Strange route selection (defroute and specific)

Nico Schottelius nico.schottelius at ungleich.ch
Thu Nov 20 12:12:07 CET 2025


I believe static does not support preference:

/etc/bird/bird.conf:1047:5 syntax error, unexpected PREFERENCE

from:

protocol static defroutev4 {
    ipv4;
    preference 5;

    route 0.0.0.0/0 unreachable;
}


Yakimus // Netassist NOC <yakimus at netassist.ua> writes:

> just add the preference for static:
>
> protocol static defroutev4 {
>     ipv4;
>         route 0.0.0.0/0 unreachable;
> 	preference 5;
> 	}

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