BIRD router/route server functions

[Rae Ho (ITSC)]

Dear Matthew,
Thanks a lot. Rae

Router1
netstat -lnt
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:179             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:902             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 ::1:631                 :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 ::1:25                  :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 :::902                  :::*                    LISTEN

Router2
netstat -lnt
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:179             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:902             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 :::111                  :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 ::1:631                 :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 ::1:25                  :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 :::902                  :::*                    LISTEN

From: Matthew Walster <matthew at walster.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 2:26 PM
To: Rae Ho (ITSC) <raeho at cuhk.edu.hk>
Cc: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago at crfreenet.org>; Bird Users <bird-users at network.cz>
Subject: Re: BIRD router/route server functions



On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 at 21:04, Rae Ho (ITSC) <raeho at cuhk.edu.hk<mailto:raeho at cuhk.edu.hk>> wrote:

Seems the problem is domain name?

​No, I think either you've got a firewall (iptables etc) running and blocking tcp/179, or you haven't put "listen bgp" into your configuration, so bird is not listening on tcp/179.

What is the output of "netstat -lnt"?

M​
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