❦ 5 août 2019 18:28 +02, Ondrej Zajicek <santi...@crfreenet.org>:
>> You mean I can do:
>>
>> protocol bgp XXX {
>> neighbor;
>> interface eth0;
>> /* ... */
>> }
>>
>> ?
>
> No, you need to specify neighbor link-local address
> (i probably misunderstood your point):
>
> protocol bgp XXX {
> neighbor fe80::1 external;
> interface eth0;
> }
Oh, OK, not as convenient as specifying an interface. I wonder how FRR
is getting the remote IP. Maybe it's automatically in the neighbor table
due to neighbor advertisements?
> It is a bit ugly for a PtP link, It is true that a simple BGP protocol
> that accept any peer IP from that interface could also makes sense.
> I did not notice that.
If both ends could be configured the same way, it would be great. But,
then, at least one of them would need to not be passive.
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