Re: Failover routers with OpenBGPD and independent BGP sessions

2006-10-19 Thread X Y
X Y wrote : I'm having a bit of trouble with the finer details of my OpenBGPD config, and would appreciate some tips on getting it right and advice on the right way of doing things. I have two routers, two independent BGP connections, and a block of provider independent address space. The

Re: Failover routers with OpenBGPD and independent BGP sessions

2006-10-19 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/19 17:57, X Y wrote: I can't override this with nexthop are you sure? this should work. you are setting it on the _sending_ machine and not the _receiving_ machine aren't you? looking at `bgpd -nv' may help rtr2$ bgpctl sh ip bgp x.x.0.0 flags: * = Valid, = Selected, I = via IBGP,

Re: Failover routers with OpenBGPD and independent BGP sessions

2006-10-13 Thread Ronnie Garcia
X Y a icrit : I have two routers, two independent BGP connections, and a block of provider independent address space. The routers are arranged in a redundant pair. The public network and some private subnets have gateway addresses provided with CARP. The two routers use pfsync. The BGP

Re: Failover routers with OpenBGPD and independent BGP sessions

2006-10-13 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/10/13 11:24, Ronnie Garcia wrote: I have been recommended by our ISPs that I should also advertise routes between the routers, so that if one's BGP session fails, it can route packets to the other for a cleaner failover. I have not managed to get this configuration working. Yes you

Re: Failover routers with OpenBGPD and independent BGP sessions

2006-10-13 Thread Dan Farrell
: Friday, October 13, 2006 6:45 AM To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Failover routers with OpenBGPD and independent BGP sessions On 2006/10/13 11:24, Ronnie Garcia wrote: I have been recommended by our ISPs that I should also advertise routes between the routers, so that if one's BGP session

Failover routers with OpenBGPD and independent BGP sessions

2006-10-12 Thread X Y
Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble with the finer details of my OpenBGPD config, and would appreciate some tips on getting it right and advice on the right way of doing things. I have two routers, two independent BGP connections, and a block of provider independent address space. The routers are