Re: BIRD / BGP / IPv6 / source address directive : auto vs link local vs GUA

2015-04-04 Thread olivier a
So bird will handle default settings quite easily. Using the source address directive is useful for : . being more explicit ( helps to prevent errors ) . eBGP ( using loopback address ) . mixed native/ tunnelled IPv6 I got it ! Thank you Hans and Leo for these comprehensive explanations :-)

Re: BIRD / BGP / IPv6 / source address directive : auto vs link local vs GUA

2015-03-22 Thread Leo Vandewoestijne
Hello, On Sun, 22 Mar 2015, Hans van Kranenburg wrote: > First of all, there's nothing wrong with a rather simple looking > confinguration. It might show that the configuration language is well > thought out and powerful. :-) > > ... > > protocol bgp ibgp_my_other_router { > import all;

Re: BIRD / BGP / IPv6 / source address directive : auto vs link local vs GUA

2015-03-22 Thread Hans van Kranenburg
Hi Olivier, On 03/22/2015 08:03 AM, olivier a wrote: I'm learning BGP and I'm really puzzled about the 'source address' directive in the context of IPv6. I've seen some people explicit a GUA source address ( example : source address 2001:db8:0:0::1; ) Reading the documentation, watching the deb

BIRD / BGP / IPv6 / source address directive : auto vs link local vs GUA

2015-03-22 Thread olivier a
Hi ! I'm learning BGP and I'm really puzzled about the 'source address' directive in the context of IPv6. I've seen some people explicit a GUA source address ( example : source address 2001:db8:0:0::1; ) Reading the documentation, watching the debug logs and playing with bird6c didn't help me unde