Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/3] BGP: Implement secondary remote AS number support.

2017-03-14 Thread Ondrej Zajicek
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 05:19:11PM +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote: > On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 05:53:51PM +0100, Ondrej Zajicek wrote: > > > > This patch implements the latter option, and this functionality is > > > enabled by specifying two different remote AS numbers for a peer in > > > the neighb

Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/3] BGP: Implement secondary remote AS number support.

2017-03-11 Thread James Howlett
I don't know how I got on this email list. Please remove me. From: Bird-users on behalf of Lennert Buytenhek Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 8:39:37 AM To: Ondrej Zajicek Cc: bird-users@network.cz; David Barroso Subject: Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/3] BGP: Impl

Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/3] BGP: Implement secondary remote AS number support.

2017-03-10 Thread Lennert Buytenhek
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 05:19:11PM +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote: > * If rr_client is configured, both remote_as and remote_as2 must > indicate eBGP (or remote_as must indicate eBGP and remote_as2 must > not be set). > > * If rs_client is configured, both remote_as and remote_as2 must > in

Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/3] BGP: Implement secondary remote AS number support.

2017-03-10 Thread Lennert Buytenhek
On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 05:53:51PM +0100, Ondrej Zajicek wrote: > > This patch implements the latter option, and this functionality is > > enabled by specifying two different remote AS numbers for a peer in > > the neighbor statement. Instead of specifying: > > > > neighbor 1.2.3.4 as 12345;

Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/3] BGP: Implement secondary remote AS number support.

2017-03-09 Thread Ondrej Zajicek
On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 04:29:40PM +0200, Lennert Buytenhek wrote: > This patch implements the latter option, and this functionality is > enabled by specifying two different remote AS numbers for a peer in > the neighbor statement. Instead of specifying: > > neighbor 1.2.3.4 as 12345; > >

[PATCH,RFC 1/3] BGP: Implement secondary remote AS number support.

2017-03-09 Thread Lennert Buytenhek
When carrying out a BGP topology migration such as an AS renumbering or an AS merge, which involves changing the local AS being reported by one or both ends of a BGP session, being able to avoid the need to reconfigure both peers at the same time can significantly reduce the complexity of such a mi