No, this is not the only session. Here is the full config, I hope it helps:
Things start going wrong when I add the following to a v6 session: tcp md5sig password hondjes -- AS 6777 router-id 195.69.145.245 fib-update no log updates listen on 195.69.145.245 listen on 2001:7F8:1::A500:6777:4 nexthop qualify via bgp transparent-as yes dump all in "/tmp/all-in-dump-%H%M" 300 dump all out "/tmp/all-out-dump-%H%M" 300 group "peers-rs-v6" { announce IPv6 unicast announce IPv4 none softreconfig in yes enforce neighbor-as yes set nexthop no-modify local-address 2001:7F8:1::A500:6777:4 neighbor 2001:7f8:1::A500:1200:1 { descr "AS1200-v6-01" remote-as 1200 announce all passive tcp md5sig password hondjes } neighbor 2001:7f8:1::A500:1200:2 { descr "AS1200-v6-02" remote-as 1200 announce all passive } neighbor 2001:7f8:1::a504:8345:1 { descr "XSNEWS-v6-01" remote-as 48345 announce all passive max-prefix 5 } neighbor 2001:7f8:1::a504:8345:2 { descr "XSNEWS-v6-02" remote-as 48345 announce all passive max-prefix 5 } neighbor 2001:7F8:1::A503:4763:1 { descr "ABSOLUTE-v6-01" remote-as 34763 announce all passive max-prefix 350 } neighbor 2001:7F8:1::A501:6265:1 { descr "LEASEWEB-v6-01" remote-as 16265 announce all passive max-prefix 115 } neighbor 2001:7F8:1::A501:6265:2 { descr "LEASEWEB-v6-02" remote-as 16265 announce all passive max-prefix 115 } neighbor 2001:7F8:1::A504:1692:1 { descr "OPENCARRIER-v6-01" remote-as 41692 announce all passive max-prefix 5 } neighbor 2001:7f8:1::a500:559:1 { descr "SWITCH-v6-01" remote-as 559 announce all passive max-prefix 252 } } group "peers-rs-v4" { announce IPv6 none announce IPv4 unicast softreconfig in yes enforce neighbor-as yes set nexthop no-modify neighbor 195.69.144.1 { descr "AS1200-rtr-eun-01" remote-as 1200 announce all passive max-prefix 5 tcp md5sig password hondjes } neighbor 195.69.145.1 { descr "AS1200-rtr-glo-02" remote-as 1200 announce all passive max-prefix 5 } neighbor 195.69.144.229 { descr "XSNEWS-01" remote-as 48345 announce all passive max-prefix 5 } neighbor 195.69.145.229 { descr "XSNEWS-02" remote-as 48345 announce all passive max-prefix 5 } neighbor 195.69.144.168 { descr "AKAMAI-01" remote-as 20940 announce all passive max-prefix 152 } neighbor 195.69.145.208 { descr "AKAMAI-02" remote-as 20940 announce all passive max-prefix 152 } neighbor 195.69.144.33 { descr "SWITCH-01" remote-as 559 announce all passive max-prefix 252 } neighbor 195.69.145.105 { descr "ABSOLUTE-RADIO-01" remote-as 34763 announce all passive max-prefix 350 } neighbor 195.69.144.159 { descr "CAMBRIUM-01" remote-as 25596 announce all passive max-prefix 15 } neighbor 195.69.145.169 { descr "CAMBRIUM-02" remote-as 25596 announce all passive max-prefix 15 } neighbor 195.69.145.119 { descr "TNG-01" remote-as 13101 announce all passive max-prefix 150 } neighbor 195.69.144.215 { descr "LEASEWEB-01" remote-as 16265 announce all passive max-prefix 115 } neighbor 195.69.145.215 { descr "LEASEWEB-02" remote-as 16265 announce all passive max-prefix 115 } neighbor 195.69.145.136 { descr "IN2IP-01" remote-as 34141 announce all passive max-prefix 8 } neighbor 195.69.145.187 { descr "VOXEL-01" remote-as 29791 announce all passive max-prefix 20 } neighbor 195.69.145.221 { descr "OPENCARRIER-01" remote-as 41692 announce all passive max-prefix 5 } neighbor 195.69.144.101 { descr "HYVES-01" remote-as 47344 announce all passive max-prefix 10 } neighbor 195.69.145.185 { descr "GTS-CE-01" remote-as 5588 announce all passive max-prefix 7 } } # filter out prefixes longer than 24 or shorter than 8 bits deny from any allow from any inet prefixlen 8 - 24 allow from any inet6 prefixlen 16 - 48 # do not accept a default route deny from any inet prefix 0.0.0.0/0 deny from any inet6 prefix ::/0 deny from any inet6 prefix 2000::/3 # filter bogus networks deny from any inet prefix 10.0.0.0/8 prefixlen >= 8 deny from any inet prefix 172.16.0.0/12 prefixlen >= 12 deny from any inet prefix 192.168.0.0/16 prefixlen >= 16 deny from any inet prefix 169.254.0.0/16 prefixlen >= 16 deny from any inet prefix 192.0.2.0/24 prefixlen >= 24 deny from any inet prefix 224.0.0.0/4 prefixlen >= 4 deny from any inet prefix 240.0.0.0/4 prefixlen >= 4 deny from any inet6 prefix 3ffe::/16 deny from any inet6 prefix 2001:db8::/32 prefixlen >= 32 deny from any inet6 prefix ::/8 deny from any inet6 prefix fe00::/9 deny from any inet6 prefix ff00::/8 On 3/8/09 9:18 PM, Henning Brauer wrote: > * Arnoud Vermeer<arnoud.verm...@ams-ix.net> [2009-03-08 21:06]: > >> I didn't modify the source code in any way. I'm running the latest >> version from CVS on an amd64 machine and an i386 machine. >> >> I have the following configuration: >> >> AS 6777 >> router-id 195.69.145.245 >> fib-update no >> log updates >> listen on 195.69.145.245 >> listen on 2001:7F8:1::A500:6777:4 >> >> nexthop qualify via bgp >> transparent-as yes >> >> dump all in "/tmp/all-in-dump-%H%M" 300 >> dump all out "/tmp/all-out-dump-%H%M" 300 >> >> group "peers-rs-v6" { >> announce IPv6 unicast >> announce IPv4 none >> softreconfig in yes >> enforce neighbor-as yes >> set nexthop no-modify >> local-address 2001:7F8:1::A500:6777:4 >> >> neighbor 2001:7f8:1::A500:1200:1 { >> descr "AS1200-v6-01" >> remote-as 1200 >> announce all >> passive >> } >> } >> > > so you only have that one neighbor, right? > > >> The comment about the gracefull restart lead me to think about the >> following setting: >> >> announce capabilities (yes|no) >> If set to no, capability negotiation is disabled during >> the es- >> tablishment of the session. This can be helpful to connect to >> old or broken BGP implementations. The default is yes. >> >> Doesn't this troggle the graceful update? While reading the announce >> > > no. you can't turn it on, yet. which reminds me that I wanted to add > buttons for specific capabilities... > > >> part of the manual, I noticed the following: >> announce (all|none|self|default-route) >> If set to none, no UPDATE messages will be sent to the >> neighbor. >> If set to default-route, only the default route will be >> announced >> to the neighbor. If set to all, all generated UPDATE messages >> will be sent to the neighbor. This is usually used for >> transit >> AS's and IBGP peers. The default value for EBGP peers is >> self, >> which limits the sent UPDATE messages to announcements of >> the lo- >> cal AS. The default for IBGP peers is all. >> >> I also have announce all, in my configuration, because it is a route >> server I'm working on. Could this be the setting that is responsible for >> the UPDATE? >> > > sure. but the root issue here is that we're apparently sending out > bullshit in this case for yet unknown reasons.