* Maciej Jan Broniarz <gau...@gausus.net> [2008-12-15 10:48]: > I have been using openbgpd since 4.1 release. Few weeks ago i have set > up an openbsd 4.3 clean install with openbgpd. Few days later my bgp > sessions began to restart for no apparent reason. My /var/log/messages > says: > > > Dec 11 14:00:29 router bgpd[14353]: neighbor 148.81.224.5 (peer-rs2): > received notification: HoldTimer expired, unknown subcode 0
the peer tells you that its HoldTimer expired, as in, it hasn't received keepalives within HoldTime (which is 3 times the KeepAlive timer). Actually, "received" is wrong - "processed" is more appropriate. Failure to process keepalives in time in certain a certain other implementation has been my #1 reason to start writing bgpd... > What might be the problem? my crystal ball is at the annual service (takes 365 days typically), sorry. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
