static default vs bgp default

Jonathan Stewart jonathan.stewart at gmail.com
Tue Feb 2 22:43:34 CET 2016


Hi Anand,

I know i'm not answering your question directly (how do i make my default
higher preference) but you could filter default route announcements at your
edge, if you don't want to accept them.

Jonathan

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Anand Buddhdev <anandb at ripe.net> wrote:

> Dear BIRD users,
>
> I want to configure bird with a static default like this:
>
> protocol static {
>   route 0.0.0.0/0 unreachable;
> }
>
> so that if a more specific route isn't known, packets are discarded.
> With the same BIRD instance, I want to peer over BGP with multiple
> peers. However, if any one of these peers provides a default route over
> BGP, I want it to take precedence over the static. How do I get bird to
> install the peer-supplied default with a higher weight?
>
> Regards,
> Anand
>



-- 
     Jonathan
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