Can this looback interface be used as a sort of router-id just like in Quagga?
Do I need to add
routes for this IP address reachable elsewhere in my network?
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:07:56PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Does that categorically mean there is no way, as of the moment, in
>> openbgp to use a dummy interface just like in Quagga?
>>
>
> There are no dummy interfaces. If you like to use a loopback interface
> create one.
>
> # cat > /etc/hostname.lo1
> inet 10.83.66.128 255.255.255.255 NONE
> # sh /etc/netstart lo1
>
> That's it. You have a loopback address that can be used in bgpd.
>
> neighbor 10.83.66.164 {
> remote-as 65123
> local-address 10.83.66.128
> }
>
> I guess that's what you are looking for. bgpd does not realy care about
> interfaces. Interfaces and their link state are only used to figure out
> the availability of nexthops.
>
> Btw. for ospfd you can use "interface lo1" to reliably redistribute the
> loopback address.
>
> --
> :wq Claudio
>
>> > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-07 12:31]:
>> >> As I read the openbgpd documentation, there is not a single point wherein
>> >> in the examples a
>> >> dummy
>> >> interface is being used. Is a dummy interface supported in OpenBGP?
>> >
>> > -vvv :)
>> >
>> > from bgpd's perspective, an interface is an interface, mostly.
>> >
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