Bird 2.0.0 and reconfiguring

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 03:10:06PM +0100, Miłosz Oller wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Tell me please, why in one definition of protocol can be only one neighbor
> and can be two channels.

Because one protocol = one BGP session = one TCP connection = one neighbor
IP address.

But routes of multiple address families can be multiplexed in one BGP session,
therefore two channels.

> Is any way to configure two sessions in protocol? I don't see any example
> with two sessions, but there is next hop example.

No, if you want separate neighbor addresses = separate BGP sessions, then
you have to define separate BGP protocols in BIRD.

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