Re: OpenBSD + OpenBGPD routers

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

* Philip Olsson <philip_(_at_)_teleservice_(_dot_)_net> [2005-02-10 22:07]:
> How do we do something similar to "advertised-routes" in IOS?
> "bgpctl network show" just shows routes from the local 
> configuration. Like the routes that we get from our iBGP.

not implemented yet.

> Is it possible to do a soft reconfiguration? currently the 
> only way to flush a neighbor is to do a "clear" and that 
> seems a bit harsh. Or a way to force a UPDATE to be sent for 
> our prefixes again after a "bgpctl reload"

something soft-refresh like is needed, yes, but not there yet.

you should not need to do taht after adding networks to your 
configuration tho.

> Does the "Route Refresh" counter work?

yes.

> Since we never see any route refreshes..

because, de facto nobody uses it, because the RFC specifying them is 
utterly stupid - there's limitations making it practically unuseable. 
ergo, nobody does.

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