Thank you Charles, I am a little red in the face for having not tried / know that.
I’ll give it a go, thanks again for the help and prompt response! Mike -- Michael McConnell WINK Streaming; email: mich...@winkstreaming.com toll free: 877-GO-4-WINK x 7400 direct: +1 312 281-5434 cell: +506 8706-2389 skype: wink-michael web: http://winkstreaming.com > On Mar 21, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Charles van Niman <char...@phukish.com> wrote: > > Hey Mike, > > Not sure what platform you're running BIRD on, but in Ubuntu/Linux, I use > loopback interfaces to do this. Here is what my interfaces file / BIRD config > look like. I am using /32s, but I don't think there are any issues with /24s > going into BGP. Let me know if you have any questions or I missed your > questions in some way. > > > /etc/network/interfaces: > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > auto lo:10 > iface lo:10 inet static > address 172.22.150.126 > netmask 255.255.255.255 > > auto lo:11 > iface lo:11 inet static > address 172.27.255.29 > netmask 255.255.255.255 > > auto lo:20 > iface lo:20 inet static > address 172.22.150.119 > netmask 255.255.255.255 > > bird.conf: > > protocol direct { > interface "lo*"; > } > > /Charles van Niman > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Michael McConnell <mich...@winkstreaming.com > <mailto:mich...@winkstreaming.com>> wrote: > Hello fellow Bird users, > > I’ve run into a strange issue trying to subnet a /24 into a series of smaller > /27 and /28’s and have the routed via BGP. > > I currently do the following; route 10.10.10.0/24 <http://10.10.10.0/24> > reject; > > However if I don’t bring the interface up as a /24 (i.e. ifconfig eth0:10 > 10.10.10.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up) I am unable to get the route explored > when I run show route - the interface needs to be online in order for “show > route” to show the import as a unreachable. > > I can kinda make this work through a series of strange static routes, but > this seems incorrect. Can anyone suggest a better way to ensure my /24 is > announced regardless so that I can then subnet it down for the purpose of > serving over a VPN the /28’s and /27’s? > > Hopefully that question makes sense and isn’t too much nonsense. > > Thanks for you help and comments! > Mike > > -- > Michael McConnell > WINK Streaming; > email: mich...@winkstreaming.com <mailto:mich...@winkstreaming.com> > toll free: 877-GO-4-WINK x 7400 > direct: +1 312 281-5434 <tel:(312)%20281-5434> > cell: +506 8706-2389 <tel:+506%208706%202389> > skype: wink-michael > web: http://winkstreaming.com <http://winkstreaming.com/> >
