communities, preferencies,
>> ..), but this is the main idea how it works. In another words I could
>> stop/start announce the anycast prefix without reconfiguring the bgp daemon.
>>
>> Please, could someone point me how to do this in bird.
>> There is direct protocol, but I see /32 routes, not /24
> 
> Hi
> 
> Direct protocol just create routes based on assigned addresses. You could
> define static device routes using static protocol. These should also
> appear/disappear based on whether the associated interface goes up/down.
> 


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