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authorOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2017-03-14 12:56:47 +0100
committerOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2017-03-14 12:56:47 +0100
commit33b6c292c3e3a8972d0b9f43d156aae50db65720 (patch)
tree1484a1fa45be8e0474415646c3022303c74f0e53 /doc
parent27f6ba651ebb07201f7964c8f14a254267f0f26a (diff)
BGP: Allow to specify interface for regular sessions
This may be useful if multple interfaces share the same network range. Thanks to Fritz Grimpen for the original patch.
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@@ -1883,8 +1883,9 @@ using the following configuration parameters:
<tag><label id="bgp-iface">interface <m/string/</tag>
Define interface we should use for link-local BGP IPv6 sessions.
Interface can also be specified as a part of <cf/neighbor address/
- (e.g., <cf/neighbor fe80::1234%eth0 as 65000;/). It is an error to use
- this parameter for non link-local sessions.
+ (e.g., <cf/neighbor fe80::1234%eth0 as 65000;/). The option may also be
+ used for non link-local sessions when it is necessary to explicitly
+ specify an interface, but only for direct (not multihop) sessions.
<tag><label id="bgp-direct">direct</tag>
Specify that the neighbor is directly connected. The IP address of the